Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A registered nurse, Dina Lester left her job working for the state in part over concerns about its poor level of care (Anna ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What happens when nonprofits that support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities can't recruit and retain enough ...

Developmentally disabled and neurodiverse communities have long been overlooked in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) conversations. The omission is rooted in the circumstances by which the ...

From 2017 through 2023, roughly 2,680 people with developmental disabilities died under the care of the state of Missouri — on average, one person every day. This story was commissioned by the River ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - People in Ohio who care for their own developmentally disabled family members are celebrating a "win" on Tuesday. Up until March 25, they've had to attempt to replace themselves as ...

Parenting a child with developmental disabilities is both incredibly rewarding and extremely difficult. It's a journey filled with love and resilience, yet marked by frustration at a system that often ...

Nearly five years ago, a nonprofit-run group home with room for six young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) made plans to open in Westchester County, N.Y. With group homes ...

Thankfully long gone are the days when individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities were destined for places like Maryland’s now-shuttered Rosewood Center, once formally titled the ...

OUR NEXT HELPER GIVES PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES THE HELP THEY NEED TO LIVE INDEPENDENT, FULFILLED LIVES. SINCE I’VE BEEN HERE, I DIDN’T NEVER KNOW I COULD DO ALL THE THINGS I COULD ACCOMPLISH.

This story was commissioned by the River City Journalism Fund. After Ronald Scheer was found suffocated to death by the straps of his own wheelchair, an autopsy determined his cause of death was ...

DSPs who provide support for people with developmental disabilities earn near minimum wage. They often work two jobs or overtime to afford to live in one of the most pricey real estate markets in the ...