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Virtually no one waiting for DDS care getting into state-run DDS homes

August 7, 2015 By dave-from-hvad Leave a Comment

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Despite the fact that an unknown number of intellectually disabled people are waiting for residential services in Massachusetts, new data provided by the state appear to show that virtually none of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: intellectual-disabilities, privatization

The Sherlock Holmes-style mystery of the secret switch of the ‘Real Lives’ bill versions

July 16, 2014 By dave-from-hvad 1 Comment

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) How exactly does it happen in the state Legislature that a good piece of legislation gets "lost" just as a bad piece of legislation has been substituted for it? That seems to be exactly what … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: intellectual-disabilities, self-determination, self-directed services

Sheltered workshops for the disabled win big reprieve in Massachusetts

July 14, 2014 By dave-from-hvad Leave a Comment

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) A major effort by advocates of sheltered workshops in Massachusetts to persuade state legislators and the Patrick administration that the workshops provide invaluable skills and activities for their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: intellectual-disabilities, sheltered workshops

Abuse and neglect found to have caused serious injury to group home resident

June 18, 2014 By dave-from-hvad 3 Comments

[Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog] The state Disabled Persons Protection Commission has substantiated charges of abuse and neglect against a staff worker in a Bedford group home in which Paul Stanizzi, an intellectually disabled man, was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: abuse and neglect, intellectual-disabilities

A birthday celebration for a man who can’t return home

June 12, 2014 By dave-from-hvad Leave a Comment

[Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog] [Note: This is one of a number of cases we have reviewed in which the state, courts, and providers have acted to reduce and even eliminate contact by  family members with their loved ones with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: guardianship, intellectual-disabilities

Pelletier case reversal shows gov’s power to affect guardianship cases

June 11, 2014 By dave-from-hvad 18 Comments

[Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog] The Patrick administration has dramatically reversed itself in the Justina Pelletier case, and asked a judge to reunite her with her family, The Globe reported this week. I think this reversal shows … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Andy McDonald, guardianship, intellectual-disabilities, Sara Duzan

DDS expands privatized services despite family preference for state care

June 9, 2014 By dave-from-hvad 4 Comments

[Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog] Patricia Murphy had to file a federal lawsuit in order to get her intellectually disabled sister out of a corporate, provider-operated group home, where she says she was subjected to abuse and … [Read more...]

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

Let’s honor Ally, Kim, Allison, and Gail’s choice to stay in their sheltered workshop

May 28, 2014 By dave-from-hvad Leave a Comment

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) It's now up to a legislative conference committee to decide whether Ally, Kim, Allison, Gail and many others will continue their longtime participation in sheltered workshops for the intellectually … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: intellectual-disabilities, sheltered workshops

Setting the record straight yet again on the Fernald Developmental Center

May 21, 2014 By dave-from-hvad 2 Comments

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Every year at budget time, the corporate providers funded by the Department of Developmental Services trot out the Fernald Developmental Center and the families that have appealed the transfers of their … [Read more...]

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

Arc, ADDP, DDS putting out misleading information about sheltered workshops

May 19, 2014 By dave-from-hvad 3 Comments

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) It seems the Department of Developmental Services and their corporate provider allies are spreading misleading and at times false information about sheltered workshops in their joint effort to close … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: intellectual-disabilities, sheltered workshops

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This seems like a good day to remind the MA Legislature that more work remains to ensure all children in MA are equally protected, regardless of the circumstances of their birth or the gender or marital status of their parents! Pass the @MassParentage Act Now! #MApoli

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This was a day & remember it so well. My home state first in marriage equality. But MA, you are last in New England in protecting LGBTQ families. This is the session to pass the MPA @MassParentage #mapoli @GLADLaw @ResolveNewEng

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On this day in 2004, Massachusetts became the first state in the United States to legalize same sex marriage.

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SUMMER TRAVEL: Despite record gas prices, AAA predicts summer travel "will be on fire" this year, with 39.2 million people in the U.S. heading 50 miles or more from home this Memorial Day weekend, an increase of 8.3 percent over 2021. Most will travel by car. #mapoli

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Thanks @TamiGouveiaMA for joining us for #familyroompolitics last night. We had a great discussion about issues important to those in the room and loved hearing about your work today and plans as LG. Next week we do it again! #mapoli #bospoli

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