Interesting and disturbing post by RossK at the Gazetteer: on Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Ross starts off his post as follows:
Last week we mentioned an excellent bit of investigative digging from
Lindsay Kines of the Victoria Times-Colonist. Essentially, Mr. Kines reported that developmentally disabled adults are being forced out of their group homes with very short notice and little or no consultation with their families
Essentially, Mr. Kines reported that developmentally disabled adults are being forced out of their group homes with very short notice and little or no consultation with their families.
Based on numerous reports I have read, many of these folks can and do thrive under the constant care, attention, and nurturing they receive in these homes as opposed to, say, the large institutional warehouses they used be placed in or the 'shared living arrangements' they are now being forced into
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