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 ...
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 ...
Law enforcement determined that both victims had Fragile X Syndrome, a genetic disorder that is the most common cause of ...
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 ...
ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. — Two women were arrested in St. Peters after three elderly people with intellectual disabilities were found in a 96-degree van on Thursday, police said. Niyah Brown, 22, and ...