The new psychiatric hospital will house 320 adults and adolescents, and is projected to be substantially completed in March 2012. At a "topping off" ceremony last week to celebrate the completion of … [Read more...]
Guardians’ rights upheld…in other states
Both court decisions reject anti-institutional biases of groups and organizations ranging from state vendors to the U.S. Department of Justice.In the Tennesse case (People First of Tennessee vs. Clover Bottom Developmental Center), a … [Read more...]
Judge slows Fernald closure
R.F. has been at Fernald for 45 years, and had been slated to be transferred to the Hogan Regional Center in Danvers. His guardian's appeal claims that he would not receive equal or better hospital-based … [Read more...]
Missing the disabilities forest for the trees
1. The administration still has no plan that we have seen to accomodate the thousands of people with developmental disabilities in Massachusetts who are waiting for residential placements and care in the community system. The … [Read more...]
Our circular state policy game
The foundations warned that we mustn't falter in this reform effort, according to the Globe, because that would be a sign of "bureaucratic inertia, union resistance, or political malaise."It's difficult to question a … [Read more...]
DDS service coordinator system is crumbling (with update)
The Service Employees International Union Local 509 last week filed to reopen the landmark Ricci v. Okin court case, which brought about upgrades in care at Fernald and other state developmental centers in the 1970 and 1980s. The case was … [Read more...]
A case for keeping the Pacheco Law
GOP gubernatorial hopeful Charlie Baker has listed repealing the Pacheco Law as one of his "Baker's Dozen" proposals for reducing public sector costs. The Boston Globe has editorialzed against the law as "wasteful policy," as has Globe … [Read more...]
Legal representation from ‘Big Brother’
Sounds Orwellian in a politically-correct kind of way? It's happening right now to people with developmental disabilities and their families and guardians around the country.Since the late 1970s, there have been at least 30 … [Read more...]
Sham commission opposes cost analysis in developmental center closures
The original purpose of the Commission was to monitor the "quality and effectiveness" of services for people with mental retardation (now developmental disabilities) and to resolve disputes between DDS and its clients over care. … [Read more...]
Globe columnist recognizes the tragedy of the closure of the Greene pool
[Note: There are many Fernald League members who continue to believe the Fernald Center will not close on June 30 and who plan to file appeals of the transfers of their wards. I'm only saying that the June 30 date is the … [Read more...]
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