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Tell Your Story to 
the New York Times
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New York Times Invitation to Tell Your Story

As guardians of loved ones with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) we know all too well about the waiting list crisis for group home placement in Connecticut affecting 2,500 to 3,500 I/DD individuals.

We also know that there is a national push to move even the most severe I/DD individuals out of quality long-term care facilities, such as STS, and into community-living settings not qualified 
to meet their special needs.

If you agree that these critical issues affecting our most vulnerable I/DD citizens are neglected in the media and deserve more coverage in 2014, here is a unique opportunity to do something about it.

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof is asking readers to submit their suggestions on the “most neglected topic” to his New York Times blog, On the Ground. His intention is to take the best entries and write a column about them. 


Here is what VOR, the national organization that advocates for choice in care and services for I/DD individuals, submitted as "most neglected topic."

Please take action. Tell your STS story.  We may get much-needed attention on a much-neglected topic: the long-term quality care crisis for individuals with severe I/DD challenges. Submit your suggestion online in the On the Ground comments section.

Can You Volunteer to Attend Events?

Home and School Association board members need your help. Power is in numbers, but we can’t attend all events to spread the word about STS as a solution to the waiting list crisis in Connecticut. We need more volunteers. If you can help, please contact us at 855-200-0490 or e-mail us at info@homeandschoolsts.org.

How to Advocate for STS

Please check out the new “Advocacy” section of our website www.homeandschoolsts.org. Learn more about why STS is a solution to the I/DD waiting list crisis in Connecticut and how you can take action to support STS.


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