Speaking out for People with
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
See Updated Release - November 30, 2012
January 12, 2012
VOR, a national advocacy organization representing people with intellectual disabilities and their families, today renewed its urgent request of Members of Congress in several states to call for a moratorium of federally-funded deinstitutionalization lawsuits.
December 21
Concerned About Deaths of Intellectually Disabled Individuals,
National Organization Calls for Moratorium on Deinstitutionalization Lawsuits
VOR, a national advocacy organization representing people with intellectual disabilities and their families, today asked Members of Congress in several states to call for a moratorium of federally-funded deinstitutionalization lawsuits.
LTO Ventures has released a new report about the debate over Community Living, proposed HCBS Waiver changes, and the impact on housing for adults with intellectual disabilities and autism.
The report examines the public comments submitted in response to the publication of the proposed new rules in the Federal Register.
December 21, 2011
VOR, a national advocacy organization representing people with intellectual disabilities and their families, today asked Members of Congress in several states to call for a moratorium of federally-funded deinstitutionalization lawsuits.
May 18, 2010
VOR and AAPT have called on U.S. Senators to implement national recognized direct care worker testing and licensure (such as for a Licensed Vocational Nurse/Licensed Pratical Nurse) or even widespread state regulation of these workers providing 24/7 care to our most vulnerable populations.
For Immediate Release
June 8, 2011
VOR was deeply saddened to read yet another article in the New York Times about New York State’s failure to serve its citizens with disabilities. (Danny Hakim, “A Boy’s Death and a System in Disarray,” New York Times, June 5, 2011; see also, Hakim, “At State-Run Homes, Abuse and Impunity,” New York Times, March 12, 2011; and Sulzberger, “Judge Orders New York to Mentally Ill Out of Large Housing,” New York Times, March 1, 2010).
