A federal probe into Illinois’ treatment of disabled people will examine abuse and neglect allegations at state-run residential institutions — including Choate, the subject of a yearlong Capitol News ...

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 ...

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The House GOP’s campaign arm in recent weeks has successfully pressed three advertising companies to pull down Democratic ...

Tonya Piephoff, director of the Illinois Department of Human Services’ Division of Developmental Disabilities ... The letter said the investigation also will probe abuse and neglect allegations of ...

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, ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A group home caretaker is now in jail after serious abuse allegations and a patient death last Thursday. Nuru Niyonkurur, 36, is facing charges related to the physical abuse of a ...

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(The Center Square) – Illinois Gov ... with developmental disabilities. “The Federal Department of Justice recently announced an investigation into the treatment of patients in developmental ...