Articles
(Note: Many of the articles appearing below are provided courtesy of the newsfeed summary from the Disability and Abuse Project of SPECTRUM INSTITUTE; thank you, Dr. Nora Baladerian!)
Disability Lawyer Convicted in Embezzlement that Neared $500,000
On June 11 last year at 3:20 pm, a promising Hopewell-raised attorney with a practice dedicated to helping disabled people admitted to her firm's president that she was a thief. --- Richmond Times Dispatch --- September 2, 2011 (VIRGINIA) http://is.gd/PyMSoV
Police: Wilmington Man Raped Mentally Disabled Joliet Woman A man has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a mentally disabled woman in her bed. --- Chicago Sun-Times --- September 1, 2011 (ILLINOIS) http://is.gd/8QBFMj
Disabled ARC Employee Attacked inside Store
A disabled employee at ARC Thrift Store was sexually assaulted Thursday after an unknown assailant attacked her in an aisle. Denver Police says the attack ... --- 9NEWS.com --- September 1, 2011 (COLORADO) http://is.gd/Hutaa1
Department of Justice presses charges in hate crime case in New Mexico involving individual with a developmental disability
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and local New Mexico law enforcement brought the first charges under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd J. Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009. Three men have been charged with assaulting a 22-year-old Navajo man with a developmental disability. The defendants admitted to covering the victim's body with white supremacist and anti-Native American symbols, including shaving a swastika in the back of his head and using markers to write the words "KKK" and "White Power" on his skin. They recorded the incident on cell phones.
NY Accord on Reporting Abuse of Disabled
An agreement announced by the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities and state police calls for reporting to police when staff intentionally hit, slap, pinch, kick, shove, hurl or strangle a disabled person. --- August 18, 2011 (NEW YORK) http://is.gd/BSmAML
New Laws Promote Dignity for Persons with Disabilities
Jack Markell has signed three bills into law that reflect the First State's progress in recognizing the importance, inclusion and dignity of persons with disabilities. --- WGMD Radio --- August 18, 2011 (DELAWARE) http://is.gd/l4Oh3S
Johnson: Parents Concerned by Handcuffing of Autistic Boy
They still do not understand it fully, yet they came to me to speak out about it, to maybe prevent another autistic or special-needs child from also ending up in handcuffs. --- Denver Post --- August 17, 2011 (COLORADO) http://is.gd/p4mpYC
Mentally Challenged Man Dies After Transfer to Group Homes
An advocacy group for the developmentally challenged says the death of a 54-year-old man, less than a week --- Worcester Telegram --- August 13, 2011 (MASSACHUSETTS) http://is.gd/DaK4tQ
Missouri School Sued For Allegedly Making Special Ed Student Write Apology Letter To Her Rapist
In one of the most brazen examples of "blaming the victim" in recent memory, a school in Springfield, Missouri, has, according to a lawsuit, not only dismissed the rape claims of a seventh grade special education student, but also forced the girl to write and hand-deliver an apology letter to her alleged attacker. August 17 -- ThinkProgress
Even in death, a final insensitivity.
L'Arche staff upset by police probe into death of disabled resident. August 12 -- The Washington Post --
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