The Disabilities Rights Center’s Legal Director, Amy Messer, discusses the right to be free from abuse and neglect.
Video Topic: Abuse & Neglect
Legal Brief: Abuse and Neglect in Programs and Services
The Disabilities Rights Center’s Legal Director, Amy Messer, discusses the right to be free from abuse and neglect
Abuse and Neglect at Lakeview Neurorehabilitation Center, Part 1
Part 1 of an update on the abuse and neglect at Lakeview Neurorehabilitation Center.
Abuse and Neglect at Lakeview Neurorehabilitation Center, Part 2
An update on the abuse and neglect at Lakeview Neurorehabilitation Center.
Examining Preventable Deaths in the NH Developmental Services System
In 2009 and 2010, DRC investigated the deaths of two individuals who were served by the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services/Area Agencies. DRC found that these deaths were preventable. DRC also reviewed the circumstances of four earlier deaths and found that they were caused by the same or similar failures on multiple […]
A Talk about Lost in Laconia, the documentary
Filmmaker Gordon Dubois and former Laconia State School resident Frank Vinciguerra discuss the documentary Lost in Laconia. Frank describes what it was like to live in this institution for the “feebleminded”, now closed. The documentary itself may be purchased at the CSNI website.