The way to address the unmet needs of people with intellectual disabilities is not to displace individuals now receiving appropriate care into an already strapped service system. Southbury Training School and programs like it, now underused, should be made accessible to those in need now and in the future.
Tamie Hopp
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Changing addresses won’t help those with profound intellectual disabilities
The way to address the unmet needs of people with intellectual disabilities is not to displace individuals now receiving appropriate care into an already strapped service system. Southbury Training School and programs like it, now underused, should be made accessible to those in need now and in the future.