(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) A state report released last week contains a number of important recommendations to begin to deal with the yawning gap in services, job opportunities, and housing for what may be the fastest growing … [Read more...]
Why is a major state budget hearing being held during a major snowstorm?
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) I'm not sure if the members of the House and Senate Ways & Means Committees are aware of this, but it appears there is a major snowstorm going on this morning. There's probably a foot and a half … [Read more...]
Autism’s crisis in care
(Cross-posted from The SAGE Crossing Foundation Blog) Many young adults with autism are more likely to spend their days watching TV and playing video games than participating in life skills or job programs. It's not that these people … [Read more...]
The ‘Real Lives’ bill hasn’t gotten any more real
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Last year, we raised a number of questions and concerns about the "Real Lives" bill, which its supporters claim would give people with intellectual disabilities more choice in the services they … [Read more...]
Questions surround the governor’s budget plan for DDS
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) In a conference call with advocates last week, Department of Developmental Services Commissioner Elin Howe put what seems to be a highly optimistic spin on the governor’s FY 14 budget plan for her … [Read more...]
Update to our update on the National Council on Disability’s anti-institutional bias — and — Senator Warren’s response
I wanted to thank Roger Lau, state director in Massachusetts for Senator Warren, who just called me and graciously apologized for the fact that no one had contacted us earlier in response to our letter and calls to the senator's Washington … [Read more...]
DDS loosens IQ eligibility restrictions
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Bowing to criticism from families and advocates, the Patrick administration has promulgated new, final regulations that will loosen its restrictive definition of "intellectual disability" in … [Read more...]
The National Council on Disability can’t be serious
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) A key sign that ideology has taken over rational thinking in an organization is that the organization ups the ante on a given issue by taking progressively more radical positions on it. At a certain … [Read more...]
No media covered this important public hearing yesterday
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) [Note: COFAR sent a notice on Wednesday to media outlets around the state about this public hearing scheduled for Thursday in Worcester. Not one newspaper or TV reporter showed up. This is a … [Read more...]
DDS finds a creative way to ‘comply’ with court order on IQ regs
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) The state Department of Developmental Services has found what appears to be a creative response to a recent court order that it redraft regulations that had allowed it to deny eligibility for services … [Read more...]
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