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Expanding Self Direction in CA

Since the mid 1990s, states have been experimenting with Self-Determination, Self-Directed Services, and other forms of consumer direction for people with developmental disabilities. In these options,...

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CA Senate Votes Today on Self-Determination Bill

Today marks an important step in the political process that could give people with disabilities more control over their lives and and allow the workforce providing these services to join together in a...

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SEIU local 509 opposses use of aversives

Last week,  SEIU Local 509 provided testimony to the Massachusetts Department of Developmental Disabilities opposing  the use of aversives behavioral interventions or “skin shock . There has been much...

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People with Disabilities and Workers Team Up to Fight the “Right Fight”

Bob Kafka, from the Adapt Community, Endorse the Guiding Principles while SEIU President Mary Kay Henry and SEIU Executive Vice President Kirk Adams look on. Today leaders from the union and disability...

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From East to West Coast, Human Service Workers Come Together to Form their Union

In a win for the workers and the communities they serve, human service workers in Massachusetts and California have voted to form their union with SEIU to have a voice on the job and improve the...

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