News

States Aim To Halt Sexual Abuse Of People With Intellectual Disabilities

By JOSEPH SHAPIRO, NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO Earlier this year, NPR reported that people with intellectual disabilities are victims of some of the highest rates of sexual assault. NPR found previously undisclosed government numbers showing that they’re assaulted at seven times the rate of people without disabilities. Now states, communities and advocates, citing NPR’s reporting, are […]

Healthcare

A Harder Death for People With Intellectual Disabilities

By TIM LAHEY, M.D. THE NEW YORK TIMES Hanover, N.H. — Several weeks after my patient was admitted to the intensive care unit for pneumonia and other problems, a clear plastic tube sprouted up from the mechanical ventilator, onto his pillow and down into his trachea. He showed few signs of improvement. In fact, the […]