From her hospital bed, Alexis Ratcliff asks a question: "What 18-year-old gets sued?" Ratcliff is that 18-year-old, sued by the hospital in Winston-Salem, N.C., that wants her to leave. Ratcliff, a ...

A Florida nurse has been arrested and charged with aggravated assault of a disabled teenager, according to police. Nia Ayers, 24, has been accused of assaulting an 18-year-old quadriplegic, non-verbal ...

DECATUR — The Army soldier may have quadriplegia and be unable to speak, but he still stood up to a nurse who is charged with molesting him.

The nurses, doctors and staff have been some of Ratcliff's biggest supporters, and her best friends. Last spring, when Ratcliff graduated from high school, staff on the pediatric side, Brenner ...