(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) In a welcome counter to some political-correctness-run-amuck in the Patrick administration, the leadership of the state House of Representatives is reportedly solidly behind efforts to preserve vital … [Read more...]
Ways and Means budget language would protect sheltered workshops
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) The House Ways and Means Committee has been listening to proponents of sheltered workshops for people with developmental disabilities, and has placed language in the Fiscal Year 2015 budget that would … [Read more...]
Questions surround phase-out of sheltered workshops for the developmentally disabled
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) The Patrick administration’s decision to close group worksites known as sheltered workshops for persons with developmental disabilities as of June 2015 is causing anxiety to many families and confusion … [Read more...]
A disappointing update on sheltered workshops in Massachusetts
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) In a post the other day, I suggested that state Department of Developmental Services Commissioner Elin Howe talk to family members of sheltered workshop participants, who maintain the programs have … [Read more...]
Sheltered workshops under fire in Massachusetts
(Cross-posted from the COFAR Blog) Paul Buonomo enjoys his job stuffing envelopes, collating papers and carrying out other tasks in a program in Danvers known as a sheltered workshop. His parents, Doris and Joe Buonomo, maintain that … [Read more...]