A federal probe into Illinois’ treatment of disabled people will examine abuse and neglect allegations at state-run ...

Tonya Piephoff, director of the Illinois Department of Human Services’ Division of Developmental Disabilities ... also will probe abuse and neglect allegations of patients at the Choate ...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is ignoring the major problems facing children and developmentally disabled people in the state’s ...

A caregiver will spend the next 25 years in prison after he sexually assaulted and impregnated a severely disabled woman who lives at the Illinois facility where he worked, according to prosecutors.

In 10 other states, doctors are allowed to prescribe life-ending treatment for terminal patients. Illinois could become the 11th.

(The Center Square) – Illinois lawmakers are pushing patient "end-of-life" bills for the second year in a row, but a coalition opposed to the legislation says people who are disabled would be ...

Tonya Piephoff, director of the Illinois Department of Human Services’ Division of Developmental Disabilities ... also will look into abuse and neglect allegations of patients at three of ...