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Centering Disability During Sexual Assault Awareness Month

by Sammy-Ellie MacKinnon | Apr 29, 2025 | Brain Injury Advocacy, Community Inclusion, Deaf Services, Developmental Disability Advocacy, Mental Health Advocacy

This April marks the 24th anniversary of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Since 2001, the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) has designated April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month to lift up and support survivors of sexual violence across the country. The...

Press Release: Disability Rights Maine Project Director Receives Statewide Recognition

by Julia Endicott | Apr 9, 2025 | Developmental Disability Advocacy, Health Equity, Press Releases, Youth Self-Advocacy Program

CONTACT: Julia Endicott 978-877-3871 jendicott@drme.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 9, 2025 Disability Rights Maine Project Director Receives Statewide Recognition Augusta – Disability Rights Maine is pleased to announce that Youth Self-Advocacy Project Director,...

Self-Employment for ME Business Class

by Julia Endicott | Jan 24, 2025 | Announcements, Community Inclusion, Developmental Disability Advocacy, Employment

The Office of Aging and Disability Services will be offering FREE business classes over Zoom for individuals who are interested in launching their own small business. The business class series is being offered as part of the Self-Employment for ME Pilot Project and in...

Press Release: Disability Rights Maine Maintains Opposition to Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities in Maine

by Julia Endicott | Dec 4, 2024 | Children's & Education Rights, Children's Advocacy, Press Releases

CONTACT: Julia Endicott 978-877-3871 jendicott@drme.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 4, 2024 Disability Rights Maine Maintains Opposition to Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities in Maine Augusta – Today, the State of Maine released a request for...

DRM Statement on the Dismissal of the AMHI Consent Decree

by Julia Endicott | Dec 3, 2024 | Announcements, Community Mental Health, Inpatient Psychiatric Settings & Group Homes, Mental Health Advocacy, News

On December 3, 2024 the Maine Superior Court issued an order dismissing the 1989 class action lawsuit and subsequent 1990 injunction that is commonly known as the “AMHI Settlement Agreement or AMHI Consent Decree.” AMHI was a state inpatient psychiatric facility at...

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Centering Disability During Sexual Assault Awareness Month

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Self-Employment for ME Business Class

Press Release: Disability Rights Maine Maintains Opposition to Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities in Maine

DRM Statement on the Dismissal of the AMHI Consent Decree

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