Sometimes when mapping out things to do that could make the future better for the community, it can be helpful to pause and reflect on the path to today. That was what happened a week ago for North ...

A new report by Disability Rights North Carolina found that a legal tool used to hold patients against their will for psychiatric treatment is frequently misused — violating patients’ rights and ...

Did you know that a disability affects more than 1.3 million people in North Carolina, or about 13% of the state’s population, according to the North Carolina Office of State Human Resources? People ...

Thousands of North Carolina women who suffer from endometriosis or similar issues might soon have more hope for winning accommodations at work or at school, due to a former state employee’s fight ...

Hundreds of advocates for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities visited the North Carolina legislature this week to lobby lawmakers to provide more funding for a program that has a ...

Good morning and welcome to Under the Dome. I’m Caitlyn Yaede. A disability rights group says a legal procedure used to administer psychiatric treatment is being misused in emergency departments ...

The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction is investigating Johnston County Public Schools for its treatment of an autistic student. But the Department has stopped short of conducting a ...