(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Like at least two other bills signed into law this month, a new law that will make adults with autism and certain other conditions eligible for services from the Department of Developmental Services was … [Read more...]
New DDS background check law has delayed requirements
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) A new national criminal background check law in Massachusetts may well have a major, positive impact on services and care for people with developmental disabilities in the state. But under the law, … [Read more...]
‘Real Lives’ bill is now law, but it raises many questions
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) The 'Real Lives' bill is now law, and it is somewhat better than the vehicle it was in danger of becoming for the financial benefit of corporate providers to the Department of Developmental … [Read more...]
Federal agencies ignore realities of care of the developmentally disabled
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Some agencies within the Obama administration have an ideological bias against congregate care for the developmentally disabled that has apparently blinded them to the damage done to countless lives in … [Read more...]
The Sherlock Holmes-style mystery of the secret switch of the ‘Real Lives’ bill versions
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) How exactly does it happen in the state Legislature that a good piece of legislation gets "lost" just as a bad piece of legislation has been substituted for it? That seems to be exactly what … [Read more...]
Sheltered workshops for the disabled win big reprieve in Massachusetts
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) A major effort by advocates of sheltered workshops in Massachusetts to persuade state legislators and the Patrick administration that the workshops provide invaluable skills and activities for their … [Read more...]
The endless shuffle continues for the DDS national background check bill
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Does anyone in the state Legislature or the Patrick administration really want to set up a national background screening process for people hired to work with the intellectually disabled in … [Read more...]
Parents prohibited from even discussing a visit home with their son
[Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog] When Stanley and Ellen McDonald tried to share and discuss a COFAR Blog post with their son, Andy, during a visit to his group home on June 22, the residential manager told them to stop, or their visit … [Read more...]
Does the administration have a double standard in the care of the disabled?
[Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog] As The Boston Globe reported last week, Governor Patrick has "unveiled an ambitious and potentially costly plan" to reform the way the state’s criminal justice system handles mentally ill people. The … [Read more...]
Abuse and neglect found to have caused serious injury to group home resident
[Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog] The state Disabled Persons Protection Commission has substantiated charges of abuse and neglect against a staff worker in a Bedford group home in which Paul Stanizzi, an intellectually disabled man, was … [Read more...]
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