Mother says ‘no’ to DDS offer to drop effort to remove her as son’s co-guardian if she relinquishes all decision making authority cofarblog.com/2022/10/27/mot…

Baker administration does not appear to have projected the impact of higher state funding on direct-care wages cofarblog.com/2022/11/07/bak…

Father writes about how he and his son finally broke free of the grip of Applied Behavior Analysis cofarblog.com/2022/11/25/fat…

Mother says daughter’s health has declined at day program where she has few meaningful activities cofarblog.com/2022/12/08/mot…

DDS client says the Department is putting her in a ‘Catch-22’ position to force her to leave her shared living caregiver cofarblog.com/2022/12/13/dds…

SDM bill close to passage in Legislature, yet still lacks safeguards to protect individual and family rights cofarblog.com/2022/12/29/sdm…

Update: Problematic SDM bill dies at end of legislative session cofarblog.com/2023/01/05/upd…

Seven years after the closure of his sheltered workshop, Mark Garrity is still waiting for something to replace it cofarblog.com/2023/01/12/sev…

Continuing drop in number of residents in state-run DDS facilities threatens their continued existence cofarblog.com/2023/01/26/con…

DDS upholds disenrollment of client from shared living, but appears to leave door open for her to reapply cofarblog.com/2023/02/13/dds…

Waltham group home reportedly temporarily shut down due to insect infestation cofarblog.com/2023/02/15/wal…

UPDATE: DDS says it will hold provider ‘accountable’ for ‘unacceptable’ insect infestation in Waltham group home cofarblog.com/2023/02/17/upd…

DDS turns COFAR’s public records request over to a computer, resulting in an initial processing fee estimate of over $22k cofarblog.com/2023/02/27/dds…

UPDATE: Mother’s house may now be infested with insects from group home ordered shut down last month cofarblog.com/2023/03/06/upd…

DDS says Waltham group home provider must check all homes for insect infestations and plan for possible relocations of residents cofarblog.com/2023/03/14/dds…

Boston Globe seeking information about restraints, staffing, and community integration in group homes cofarblog.com/2023/03/23/bos…

DDS reportedly continuing to block shared living services to client who complained of abuse by provider agency employees cofarblog.com/2023/04/12/dds…

Mother gets little response to concerns about care of her disabled son in group home cofarblog.com/2023/04/24/mot…

Mass Arc echoes our concern that DDS faces “systemic failure” in providing services cofarblog.com/2023/05/01/mas…

After being cleared of abuse, mother continues to face restrictions in contact with her son cofarblog.com/2023/05/16/aft…