A new pilot program in New Jersey is attempting to make life a little easier by providing a 24-hour help line offering support, information and resources.

Los Angeles police are pursuing suspects caught on video sexually assaulting women with severe disabilities, with some incidents likely occurring at residential care facilities.

A Washington, DC area man convicted of fraudulently billing families for services as a special education attorney despite not having a valid law license will spend one year in jail.

The risk of a child developing autism increases by as much as threefold when pregnancies occur close together, researchers said Monday.

Tight state budgets could be a boon for disability advocates who say that funding concerns could pressure lawmakers to close costly institutions in favor of community living options.

The economy added 103,000 jobs in December, but that did little to alter the employment situation for workers with disabilities, the Labor Department said Friday.

Nearly 1,000 Americans with disabilities will be able to leave institutions and move into the community thanks to a first-of-its-kind federal initiative.

A now-discredited study that first suggested a link between vaccines and autism was based on falsified data that was manipulated for financial gain, a prominent medical journal charges.

Officials in Missouri are coming under fire after an audit revealed that workers at institutions for people with disabilities are working for weeks on end.

Los Angeles and South Africa are the final locations in the running to host thousands of Special Olympics athletes in 2015 for the organization’s world games.

Kids with disabilities remain woefully underrepresented in the most acclaimed children’s literature, a new study finds.

With the new year comes greater options for those living with autism as more than half a dozen states begin requiring health insurers to cover the disorder.

Asperger’s syndrome was rare when it was added to the DSM, but now it’s regularly diagnosed and one expert says its rise ought to be a lesson for those crafting the manual’s next edition.

Internet sensation Zach Anner, who has cerebral palsy, is one step closer to winning his own television show on Oprah Winfrey’s new network.