‘We should close them all’
Institutions endure in Virginia, amid controversy Virginians with disabilities are caught in a system with too many antiquated institutions and too little money for community care, Henri E. Cauvin...
View ArticleJudge slashes fine in Iowa abuse case
By Clark Kauffman in the Des Moines Register, Associated Press: An administrative law judge has ruled that a Texas company accused of abusing and underpaying workers with intellectual disabilities need...
View ArticleCalifornia community stunned by slaying of man with disabilities
Ernie Hernandez Jr. died of multiple stab wounds; Police say they see no motive in ‘a very brutal, a very violent’ attack From KTXL-TV, Sacramento, the Modesto [CA] Bee, KTXL-TV, Sacramento, KCRA-TV,...
View ArticleHouse OKs ‘Rosa’s Law’
Would eliminate term ‘mentally retarded’ from federal law Press releases from Sen. Barbara Mikulski, The ARC of the United States: Acting unanimously, the House of Representatives last night approved a...
View Article‘Pennhurst Asylum’ attraction opens in former Pa. institution
From the Philadelphia Inquirer, Delaware County [Pa.] Daily Times, AP, with historic photos from Philly.com: Pennsylvania’s historic Pennhurst Center, once the focus of landmark litigation that sparked...
View Article‘Monica & David’ premieres Thursday on HBO
For couple with Down syndrome, does love conquer all? Newsweek calls this Tribeca-award-winning documentary “a triumph” and “a refreshing and rare story for television.” It’s a chronicle of the...
View ArticleColumnist: Documentary dismantles stereotypes about DS
Boston Herald columnist Lauren Beckham Falcone on HBO’s documentary about a young married couple with Down syndrome: “Monica & David” is more than a love story; it is a reverential, nuanced movie...
View ArticleMore colleges welcome students with intellectual disabilities
From AP/Boston Herald: While college programs for students with intellectual disabilities were almost nonexistent as recently as a decade ago, there are now more than 250 of them spread across campuses...
View ArticleGeorgia settles ADA suit over confinement of people with disabilities
From the Los Angeles Times, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, AP/New York Times: In a decision that is being hailed as a historic step toward enforcing the rights of people with disabilities, the state of...
View ArticleExclusion of student with DS from college class sparks concern
Protest continues to mount over a decision by Southern Oregon University to exclude a non-credit student with Down syndrome from an introductory ceramics course. The decision comes almost 35 years...
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