(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...]
Father and sister now told they must wait for long-delayed trial before they can visit disabled woman
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) The state's story keeps changing as to why the father and sister of a developmentally disabled woman have been banned for more than two years from having any contact with her. The woman, whose … [Read more...]
17 years later, a man hopes some good will come of his brother’s scalding death in a DDS group home
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) Richard Buckley desperately wanted an explanation as to how it was possible that his older, intellectually disabled brother could have received injuries in his group home that were serious enough to … [Read more...]
Children and Families Committee needs to show it’s serious about investigating the DDS group home system
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) At the start of a legislative hearing last week on the Department of Developmental Services, state Representative Kay Khan made what seemed to be a major announcement about a new federal report on … [Read more...]
Committee won’t allow DDS clients and families to speak at oversight hearing on DDS care
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) On Wednesday (January 17), the Legislature's Children, Families, and Persons with Disabilities Committee will hold what may be the first oversight hearing in its history to examine problems with … [Read more...]
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