On Wednesday, the New Jersey Department of Human Services (DHS) announced via a press release that it had appointed members ...

A lawsuit alleges Katie Goins abused severely disabled students from 2018 to 2020. Despite internal complaints, parents weren ...

More training for DDS workers could be added after a report cited more than 4,000 allegations of abuse and neglect in 2024.

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 ...

Over a three-year span, from August 2022 through August 2025, state officials identified 20 instances of workers engaging in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Rodrigue, 41, and his girlfriend are arrested in an abuse case involving a disabled resident, officials say the incident wasn ...

Jose Fabian is a web producer for CBS Bay Area where he reports on local crime, politics and breaking news. He studied political science and journalism at Sacramento State and was born and raised in ...

Most physical or sexual abuse against the disabled happens to those who are mentally retarded - a condition that can be caused by genetic defects, diseases, poor nutrition in early childhood or brain ...

The Disability Rights Center-NH has announced that it too has found evidence of potential abuse occurring at the Sununu Youth Services Center, formerly known as the Youth Detention Center or ...

I was surprised this past weekend when I found a few handicapped parking spaces available at Wal-Mart. Then, I felt relieved because I knew I was going to be able to get myself out of the car without ...

Domestic abuse in the UK is at crisis levels. More than 1.6 million women became victims of such abuse in the year ending March 2024 – adding to the ever-growing list of women seeking support to ...