Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Several nonprofit programs that support New Jerseyans with developmental disabilities are facing elimination under Gov. Phil ...

In his latest annual report, New Jersey's disability ombudsman said neglect, abuse and unsafe conditions persist at group homes. Paul Aronsohn's report describes a bureaucracy that often treats ...

For eight years, Paul Aronsohn served as New Jersey’s first ombudsman for people with developmental disabilities. He built the office from scratch, took calls at all hours, drove thousands of miles to ...

Last year, advocates in New Jersey pushed for a new unit designed to assist residents with disabilities during disasters, an outgrowth of the early months of the COVID health crisis when the community ...

Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill has a chance to deliver critically important reforms that can benefit the New Jersey disability ...

Paul Aronsohn is the state’s first ombudsman for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities. He estimates that 80% of his time is spent troubleshooting for people with disabilities ...

I often begin one of my class lectures by introducing the definition of “disability.” The dictionary defines disability “as a physical, mental, cognitive, or developmental condition that impairs, ...