Even when they clearly disapprove of Donald Trump and his policies, members of the media can’t seem to keep themselves from trying to normalize his policies and provide them with a veneer of legitimacy. The latest case I’ve seen of this is … [Read more...]
State Public Records supervisor reverses self, upholds secrecy of DPPC reports
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) In a reversal of her earlier decision, the state's Public Records Supervisor has issued a final determination that the state Disabled Persons Protection Commission can keep investigative reports … [Read more...]
DDS appears to look the other way as provider illegally bans guardian from daughter’s group home
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) Despite a broadly worded state regulation that gives residents of state-funded facilities the right to be visited, a human services provider agency is upholding a directive barring a guardian of a … [Read more...]
Channel 5 uncovers tip of the DDS system iceberg
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) A Channel 5 investigative report earlier this week disclosed that group homes and other providers of services to the developmentally disabled are often not informed about substantiated abuse … [Read more...]
Advocating for her daughter’s care got a woman banned from DDS-funded group home; and her daughter got an eviction notice
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) When Susan Fernstrom got her developmentally disabled daughter, Holly Harrison, into a group home in Danvers in June of 2015, she thought it would lessen some of the growing burden on her of caring … [Read more...]
DPPC seeks to keep all investigative records in death case secret
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) It would be nice if the Disabled Persons Protection Commission was on the side of the disabled and their families, but it often seems that the agency is more interested in protecting its … [Read more...]
Alleged union bashing by CEO of DDS provider confirms the plan is keep direct-care wages low
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) We hope a federal investigation of Triangle, Inc., a corporate provider to the Department of Developmental Services for alleged anti-union activity brings public attention to the potential for … [Read more...]
Wrentham Center supporters want you to to know: ‘It’s a community’
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) As is the case with many of the staff at the Wrentham Developmental Center, John Maxell, supervisor of adapted physical education, sees his job as serving both the center's residents and the … [Read more...]
More info emerging that the attack on Franken was coordinated from within the alt-right
[Editor's note: Newsweek has retracted this story. As such I'm demoting it from the front page. -- Charley] Information is starting to come out that a coordinated alt-right-wing plot was carried out last year to bring down Al … [Read more...]
BU and WBUR join the “get him too” movement
So Tom Ashbrook, who hosted On Point, a first-rate, in-depth, call-in show on NPR, has been dismissed by Boston University's WBUR for having created "an abusive work environment." But what does that really mean? You -- I know I did -- … [Read more...]
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