deinstitutionalization
national perspectives
- VORs letter to the 115th Congress VOR.net 1/26/2017
- Ideology, not data Psychologytoday.com 1.17.2017
- Suffering in Silence. Illinois hides abuse and neglect of adults with disabilities Chicagotribune.com 11/17/2016
- Suffering in Silence. Flawed investigations ignore victims of neglect Chicagotribune.com 11/21/2016
- Disabled Behind Bars The Mass Incarceration of People With Disabilities in America’s Jails and Prisons AmericanProgress.org 7/18/2016
- VOR Letter to Congress June 2016
- VOR Position Statement: Guardianship vs Supported Decision Making June 2016
- Reform and Reauthorization of the Developmental Disability Act Urgently Needed VOR June 2016
- IL-ADD: An Open Letter to VOR 11/2/2015
- Inclusion, De-institutionalization, Discrimination, Advocacy wyoadvocate.blogspot.com 9/7/2015
- Excessive Police Force toward Persons with Disabilities Needs National Discussion nonprofitquarterly.org 5/26/2015
- Crimes Against Persons with Disabilities 2009-2013 Statistical Tables bjs.gov May, 2015
- VOR testimony for House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies vor.net 4/13/2015
- The federal government’s cruel pursuit of deinstitutionalization cofarblog.wordpress.com 5/1/2015
- VOR Survey: Giving a Voice to Families and Guardians of Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Various Residential Settings VOR.net April 2015
- The Modern Asylum nytimes.com 2/18/2015
- For Many With Disabilities, Special Education Leads to Jail disabilityscoop.com 10/29/2014
- Democrats Vote the Mentally Disabled breitbart.com 11/25/2012
- The Invisible Hate Crime psmag.com 3/1/2011
- People as Pendulums: Institutions and People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 7/14/2014 nonprofitquarterly.org
- In Debate Over Institutions, Residents Rarely Heard disabilityscoop.com 7/14/2014
- Dart Tells Congress ‘We Have Criminalized Mental Illness in this Country’ chicago.cbslocal.com 3/26/2014
- Crimes Against Persons with Disabilities, 2009-2012 Statistical Tables bjs.gov 2/2014 This U.S. Dept. of Justice report shows that serious violent crimes against those with multiple disabilities living in the community are rising at an alarming rate. Note Page 6, Tables 6 & 7.
- Crime Odds Nearly Triple For Those With Disabilities disabilityscoop.com 2/25/2014
- VOR’s letter to Jeff Rosen, Chairman of the National Council on Disability 1/30/2014
- VOR’s letter to Congress 10/23/2013
illinois
Thank you to Chicago Tribune reporters Patricia Callahan and and Michael Berens for your investigative reporting on this very important issue. Thank you John J. Kim for your outstanding photography. The Murray Parents Association advocates for quality care for the disabled regardless of setting. Hopefully your expose will prompt change to ensure the safety and well being of these vulnerable individuals.
- Judge sides with State against embattled group operator facing shutdown ChicagoTribune.com 12/5/16
- Group homes provider’s license is pulled due to “imminent risk” to residents ChicagoTribune.com 11/30/16
- Suffering in Silence. Illinois hides abuse and neglect of adults with disabilities 11/21/16
- Suffering in Silence. Flawed Investigstion ignorvictims of neglect ChicagoTribune.com 11/21/16