Monthly Mailing

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Samples of our previous mailings:

                                                              July 2007 Mailing

To Write A Letter To Your U. S. Congressman

•  The Financial Security Accounts for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2007, H.R. 2370, Fact sheet (U. S. House of Reps.)

• H.R. 2839.  This legislation, if passed, will require that the state Protection & Advocacy agencies give notice to, and obtain the authorization of, an individual (or the individual's representative) before pursuing remedies, including lawsuits, on behalf of the individual. (VOR, 6/24)

National and State News

• Prenatal Test Puts Down Syndrome in Hard Focus (N.Y. Times, 5/9)

• Child Study Center recognized for leadership in autism research (Yale Bulletin & Calendar, 5/11)

• Autism and Race : Parents, Advocates Seek More Prompt Diagnoses of Minority Children (Hartford Courant, 5/14)

• Infants, Mental Health Studied (H. Courant, 5/15)

• Supreme Court Rules on Education Lawsuits (N.Y. Times 5/21) and Legal Victory for Families of disabled Students N.Y. Times, 5/22)

• Fernald guardians fearful of resident transfers (Daily News, 6/4)

• States Face Decisions on Who Is Mentally Fit to Vote (N.Y. Times, 6/19)

• Autism in the Vaccine Court (N.Y. Times, 6/24)

AUTISM

• News You Can Use -- Resources on Autism (ABC News, 2007)

• DNA  "glitches" tied to autism, researchers say (Reuters, 2007)

• Excerpts from Inside the World of Autism  (Devereux, Spring 2007)

• School's Autism Program to Expand (H. Courant, 6/15)

Connecticut

• General Assembly,  Public Acts passed in 2007

• P.A. 07-4, An Act Implementing the Provisions of the Budget Concerning General Government (provisions dealing with Autism)

Council on Mental Retardation,  Membership List, 2007

Department of Mental Retardation

• Autism in Connecticut (DMR Employee News, Vol. I, Issue 69)

• Official Posting of Dental Services Coordinator Position. 6/26

• Abuse/Neglect Investigations, presented at the Council on M.R. Meeting on 6/14

• Budget Summary for the DMR for Fiscal Years 2008 and 2009 (Letter from Comm. Peter O'Meara, July 2)

Miscellaneous

• Father, son face unkindest cut (N.H. Register, 6/3)

                                              May/June 2006 Mailing

International & National News and Comments

• Voice of the Retarded Washington Initiative

• US Study Supports Claims of M.R Link to Autism (London times, 5/29)

• Letters Re:  Special Needs Children (London Times, May 19 and 20)

• School System Loses Autism Case (Richmond Times Dispatch, 5/27)

• Clinicians in short supply among DMR providers ( in Mass.) (COFAR Voice, May)

• Abuse, Deaths in D.C. Group Homes Detailed Scalding and Starvation, Filing urges Court to Hold City in Contempt (Washington Post, 5/31)

• Rett Syndrome:  Then and Now (ARC Advocate, Waltham, MA, Spring)

• Alzheimer Disease:  An Inevitable Condition in Those with Down syndrome  (ARC Advocate, Waltham, MA, Spring 2006)

Connecticut State News

• Public Acts passed in 2006, and Bills which Died

• Copies of PA 06-92, Concerning the DMR, and PA 06-188, Autism Pilot Program

• Rights of Crime Victims in Connecticut (Table of Contents, Introduction, Rights of Victims of Crimes under the CT Constitution)  (from the Judicial Branch, State of CT )

Autism

• Workshop Offer Police Training in Autism Awareness (N.H. Register, 4/24

• College to Host Conference on Autism (Courant, 5/16)

• Autism's Parent Trap  (N.Y. Times, 6/5)

DMR

• Training School Has a Future, State Affirms (Republican American, 5/8)

• DMR Safety Awareness Campaign, 5/13

• Report Targets DMR Deaths (Courant, 6/12)

• Letter from Comm. O'Meara to John Everheart, Governor's Office, June 12

Miscellaneous

• Learning to Savor a Full Life, Love Life Included (N.Y. Times 4/5)

• Alleged Assault on Autistic Woman Probed (Courant, 5/12)

• Testing Policy under Scrutiny (Courant, 5/29)

May 2005 Mailing

National & International News

•  US to Change No Child Left behind Law

• Florida Senate May Pull Plug on Medicaid
  
  
• Ohio: Proposal to eliminate the ICF/MR Proposal "Needs more study"
  
  
• Amid Affluence, a Struggle Over Special Education

CT General Assembly

• Legislators look toward pulling cap on spending

• Rell Warns Budget Writers
  
  
• Democrats to Vote Out Higher Spending Plan Than Rill's
  
  
• Democrats: Caps Off
  
  
• Angry Amann to be a no-show for budget meeting with Rell
  
  
• Health Care Drives Budget
  
  
• Update on Proposed Legislation

DMR

• Peter O'Meara, Commissioner, to the Appropriations and Public Health Committees: Waiting List Report - Fiscal Year 2005, Second Quarter
  
  
• Form Letter to Individuals who are receiving services under the Home and Community Based Services Waiver

Miscellaneous   

• Residential Management Services form on the Interdisciplinary Team

• New Hope for Treating Down Syndrome
  
  
• Parents Hoping for Relief

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