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PRESS RELEASE: Maine Supreme Court Reverses Parental Rights Termination, Faults State for Violating Disability Rights

by Julia Endicott | Feb 1, 2024 | Developmental Disability Advocacy, Press Releases

MEDIA CONTACTS: Julia Endicott Communications Director, Disability Rights Maine jendicott@drme.org | 800-452-1948, ext. 212 Samuel Crankshaw Communications Director, ACLU of Maine SCrankshaw@ACLUMaine.org | 859-595-8158 (call/text) Maine’s highest court reversed a...

PRESS RELEASE: Maine’s Legal Aid Organizations Announce Free Civil Legal Support for Those Impacted by Lewiston Shootings

by Julia Endicott | Dec 21, 2023 | Deaf Services, Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 21, 2023 CONTACT: Julia Endicott 207.626.2774 Organizations urge victims and families to seek trusted, professional legal advice AUGUSTA - In a joint statement, Disability Rights Maine, the Maine Volunteer Lawyers Project, Pine Tree...

DRM Secures Continued Access to Free Counseling for Survivors of Abuse at Governor Baxter School for the Deaf

by Peter Rice | Jun 20, 2023 | Deaf Services, Success Stories

In early February 1982, a magazine article was published, which made public the horrific abuse experienced by former students and survivors of the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf (GBSD). The Attorney General’s Office and the Department of Human Services’ Child...

DRM Recognized for Work to End Sexual Violence

by Julia Endicott | May 26, 2023 | Announcements, Developmental Disability Advocacy

Disability Rights Maine was recently honored by the Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MECASA) and the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) for our work to address sexual violence for people with disabilities. We are humbled and honored to receive...

SAAM 2023: Emphasis on Survivors with Disabilities

by Sammy-Ellie MacKinnon | Apr 20, 2023 | Developmental Disability Advocacy, Success Stories

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), and this year the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) has made the theme of this year’s SAAM Drawing Connection: Prevention Demands Equity. As the State of Maine’s Protection & Advocacy organization...

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PRESS RELEASE: Maine Supreme Court Reverses Parental Rights Termination, Faults State for Violating Disability Rights

PRESS RELEASE: Maine’s Legal Aid Organizations Announce Free Civil Legal Support for Those Impacted by Lewiston Shootings

DRM Secures Continued Access to Free Counseling for Survivors of Abuse at Governor Baxter School for the Deaf

DRM Recognized for Work to End Sexual Violence

SAAM 2023: Emphasis on Survivors with Disabilities

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