During a meeting meant to address safety gaps in New Hampshire’s disability care system, a group of care providers said they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than one-third of mothers with intellectual and developmental disabilities have an interaction with the child welfare system ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For the past five years, Nick Battiola called his Disability Rights Wisconsin victim advocate, Pam Malin, any time he felt on the ...

-- 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 ...

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.

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 ...

Assisted suicide is a dangerous public policy that threatens the most vulnerable in society, including people like myself who live with a disability. I have the rare condition fibroidodysplasia ...

Police investigating allegations of sexual violence against disabled individuals at Saekdongwon, a residential facility for people with severe disabilities in Ganghwa County, Incheon, have expanded ...

After the New Hampshire Senate passed a bipartisan bill aimed at strengthening oversight of care for people with intellectual ...

Sexuality and disability can interact with one another in complex ways. For some, disability has no effect on sexual desire or activity, while for others, it may pose challenges. Sometimes, these ...