On Thursday, New Hampshire House lawmakers approved a bill aimed at addressing rampant and systemic abuse and neglect in New Hampshire’s disability care system. State Sen. David Rochefort, a Littleton Republican, said the “genesis” of Senate Bill 670 was a series of articles published by the Bulletin in November. New Hampshire’s Bureau of Developmental Services […]

During a meeting meant to address safety gaps in New Hampshire’s disability care system, a group of care providers said they believe the state doesn’t have enough investigators looking into abuse and neglect. “There’s too few investigators,” Michelle Donovan, the New Hampshire director for the care agency Living Innovations, said. “Quite frankly, there’s not enough […]

After the New Hampshire Senate passed a bipartisan bill aimed at strengthening oversight of care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the state, the House is preparing to vote on the legislation, which was introduced as a response to reports of abuse, neglect, and untimely deaths. The bill targets the state’s developmental disability […]

Twenty-five people died within New Hampshire’s intellectual and developmental disability care system in the final six months of 2025, according to newly obtained documents. Additionally, there were at least 81 founded instances of abuse, neglect, or exploitation during that time in the system, the documents show. The Bulletin obtained the documents Thursday through an open […]

Following high-profile reports of abuse, neglect, and untimely deaths, a bipartisan group of New Hampshire state senators have proposed legislation aimed at protecting people with disabilities in state care from future abuse and neglect. “This is a very vulnerable community, some of the most vulnerable people that are living amongst us,” Sen. David Rochefort, a […]

A state committee tasked with evaluating New Hampshire’s disability care system has launched a formal review and scheduled a series of public meetings to discuss the system in the wake of reports of systemic abuse and neglect. In New Hampshire, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are entitled to care services paid for and overseen […]

ABLE NH, a New Hampshire-based disability advocacy organization, is planning a vigil on the State House lawn in Concord Saturday to honor people who died within New Hampshire’s intellectual and developmental disability care system. In November, the Bulletin published a series of articles uncovering systemic abuse and neglect — sometimes fatal — occurring in New […]