Experts say low conviction rates explain why disability abuse cases, including recent Delaware examples, often end with probation.

For the past five years, Nick Battiola called his Disability Rights Wisconsin victim advocate, Pam Malin, any time he felt on the verge of a breakdown, whenever memories of the caregiver who became ...

Disability Rights New York is investigating a private residential school where students allegedly subjected to physical abuse and inhuman living conditions Disability Rights New York filed a lawsuit ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A disability advocacy organization has sued the Ohio Department of Behavioral Health, accusing the agency of withholding records tied to alleged abuse and neglect at its ...

Disability rights groups and civic organizations demanded nationwide action on Tuesday after allegations surfaced that the ...

A disability watchdog group has closed its investigation into child abuse in the autistic support program at a Central Bucks elementary school. The group, Disability Rights PA, published an April 2025 ...

A state committee tasked with evaluating New Hampshire’s disability care system has launched a formal review and scheduled a ...

NEWTON, Kan. (KSNW) — Proposed federal budget cuts could hurt programs that protect the rights of people with disabilities and prevent abuse. Nancy Jensen remembers the years she spent at Kaufman ...

This article contains language and accounts of abuse directed at people with disabilities, which some will find offensive. Lindsay Knott was walking down the stairs into the concourse at half-time of ...

The threat of abuse is a barrier to attending sports events for more disabled fans than ever, according to a report by the Level Playing Field charity. The figure of 8.5% of fans citing disability ...

The Department of Health and Human Services proposed a 25% budget cut for fiscal year 2026, raising concerns among disability rights advocates. Proposed cuts include significant reductions for the CDC ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a three-part series on New Hampshire’s intellectual and developmental disability care system. Part II will be published the weekend of Nov. 22-23, and Part III the ...