Bills before the Legislature (A9205/S1918) would amend the Health Home Law to support care management that is better tailored ...

Police are looking for the man who raped a woman with a mental disability at her supervised group home on Valentine’s Day.

Attorneys for Melvin Trotter had long argued he was intellectually disabled, but he was put to death by lethal injection for ...

As Melvin Trotter faces execution today for a 1986 killing in Florida, his attorneys argue his intellectual disability has ...

Driver's license exams in Iowa would be offered only in English under a bill passed Thursday by the Iowa House, eliminating ...

A federal rule change could lower disability compensation for millions of veterans, says the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Keir Starmer wants to see exam results in the North East “dramatically” improved under a new bid to improve standards across the region.

South Africa has a reputation as one of the most progressive countries on the African continent when it comes to disability rights. It has ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of ...

A former Virginia nurse was denied permanent disability for a brain injury from a patient attack. The court cited conflicting medical opinions.

In California, a person’s disability must begin before age 18 to qualify for regional center services. Parent advocates say that leaves behind people whose disability started in early adult years, ...

S&PAA and TAC convene cross sector leaders April 23 in DC to shape founding principles for a National Mental Illness Justice Center.

When staff at my hospital asked me repeatedly, “Are you ready to join the on-call schedule?”, I felt both discouraged and inadequate. I understood they hoped to lower the on-call demands facing my ...