(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) In the wake of reports that an intellectually disabled woman has been prohibited for more than a year by the Department of Developmental Services from having any contact with her father and sister, … [Read more...]
DDS commissioner paints overly rosy picture of employment for developmentally disabled
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) In opening remarks at a conference on employment opportunities for the developmentally disabled late last year, Department of Developmental Services Commissioner Elin Howe gave what appears to be an … [Read more...]
Why the Russian election-hacking scandal of 2016 is at least as bad as, if not worse, than Watergate
(Cross-posted from DailyKos) During the 2016 election campaign, Donald Trump charged that Hillary Clinton’s alleged email scandal was worse than Watergate. But, as we’ve seen many times, Trump tends to project his own guilt onto … [Read more...]
Opaque Massachusetts budget process hides state’s real priorities
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) In a preview this week of the Fiscal 2018 state budget, the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center points out a key shortcoming in the budget process. That process is not transparent, the … [Read more...]
DDS upholds complete ban on family contact with developmentally disabled woman…Case shows why voters feel abandoned by the political system
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) After a "careful review" that did not happen to include interviews with at least two of the three principals in the case, the Department of Developmental Services has upheld an indefinite ban on all … [Read more...]
Court statements show DDS employees held a bias against family members seeking to visit Chelsea Barr
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) In statements made in a probate court hearing last year, an attorney for the Department of Developmental Services and two other DDS employees appeared to demonstrate a bias against the father and … [Read more...]
Warren nails her theses to the Dems’ church door
We can insist all we want that Donald Trump won due to voter suppression and because he opened the floodgates of racism and misogyny. But the obsessive focus on those arguments puts us in danger of missing the real lesson to Democrats from … [Read more...]
A gritty new book on a survivor of Belchertown State School
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) Donald Vitkus spent his childhood years in the 1950's at the Belchertown State School, one of the large institutions for people with developmental disabilities that used to be common in … [Read more...]
Father and sister banned from all contact with developmentally disabled woman because they cried when they saw her
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) Can it really happen in America that the state can take an individual into its custody, and then not even let that person’s family know where she or he is, for months on end? Yes, that is … [Read more...]
Guardianship under fire by the same groups that oppose congregate care and support privatization
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) Guardianship of persons with developmental disabilities is under fire in Massachusetts and elsewhere, and families could see their advocacy rights eroded as a result. One prominent threat to … [Read more...]
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