Some of the most severely disabled people in California are cared for at state-run developmental centers. The state spends about $300,000 a year on each of the 1,800 patients living at the centers. But an eight-month investigation with KQED's partner California Watch has uncovered a pattern of abuse, and a failure to hold staff accountable

For 42 years, Van Ingraham lived in a Spartan room at Fairview Developmental Center in Costa Mesa, one of five centers for the disabled around the state.

As a child, Ingraham couldn't form words and was diagnosed with severe autism and other disabilities. As he grew, he was constantly in motion and difficult to control. So his parents turned to Fairview for help.

"They saw that it was a safe environment for him, that he was gonna be safe and taken care of," Larry Ingraham, Van's brother, said.

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