This article was originally posted in the Philadelphia Inquirer on April 16, 2019. This article informs that Blossom Philadelphia, a defunct nonprofit provider of services to intellectual disabled adults and children, has agreed to sell its 4.4-acre Chestnut Hill headquarters…
This article was originally posted in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Aug. 14, 2019. It reports on an incident regarding a boy who was sexually assaulted in his bedroom by a fellow resident of Woods Services, a Langhorne, PA facility for…
A deep dive into a string of child abuse at Deveraux in Chester County. Twenty Chester County Devereux staffers allegedly harmed children — or kept quiet about the abuse — since 2018.
Fact sheet developed by Vision for Equality's Voices Rising for Justice. It compiles information regarding Abuse of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities and Autism.
A closer look on the different types of crimes committed against people with disabilities. This document includes data and infographics on crime trends, types of crime, among other information.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG), final report entitled Pennsylvania Did Not Fully Comply With Federal and State Requirements for Reporting and Monitoring Critical Incidents Involving Medicaid Beneficiaries With Developmental Disabilities.
This article was originally posted on whyy.org on February 21, 2021
Philadelphia Inquirer Article about Blossom Philadelphia, which lost its license to operate residences for adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities, and the closure of its remaining operations.
This article was published in the Philadelphia Inquirer about Vincent McNamara, who died on New Year’s Eve after choking on pizza even though he was supposed to have only soft or pureed foods, lived in a South Philadelphia home managed…
This article was originally published by CBS Pittsburgh on June 30, 2021 and written by Ross Guidotti This is a news article that reports an incident on abuse in Pittsburgh, PA.
