A registered nurse, Dina Lester left her job working for the state in part over concerns about its poor level of care (Anna Spoerre/Missouri Independent). This story was commissioned by the River City ...

The suit was filed weeks after Steven Harrison pleaded guilty to sexually abusing the 27-year-old woman with severe autism.

A 71-year-old Strasburg woman, Gerilynn "Lynn" Amaro, is now facing six felony charges of assault of an at-risk person, and two misdemeanor charges of child abuse, in connection with the alleged abuse ...

A former employee at a home for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities is facing rape and other charges of abuse against a woman in his care. Hal E. Nauman, 78, of Warrenton, had been ...

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In 2025, the New Hampshire Bulletin published a series of articles outlining abuse and neglect — sometimes fatal — committed ...

An instructional assistant who works with developmentally disabled young adults in Santa Rosa was arrested Tuesday and ...

A High Desert legislator introduced a bill this week that would legally designate the crime of rape of a developmentally disabled child as a violent felony in California. State Rep. Tom Lackey, ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Months after systemic abuse within the state’s developmental disabilities care program came to light, health officials are continuing to try to improve the ability to report ...

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