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,...
View ArticleCA 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...
View ArticleSEIU 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...
View ArticlePeople 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...
View ArticleFrom 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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