(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) More than 550 executives working for some 250 state-funded corporate providers of services to people with developmental disabilities in Massachusetts received a total of $80.5 million in annual … [Read more...]
Sara Duzan’s guardian was formerly against the use of restraints on her
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) The court-appointed guardian for Sara Duzan, who is now supportive of her care in a group home where Sara has been subjected to restraints and seclusion, strongly opposed the use of those methods for … [Read more...]
Father frustrated for years in gaining guardianship of his intellectually disabled son
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Stan McDonald readily acknowledges that his mildly intellectually disabled son, Andy, was dangerously out of control one evening nearly 25 years ago when, living with his father and stepmother, he made … [Read more...]
The real IRS scandal
This morning, I listened as Joe Scarborough tried on his MSNBC TV political entertainment show to equate President Obama's supposed tolerance of IRS misconduct with Chris Christie's GW Bridge scandal. In both cases, Scarborough said, top … [Read more...]
The politically incorrect idea of bringing congregate and community care together
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Two initiatives in two separate states call for something that would seem to make perfect sense -- expand the missions of congregate care facilities for the developmentally disabled, and merge them with … [Read more...]
Memo provides details on War on Christmas
Folks, at considerable personal risk, I am sharing an internal Obama administration memo that I just came across, which I believe was overlooked by Edward Snowden. It has potentially huge political ramifications since it appears to prove … [Read more...]
Questions surround care of Sara Duzan in group home
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Sara Duzan has been placed in physical restraints in a group home 37 times since she was moved there on July 24, and the restraints continued through the month of November, according to staff records … [Read more...]
Duzan family forced to pay in case that led to cutoff in contact with daughter
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) The Duzan family has found their four-year battle to regain custody of their intellectually disabled daughter, Sara, and bring her back home, to be extremely expensive. In arrangements that raise … [Read more...]
Family is shut out of contact with special needs daughter
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Maryann Duzan and other members of her family lost their guardianship of Maryann's intellectually disabled daughter, Sara, in 2009, based on an admission by Maryann that she once slapped her daughter on … [Read more...]
DDS challenge to mother’s guardianship of her son dismissed
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) The mother of an intellectually disabled man, who has been locked in a dispute with the Department of Developmental Services for several years over her son's medical needs, will be able to remain as his … [Read more...]
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