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and comments concerning persons with
disabilities
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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) | |
CRS Reports
"The Congressional Research Service
is the public policy research arm of the United States Congress. As a legislative branch agency within the Library of Congress, CRS works exclusively and directly for Members of Congress, their Committees and staff on a confidential, nonpartisan
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I have several of these reports on this web site. Please note that these are in pdf format (you will need Adobe® Reader®). For each report, note the number of pages and file size. For broadband users (DSL/cable) they should download quickly. Dial-up users should note the file size and allow time for downloading. - Dave Thompson CRS Report R40123 January 5 2009 pdf here (17 pages) This report courtesy of Wikileaks
CRS Report RL32716 (January 5, 2005) CRS Report RS22138 (May 5, 2005) CRS Report 95-669 A (May 19, 1995) (Note: Many recent IDEA CRS Reports reference this one)
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Investigative Journalism - Group Homes, State Facilities |
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When there was only wrong and no outrage
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Eric Weiss, Deadly Restraint,
The Hartford Courant (1998 - Group Homes and State Facilities) Day One: A Nationwide Pattern of Death (This story ran in The Hartford Courant on October 11, 1998) DAY TWO: Why They Die: Little Training, Few Standards, Poor Staffing Put Lives At Risk Day Three: Patients Suffer In A System Without Oversight Day Four: People Die And Nothing Is Done Day Five: FROM 'ENFORCER' TO COUNSELOR
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===================================================================================== Note: As of November 12, 2005, most of Boo series about Washington DC group homes is still available on the WP website. Pulitzer Prize in 2000 for Public Service to Washington Post: Notably for the work of Katherine Boo that disclosed wretched neglect and abuse in the city’s group homes for the mentally retarded, which forced officials to acknowledge the conditions and begin reforms. (http://www.pulitzer.org) The WP site may require registration to view the article, although access does not require paying an archive fee. My experience is that the Post registration is relatively painless, and not overly intrusive. Let me know if you have trouble viewing the online article. While the main text of
the article is online, please note that many of story links to related
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Katherine Boo, System Loses Lives And Trust, The Washington Post (December 5, 1999) Regarding the group homes for disabled persons in Washington, D.C., the story reports that, =============================================================== Update - November 29, 2005 .... And the deaths continue ... 4 Deaths in D.C. Group Homes Raise Concerns About Neglect
By Karlyn Barker
Washington Post Staff
Writer Tuesday, November 29, 2005; Page A01
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Neglect for Sale
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Public protection, private abuse: Mentally disabled preyed upon in state care ...$42 million annual Community Protection Program -- the closest thing Washington [state] has to a prison without walls...The publicly funded program pays for-profit companies an average of $93,000 a year per client to guard developmentally disabled people who are deemed to be dangerous ... NOTE: I don't know how long the Post-Intelligencer will keep the links up for free access. Let me know if you experience problems. Thanks, Dave Thompson |
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Wednesday, November 16, 2005 Public protection, private abuse (Lead piece)
Two fractured ribs ... and a broken wrist for Jessica Thursday, November 17, 2005
Man with child's mind housed with offender Friday, November 18, 2005
Childlike, abused Julie sent off to jail Thursday, November 24, 2005
Sunday, November 27, 2005 |
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