Tayanna Bowman a 25 year old woman, resident of Philadelphia, PA, pleaded guilty to distribution and attempted distribution of child pornography while employed as a behavioral health technician at ChanceLight Autism Services.
Vision for Equality is pleased to announce two new pilot projects to support families in Philadelphia. The System Navigation for Philadelphia Families and the Trauma Informed Care for Philadelphia Families are both peer to peer projects aimed at supporting our most…
People with developmental disabilities become victims of sexual assault at a rate seven times higher than those without disabilities, according to a Justice Department figured uncovered by a year-long NPR investigation. Judy Woodruff sits down with NPR’s Joseph Shapiro and…
Several stories regarding, neglect and gross incompetence at care facilities for people with disabilities and the lack of accountability.
No answers & little concern for how autistic woman wound up dead The concerning story about Christina Sankey and her death and disappearance
This article was originally posted in the Philadelphia Inquirer on April 16, 2019. It illustrates stories that highlight how important it is to care for and accommodate people with disabilities.
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.
