(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Families fighting for the preservation of sheltered workshops for people with developmental disabilities have won the first battle in the House, which upheld language last week protecting sheltered … [Read more...]
Autism definition and commission bill raises some concerns
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Process does matter, and we have a number of concerns about what happened to the process in the surprise adoption by the state House of Representatives last week of a major piece of legislation … [Read more...]
House leadership rejects politically correct view on sheltered workshops
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) In a welcome counter to some political-correctness-run-amuck in the Patrick administration, the leadership of the state House of Representatives is reportedly solidly behind efforts to preserve vital … [Read more...]
Ways and Means budget language would protect sheltered workshops
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) The House Ways and Means Committee has been listening to proponents of sheltered workshops for people with developmental disabilities, and has placed language in the Fiscal Year 2015 budget that would … [Read more...]
Ryan budget shows Republicans do care about the rest of us
It has now occurred to me, based on Rep. Paul Ryan's budget, that Republicans in Congress don't care about garnering absolute wealth for themselves. They just want relative wealth -- in other words, all they really want is to be better … [Read more...]
Are we a police state yet?
A judge's decision this week to award permanent custody of Justina Pelletier to the state scares me. This is the teenager who spent nearly a year in a locked ward in Boston Children's Hospital after doctors there disagreed with the … [Read more...]
Questions surround phase-out of sheltered workshops for the developmentally disabled
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) The Patrick administration’s decision to close group worksites known as sheltered workshops for persons with developmental disabilities as of June 2015 is causing anxiety to many families and confusion … [Read more...]
The ‘Real Lives’ bill gets more real
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) A redraft of a bill that calls for “self-determination” in services for persons with developmental disabilities in Massachusetts no longer calls for creation of a fund that would subsidize corporate … [Read more...]
The governor’s FY ’15 budget for DDS is out of balance
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Governor Deval Patrick has proposed a whopping $162 million increase in funding for residential care provided by corporate providers to the Department of Developmental Services in the coming fiscal … [Read more...]
Guardian and Special Master point to each other regarding the release of Sara Duzan’s clinical records
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) A court-appointed guardian for Sara Duzan and a psychologist appointed to oversee the guardianship have both declined to release clinical records about Sara's care to her family, with each saying it is … [Read more...]
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