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The federal government’s cruel pursuit of deinstitutionalization

May 5, 2015 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) When is the federal government -- particularly the Department of Justice -- going to recognize or admit that deinstitutionalization of the developmentally disabled hasn't worked as planned? The DOJ … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: abuse and neglect, community-based-care, deinstitutionalization, developmental-disabilities, privatization

Federal agencies ignore realities of care of the developmentally disabled

July 30, 2014 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Some agencies within the Obama administration have an ideological bias against congregate care for the developmentally disabled that has apparently blinded them to the damage done to countless lives in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: community-based-care, deinstitutionalization, developmental-disabilities

Update to our update on the National Council on Disability’s anti-institutional bias — and — Senator Warren’s response

January 22, 2013 By dave-from-hvad

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: deinstitutionalization, developmental-disabilities, National Council on Disability

What do the academic studies say about community-based care?

August 6, 2012 By dave-from-hvad

A review of the literature By David Kassel (Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Introduction In the past two decades, there has been a major shift around the country in care for the intellectually disabled, as tens of thousands of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: community-based-care, deinstitutionalization, intellectual-disabilities

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