Intellectual Disability and the Death Penalty
The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments about the strict use of IQ scores in determining whether some people convicted of capital crimes should be exempt from the death penalty…
Direct Care An Evolving Field in Need of Collective Advocacy
There’s a case before the U.S. Supreme Court about direct care workers for people with disabilities and others who may need such services that could profoundly affect in-home supports. A…
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DDD: On the Move with Liz Shea
I spoke with Liz Shea just before the holidays. For those of you who don’t know, she took over as Assistant Commissioner at the state Department of Human Services’ Division…
The Big Business of DD
There was an article on the front page of the New York Times recently that tapped into a part of the big business that has engulfed disability. This one is…
Experiment in Kansas
Kansas is bringing in three national insurance companies to run services for people with developmental disabilities in that state. It’s the first time any state has ever applied this model…
Here We Go Again
Incidents of developmental disability are on the rise. Not just autism. ADHD is on the rise along with other incidents of developmental disability. Mental health and other health care professionals…
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Scamming the System
NJCDD Council member Regina Tegeler wrote two comments to the previous blog. One was about the theme of that blog on beginning a discussion about picking up the pieces from…
Where Do We Go From Here
It has been a while since the last blog post. Part of the problem has been scheduling and some ongoing discussions about where the blog goes from here. To date…