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 […]