Health Care

ASNP Co-founder Harry S. Margolis is quoted in an ABC News article titled "Palin Promotes Special Needs Agenda." - October 2008.

Senator Kennedy and his son, Representative Kennedy, are advocating for differing federal mental health parity bills.

About 4,000 children with special needs are growing up in nursing homes across the country, according to a new investigative report.

A group of individuals with special needs has filed a class action lawsuit against the state of Illinois under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), asking the state to permit them to receive long-term care services at home rather than...

Several members of Congress have re-introduced legislation that would put in place a long-term care insurance program for adults with special needs.

In a recent article, several professors advocate for greater funding for programs that have shown great success in quickly placing people with mental illness in jobs they like and are able to keep.

An overlooked portion of recent Medicare legislation promises Medicare recipients greater access to mental health benefits.

In an apparent violation of federal law, states are increasingly using nursing homes to house young and middle-age people with mental illnesses.

A new survey has shed light on the hiring practices of private home care agencies, and the news is not good.