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(Abuse of people with I/DD occurs throughout the country, including in our own communities...)
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a developmentally disabled man can sue Douglas County and five detectives and investigators for a false arrest in a rape case in 2009. -- The Denver Post --- Jan. 12, 2016 (COLORADO)
Several lawmakers are calling for reforms in the wake of an IndyStar investigation that revealed major problems with the state's system for protecting vulnerable adults. What form those reforms might take is unclear because, while county prosecutors... IndyStar --- Jan. 12, 2016 (INDIANA)
A 24-year-old man accused of preying on women with developmental ... held on more than $1.5 million bail at Multnomah County Detention...--- OregonLive.com --- Dec. 23, 2015 (OREGON)
Erin McHenry and Stephen Komara were found guilty yesterday of encouraging two disabled adults to engage in fights last year. --- News 12 Long Island --- Dec. 24, 2015 (NEW YORK)
The crime was unthinkable, a school bus aide accused of stealing money from special needs students. --- CBS Local --- Dec. 23, 2015 (NEW JERSEY)
He was working as a special education classroom assistant at the time of the alleged incidents and was fired April 13 following his arrest. --- Fox17 --- Dec. 21, 2015 (MICHIGAN)
A former employee of an adult foster care home accused of sexually abusing three residents on May 21 entered not guilty pleas to second-degree ... --- The Daily Telegram --- Dec. 19, 2015 (MICHIGAN)
A group of parents are asking for more transparency and oversight regarding a Denver-based non-profit after an audit discovered they misused nearly... --- Dec. 20, 2015 (COLORADO)
Three new reports highlight the widespread and corrosive effects of treating developmentally disabled children like criminals. These patterns of abuse bear most heavily on children of color.
Every morning, I watch my son fail to comply with the rules. He's a nine-year-old boy with Down syndrome and he rarely conforms to expectations. He's not great at standing in line, so he either charges ahead to be first onto the bus (then lingers once inside, blocking everyone), or else waits until everyone else has boarded, and then has to be urged up the stairs. Once inside, he likes to...Dec. 17, 2015 - Pacific Standard
A special education consultant who was charged last month with sexual assault and health care fraud is now facing additional ... --- NJ.com --- Dec. 17, 2015 (NEW JERSEY)
A former Wayne High School special education assistant who had a sexual relationship with a student was sentenced Wednesday to one year in... --- Fort Wayne Journal Gazette --- Dec. 16, 2015 (INDIANA)
Two Sevastopol students could be facing criminal charges after police say they bullied a teen with special needs, and video-taped the incident on a ... --- WBAY --- Dec. 15, 2015 (WISCONSIN)
New federal data indicates that the number of reported hate crimes targeting people with disabilities has ticked up.
The case involves two victims, both of whom have special needs, said Columbia lawyer John Meadors, who was appointed to prosecute. --- SCNow --- Dec. 15, 2015 (SOUTH CAROLINA)
The Murphys say at least three adults were monitoring Deven's special needs class at the time. Tiara Richardson, a spokeswoman from the ... --- WFAA --- Dec. 14, 2015 (TEXAS)
It took one mother seven years to learn that the for-profit school she trusted with her son had strapped him down again and again, one time after not picking up his Legos.
One winter day nearly eight years ago, Lori Kennedy-Shields dashed off an email to her son's private boarding school before starting the 90-minute drive through Florida's rural midsection, to a lake-dimpled stretch of small towns northwest of Orlando. Carlton Palms Educational Center was an unusual school, but so was her son. Though Adam was 23 and nearly six-and-a-half feet tall, his brain resembled that of a toddler. Impulsive and playful, he did inappropriate things - like belting out songs at the top of his lungs in public or swatting people on the head to get their attention. He could dress himself and brush his teeth, but he needed constant supervision. Diagnosed with severe autism at age two, Adam could parrot phrases, yet he often struggled to speak, unable to string together words. Carlton Palms' specialty was... FL - Dec. 11, 2015 - ProPublica
While evidence of abuse of the disabled has piled up for decades, one for-profit company has used its deep pockets and influence to bully weak regulators and evade accountability.
Three years ago, it looked like the Florida agency that oversees care for children and adults with disabilities had finally had enough. It filed a legal complaint that outlined horrific abuse at Carlton Palms, a rambling campus of group homes and classrooms near the small town of Mount Dora. A man called "R.G." was punched in the stomach, kicked and told "shut your fucking mouth," the complaint said. "R.T." was left with a face full of bruises after a worker hit him with a belt wrapped around his fist. A child, "D.K.," who refused to lie face down so he could be restrained, was kicked... FL - Dec. 10, 2015 - ProPublica
A Bridgewater man sexually assaulted a disabled teenager three times over the past few years, police said. Lewis Greenwood Jr., 40, of 95 Flagg St ... --- WCVB Boston --- Dec. 8, 2015 (MASSACHUSETTS)
Assemblyman Michael P. Kearns is seeking a state investigation into how sex offenders were placed in two West Seneca group homes after the ...--- Buffalo News --- Dec. 7, 2015 (NEW YORK)
A coalition of parents and advocacy groups is demanding that the State of Georgia take action to fix how thousands of children with disabilities are... --- WSB Atlanta --- Dec. 7, 2015 (GEORGIA)
When people with intellectual disabilities commit assaults or other violent crimes, our response should not be to race to lock them up. That, however, appears to be the intent of the...
Bristol County (MA) District Attorney's Office. An Attleboro District Court judge has ruled that Brett Reich, who has a severe intellectual disability, is not competent to stand trial for assaulting two female staff workers outside his group home last March. The Bristol County D.A.'s office, however, has appealed that ruling, contending that Brett had "engaged in very serious assaultive behavior, and it is our obligation to ensure the protection of the public..." MA - Dec. 1, 2015 - COFAR Blog
An Arkansas teacher is off the job and could face charges after authorities say she pepper sprayed a special needs student ... --- KATV --- Dec. 4, 2015 (ARKANSAS)
An Athens woman was recently charged in a 19-count indictment for allegedly operating an unlicensed personal care home in which residents with ... GA - Dec. 6, 2015
HAUPPAUGE - Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced today that James P. Brown, Jr., a former Direct Service Assistant at the state run group home Melville Estates in Melville, was found guilty of violently punching a 53 year-old, severely impaired, intellectually disabled resident of the home in the face in February 2014. Melville Estates is a group home for developmentally disabled adults in Melville, NY. In a separate prosecution arising out of Melville Estates, Allexy Chambers admitted that in February 2014 while he was employed as a Direct Service Assistant at Melville Estates, he punched a 56 year-old, profoundly intellectually disabled adult in the face while the resident did nothing other than sit in a chair. Both Defendants were removed from the state payroll and are awaiting sentence. (New York) - Oct. 30, 2015
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