by Marianne Dhenin | Mar 8, 2026 | abuse, dehumanization, Disability Justice, government records, institutionalization, Massachusetts, Mental Health, News
A new Massachusetts state law passed in November 2025 will make records from state institutions for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities or mental health conditions accessible for the first time. Generations of disabled people lived and died in those institutions beginning in the mid-nineteenth century. Many experienced horrific abuse, and their histories have long been obscured.
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by Tony Leys | Dec 16, 2025 | Americans with Disabilities Act, Department of Justice (DOJ), institutionalization, News, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Trump Administration
The Trump administration is trying to slash access to lawyers who defend the rights of Americans with disabilities, advocates say. Most of the lawyers work either for the Department of Justice or for disability rights agencies that Congress set up in every state decades ago. Many of the Justice Department lawyers quit in 2025 after being reassigned to other duties, their supporters say.
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