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A KJZZ News investigation in 2022 revealed that despite decades of reform, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are still at risk for abuse and neglect. Advocates say the lack of safe, affordable housing is one of the biggest barriers to success. Efforts are being made. But is it enough?
A Woman With Developmental Disabilities Was Abused in Arizona. The State Promised Changes. It Has Not Made Them Yet. A woman with DD living in a state home was raped and had a baby. A task force was made to come up with changes to protect people like her. Most of those changes have not happened yet. Jan. 20, 5 a.m. EST This is Hacienda HealthCare. It is in Phoenix. This is where a woman with DD was raped. She had a baby here two years ago. (Matt York/AP) Inside Arizona’s Division of Developmental Disabilities We wrote this story in plain language. Plain langu...
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This article was produced in partnership with the Arizona Daily Star, which is a member of the ProPublica Local Reporting Network. On New Year’s Eve 2018, an Arizona long-term care facility became a crime scene. A 29-year-old resident with disabilities so profound she could not talk, walk or care for herself shocked staff when she gave birth to a boy. No one had even noticed she was pregnant. Immediately it was clear she had been raped. In the national...