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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hundreds of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities have been forced into nursing homes that lack the proper ...

This Facilitator’s Guide on Strengthening Protection of Persons with Disabilities in Forced Displacement is designed to support UNHCR staff, partners and other stakeholders at the field level to: ...

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The man was found malnourished and covered in feces, police said. Getty Images/iStock photo A man with intellectual disabilities was forced by his caretaker to live in a hut in the backyard of a ...

A homeless person's cardboard sign and belongings on the street in New York City on August 15, 2018. Last week, on August 7, new mental hygiene laws quietly went to effect in New York, allowing for ...

I have schizophrenia, and I had to stop working full time when I was in my 40s. Navigating life with far less income has been a challenge, but it hasn't been insurmountable. This article is part of ...

The World Health Organization estimates that around 15 per cent of the world’s population has a disability. Several million are thought to be displaced but often remain invisible within uprooted ...