Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services (KDADS)

In 1977, Judy Heumann led a 26-day occupation of a federal building that pressured the government to enforce a key civil rights law known as Section 504. Decades later, as the Missouri and Kansas attorneys general try to weaken those protections, activists are putting up another fight.

Advocates say understaffing at the Kansas agency that regulates adult care homes puts elderly and disabled residents at risk of abuse and neglect.

Kansas is no longer considering Dighton as the site for its new sexual predator reintegration facility.As the Hutchinson News reports, the Kansas…

The leader of the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services wants the state’s two psychiatric hospitals to be exempt from a concealed carry...

While staff vacancies at two state-run psychiatric hospitals in Kansas are down, state officials say there is still room for improvement.As the Kansas…

The Secretary of the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services says new federal labor rules may interfere with services that help disabled…