(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) In his proposed Fiscal 2017 budget, which he filed last week, Governor Baker is continuing to boost funding for privatized care for the developmentally disabled at the expense of state-run … [Read more...]
Bill that would give guardianship rights to parents of disabled remains stalled
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) The Massachusetts Legislature has rightly drawn criticism for getting little accomplished in the past year, and the following is yet another example of that apparent failure to go ahead and just do the … [Read more...]
An excellent takedown of the argument that Hillary is more electable than Bernie
This post in Daily Kos makes some important points. It has become conventional wisdom that even if you prefer Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton because he is more progressive etc., you're wasting your vote on someone who can't win a … [Read more...]
Few people moving from sheltered workshops to “integrated” jobs
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) While the Baker administration appears to be moving ahead with a policy of closing all remaining sheltered workshops for developmentally disabled persons in Massachusetts, records show that relatively … [Read more...]
Most of the mainstream media skipped class last week on privatization and the Pacheco Law
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) It's amazing how little real understanding the mainstream media has of the issue of privatization and of legislative responses to it such as the Pacheco Law. You only have to read this Boston Globe … [Read more...]
Baker administration interpreting Pacheco Law to potentially benefit private company
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) In what may be one of the first tests of the Pacheco Law in the privatization of human services, the Baker administration is seeking to contract out existing emergency mental health services in … [Read more...]
I’ll be defending the Pacheco Law at a Boston Bar Assn. forum next month
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Based on our blog posts earlier this year defending the scrutiny of the privatization of state services that is provided under the Pacheco Law, I've been asked to present a defense of the law at … [Read more...]
We shouldn’t criminalize intellectual disability
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) When people with intellectual disabilities commit assaults or other violent crimes, our response should not be to race to lock them up. That, however, appears to be the intent of the Bristol County … [Read more...]
Sheltered workshops being closed in MA despite protective budget language
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Despite the passage of protective language in the state budget last year and this year, the Department of Developmental Services appears to be moving rapidly to shut down all remaining sheltered … [Read more...]
Andy and Stan McDonald gain a small victory in a system that has been pitted against them
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) In a Middlesex County Probate Court hearing last Monday (October 26), Andy McDonald, an intellectually disabled man, finally got the opportunity to tell a judge his long-sought wish -- that he be … [Read more...]
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