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Thanks RMJ! That was really helpful - the website...

2010-10-01T01:54:28.394-04:00

Thanks RMJ! That was really helpful - the website you linked leads us to the site for the investigation into all of Bulgaria's children's homes. If your readers want, they can take action and send an email saying that they support the investigation and/or that they'd like to be kept informed as to the results of the investigation and what is being done to help the children recover.

Hi Li! The website for the commission responsible ...

2010-09-26T15:58:30.449-04:00

Hi Li! The website for the commission responsible for this report is http://www.bghelsinki.org/index.php?lg=en but it's not working right now (as it wasn't when I posted). I would keep checking there.

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. In ...

2010-09-25T06:19:41.019-04:00

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. In your research, did you see anything about any organizations we could join or actions we could take to speak out against these abuses? If not, and you come upon anything like that in the future, I'd be very appreciative if you'd post the info here in the comments section or on your blog. Thanks very much for your time!

If you think that is disturbing, then you should b...

2010-09-24T10:44:00.713-04:00

If you think that is disturbing, then you should be disturbed by the fact that this happens every day in our own country. Disability is not a death sentence, and often with the proper supports and assistance, a person with an intellectual and/or developmental disability can become a vital, active community member for pennies on the dollar to what it costs to keep these people sequestered away in institutions, large group homes, and work facilities.

In 2009 a University of Wisconsin hospital denied antibiotics to two adults with developmental disabilities for PNEUMONIA, citing that their medical treatment for this entirely treatable infection was "futile" due to the person's supposedly obvious poor quality of life (which also brings up the question/issue- who the hell are you to judge what is/isn't a high quality of life? How do you know what's inside the head of a person with ID/DD? You don't. Plain and simple.) and one of the patients died.
http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2009/05/15/wisconsin-suit/3263/

Thank you for bringing this horror to our attentio...

2010-09-23T11:21:41.919-04:00

Thank you for bringing this horror to our attention. It needs to be known, spread...and hopefully not repeated.

Monstrous. I'm speechless.

2010-09-22T17:13:21.316-04:00

Monstrous. I'm speechless.