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 ...

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 ...

Twenty-five people died within New Hampshire’s intellectual and developmental disability care system in the final six months of 2025, according to newly obtained documents.

Editor's note:This report includes graphic and disturbing descriptions of sexual assault. In the sex education class for adults with intellectual disabilities, the material is not watered down. The ...

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

The state is baring the history of generations of disabled people and the violence many faced while institutionalized.

In his latest annual report, New Jersey's disability ombudsman said neglect, abuse and unsafe conditions persist at group homes. Paul Aronsohn's report describes a bureaucracy that often treats ...

Victoria University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. The alarming rise in reports of domestic violence and intimate-partner homicides has led to increased media attention and ...

-- Reposted from the online magazine, "The Trauma & Mental Health Report" The term disability is used regularly, although its definition remains somewhat elusive. Statistics Canada defines “disability ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study shows that women with a disability are far more likely to experience a physical assault by a spouse or other intimate partner than those without a disability.

Women with disabilities in Kyrgyzstan face alarming rates of harassment, physical and sexual abuse, and economic ...