Severe/Profound Special Needs Parents and Families: What Happens After We’re Gone?
Families of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities spend a lifetime building the supports their loved ones need. Even when someone receives […]
Tag: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
DOJ Olmstead Opinion in a Time of Impending Massive Medicaid Cuts
Families are being asked to make sense of two threats at once: a federal policy shift that could be misread to weaken […]
DOJ Olmstead Opinion: The Real Threat Isn’t Institutionalization — It’s Monopoly
And In Massachusetts, monopoly may look like abandonment disguised as “natural supports.” The posts have been appearing on Facebook since the June […]
A Quiet but Meaningful Victory for Choice and High‑Acuity Care
Some victories don’t show up in the final vote tally. They show up in who stood with us. This year’s legislative push […]
Opinion: The Caregivers Are Ignored While Executives Cash In
Across Massachusetts, families and frontline caregivers are living through a crisis that rarely makes it into official reports or press releases. While […]
Intentional Communities vs. ICF/IID: Why the Distinction Matters
Intentional communities and ICF/IID aren’t interchangeable. One is a housing model under HCBS; the other is a federally regulated clinical level of care. Understanding the difference is essential for Massachusetts families and policymakers—because real choice requires accurate information and a full continuum of supports.
Could My Autistic or Intellectually Disabled Loved One Be Arrested in Massachusetts?
Many Massachusetts families are facing a reality they never expected: when an adult with high-acuity autism and/or intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) […]
Hidden Trauma in Disability Services
Across the country, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are being harmed inside the very systems that exist to protect them. […]
Summary of Lawsuit Series: What Decades of Litigation Reveal About Massachusetts’ Disability System
Part 5: MA IDD Lawsuit Series Today’s crisis in high‑acuity care is not a sudden collapse. It is the predictable result of […]
Hutchinson v. Patrick: When Massachusetts Failed Adults with Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) — And What It Reveals About the System as a Whole
MA IDD Lawsuit Series: Part 4 Hutchinson v. Patrick revealed a simple but devastating truth: when Massachusetts lacks the services people need, […]