HITCHCOCK, Texas (KTRK) -- A 45-year-old man with an intellectual disability may have been neglected to the point where he weighed 70 pounds and had multiple disfigurements, including flesh rot and ...

HITCHCOCK, Texas (KTRK) -- When police had to make the family notification after a 45-year-old man with an intellectual disability died in the hospital, the man's mother, who's accused of allowing her ...

An employee at a mental health service is accused of throwing "boiling" water on the back of one of his patients, Memphis, ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Research shows individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities are more than twice as likely to fall victim to abuse, according to the Bureau of Justice ...

Victor Tony Jones, 64, was pronounced dead at 6:13 p.m. Eastern Time Tuesday following a lethal injection at Florida State ...

A state legislative committee has approved a set of recommendations for how best to protect vulnerable adults from abuse.

South Korea saw a rise in reported abuse of people with disabilities last year, with children and young adults making up the ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — On Friday, August 23, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the Arkansas Department of Human Services announced $15 million in grants to fund programs and infrastructure geared to ...

GLENMONT, Md. (7News) — We’ve all heard of an Amber Alert or a Silver Alert. Well, now Maryland lawmakers have just passed legislation creating a “Purple Alert." It’s an idea that stems from an ...

State officials on Friday announced grant awards totalling $15 million to pay for buildings and other infrastructure improvements supporting people with mental illness, substance abuse disorders or ...