October 24, 2017
We have all heard the anecdotes or seen it happen ourselves: A car with a handicapped-parking placard pulls into a designated spot, and a seemingly healthy driver hops out. Or
Source: The Daily News of Newburyport
Handicapped parking fraud could bring steep fines (via Salem News)
October 18, 2017
BOSTON — Christine Griffin remembers watching a Mercedes pull up to a store and park illegally in the handicapped-accessible spot.
Source: Salem News
Disability Connection – October 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3j4ifHsZrM&feature=youtu.be
Host, Walter Noons, interviews DLC Senior Attorney Svetlana Uimenkova to discuss PABSS (Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security) program. Svetlana explains Work Incentives such as the Ticket to Work program which can help SSI and SSDI beneficiaries return to work while maintaining their benefits.
Reform comes to Bridgewater State Hospital
September 22, 2017
Private contractor all but eliminates patient seclusion, restraint
Humane treatment comes at last to Bridgewater State Hospital
September 10, 2017
For years, Bridgewater State Hospital was the harshest mental health facility in Massachusetts, but times are dramatically changing.