A federal probe into Illinois’ treatment of disabled people will examine abuse and neglect allegations at state-run ...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is ignoring the major problems facing children and developmentally disabled people in the state’s ...

Tonya Piephoff, director of the Illinois Department of Human Services’ Division of Developmental Disabilities ... also will probe abuse and neglect allegations of patients at the Choate ...

Her organization is a part of the Illinois Stop Assisted Suicide Coalition. Benecke said the bill is dangerous due to a fear that it could extend to the disabled community in multiple ways. Firstly, ...

A caregiver will spend the next 25 years in prison after he sexually assaulted and impregnated a severely disabled woman who lives at the Illinois facility where he worked, according to prosecutors.

(The Center Square) – Illinois lawmakers are pushing patient “end-of-life” bills for the second year in a row, but a coalition opposed to the legislation says people who are disabled would ...

Tonya Piephoff, director of the Illinois Department of Human Services’ Division of Developmental Disabilities ... also will look into abuse and neglect allegations of patients at three of ...

The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a wide-ranging investigation into Illinois' treatment of people with developmental disabilities, examining whether the state provides adequate resources ...

(The Center Square) – Illinois lawmakers are pushing patient "end-of-life" bills for the second year in a row, but a coalition opposed to the legislation says people who are disabled would be ...