Preventing Abuse & Neglect

GAO Files Lawsuit Seeking to End Institutionalization and Confinement of Children in Georgia

by donnaJanuary 3, 2024

Civil rights attorneys, including GAO staff, filed a class action lawsuit today charging Georgia officials with violating federal law for their well-documented,...

Georgia families asked to share their thoughts on proposed GNETS rule

by donnaMarch 29, 2017

Georgia Families: The Georgia Department of Education is in the preliminary stages of drafting a new state rule governing the GNETS program and services, and they...

Community Options

by donnaMay 16, 2014

We believe that all people should have “a good life,” including a home, friends, relationships, and jobs. The information presented here can help support a good...

Proposed Legislation Could Hurt Many People with Psychiatric Disabilities

by donnaMarch 31, 2014

The following press release is provided by the National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery (NCMHR), the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN), and the National...

Update on the Ending the Use of Aversive Treatments

by donnaFebruary 18, 2013

The Massachusetts Governor’s office filed a motion on 2/14/13 that would vacate a 1987 Consent Decree that has been an agreement with Judge Rotenberg Center (JRC) that...

Medical Procedures Violating Civil Rights

by donnaMay 24, 2012

Study Finds Medical Procedures Violating the Civil Rights of People with Disabilities In a first of its kind study, the National Disability Rights Network...

Guide for Persons Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

by KyieshaApril 20, 2012

Call to Action to End the Use of Aversive Treatments and Updates

by donnaMarch 28, 2012

A letter was sent in September of 2009 to the Office of Disability, Department of Health and Human Services; the Secretary of the Department of Health and...

GAO Objects to Settlement Ending DOJ Lawsuit

by donnaMarch 28, 2012

As a result of the ongoing dialogue between the Georgia Advocacy Office (GAO) and the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding the unsafe conditions...

Crisis in Georgia’s state institutions

by donnaMarch 28, 2012

Many people have read the series of articles in the Atlanta Journal Constitutions titled “A Hidden Shame: Death in Georgia’s Mental Hospitals.”...

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