The Department of Justice has taken a big, if somewhat unheralded, step to reverse the trend of deinstitutionalization of the ...

The public deserves policy responses grounded in evidence, not ones shaped by political agendas and media-driven fear.

Why are people really becoming homeless? This opinion argues Arizona's response focuses too much on housing and not enough on ...

Romania is in the final stages of closing its old orphanages, a process which began in the 1990s, when more than 100,000 children were living in such institutions.  At this moment, there are only 7 ...

Columnist Karlo Paolo R. Pates highlights the push for alternative, family-based child care over permanent ...

Just before my birthday, a Denver doctor placed me on an involuntary 72-hour mental health hold. What came next wasn’t ...

The Office of Legal Counsel opinion released Thursday said states aren't required by law to integrate mentally disabled ...

Last month, a new state-run psychiatric hospital opened in Dallas, one of the first built in several decades. The Texas ...

The U.S. Department of Justice says states have no legal obligation to serve people with developmental disabilities in the ...

The Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination (SADD) resumed its commute-hour subway boarding protest Thursday after a six ...