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Twenty Five Years After Pineland’s Closure: Striving Towards a Restraint-Free Future for All Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Maine

by Barrett Littlefield | Mar 2, 2021 | Community Inclusion

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the closing of Pineland Center. Since the Maine Legislature appropriated funds for the earliest iteration of the institution, the purpose, effect, and philosophy of Pineland changed in response to societal whims and social...

DRM Provides Voting Information to Individuals in Hospitals, Ensuring Their Right to Participate in the 2020 Election

by Mark Joyce | Nov 18, 2020 | Inpatient Psychiatric Settings & Group Homes, Success Stories, Voting

Susan B. Anthony once said: “Someone struggled for your right to vote. Use it.” However, sometimes “using it” comes with its own struggles. This is certainly true for individuals with disabilities who are patients in psychiatric hospitals. One of DRM’s core missions...

Protecting the Rights of Individuals with Developmental Disabilities During COVID-19

by Megan Salvin | Sep 8, 2020 | COVID-19, Developmental Disability Advocacy

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced all of us to adjust to a “new normal” as we go about our lives. As infection rates begin to decline in harder-hit areas, signs of recovery are emerging. Restaurants, stores and public areas are slowly reopening. Throughout the...

The Current Use Exception: Substance Use Disorder’s Uneasy Status as a Disability

by Guest Author | Jul 26, 2020 | Community Mental Health, Employment

The Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) is one of the great civil rights success stories of the last half-century. Its recognition of, and reaction to systemic and individualized barriers at every level of American society serves as an example of how legislatures...

DRM Serves on Mental Health Working Group

by Kevin Voyvodich | Jun 18, 2020 | Community Mental Health

In 2019 DRM was appointed a member of the legislatively-mandated Mental Health Working group. I had the pleasure to be the appointed member from DRM on that group. In the first legislative session of 2019 Senator Cathy Breen presented a bill in the Maine Legislature...

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Twenty Five Years After Pineland’s Closure: Striving Towards a Restraint-Free Future for All Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Maine

DRM Provides Voting Information to Individuals in Hospitals, Ensuring Their Right to Participate in the 2020 Election

Protecting the Rights of Individuals with Developmental Disabilities During COVID-19

The Current Use Exception: Substance Use Disorder’s Uneasy Status as a Disability

DRM Serves on Mental Health Working Group

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