Thousands of North Carolina women who suffer from endometriosis or similar issues might soon have more hope for winning accommodations at work or at school, due to a former state employee’s fight ...

A new report by Disability Rights North Carolina found that a legal tool used to hold patients against their will for psychiatric treatment is frequently misused — violating patients’ rights and ...

Did you know that a disability affects more than 1.3 million people in North Carolina, or about 13% of the state’s population, according to the North Carolina Office of State Human Resources? People ...

Good morning and welcome to Under the Dome. I’m Caitlyn Yaede. A disability rights group says a legal procedure used to administer psychiatric treatment is being misused in emergency departments ...

The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction is investigating Johnston County Public Schools for its treatment of an autistic student. But the Department has stopped short of conducting a ...

Under the Voting Rights Act, anyone except a voter’s employer or union representative can help them vote, the court said. The ...

State officials are investigating a complaint from a legal nonprofit that Johnston County Public Schools kept a high school student with autism out of school or away from their peers in violation of ...