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WBUR Misleads with Story on Involuntary Outpatient Commitment

March 21, 2023

Involuntary Outpatient Commitment (IOC) is more commonly referred to as Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT). We do not use that term because it essentially operates as a marketing term for IOC, […]

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Survey Results: Do Aggressive Signs Reduce Aggression?

January 19, 2023

Over the last handful of months, we’ve been requesting that people fill out a survey on signage popping up in healthcare facilities warning people against “violence” and “aggression.” 75 people […]

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Movement Losses: Celia Brown

December 20, 2022

The pandemic has been hard for so many reasons, but among them is the loss of so many movement elders including Margo McMahon, Mary Ann Ebert, George Ebert, Jay Mahler, […]

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Club Q & Anti-LGBTQIA+ Hate

November 22, 2022

Late on November 19, a man wearing body armor entered Club Q – considered a safe haven for LGBTQIA+ folks – in Colorado Springs, Colorado and immediately began shooting. He […]

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Do Signs Telling People not to be Aggressive Help or Harm?

October 1, 2022

Signs warning that “aggressive behavior will not be tolerated” are popping up everywhere. According to Vice President of Operations and Chief Administrative Officer at Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Anthony Scibelli, at […]

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DMH Guidelines for Implementation of Policy #21-01 — LGBTQ Non-Discrimination Policy

October 1, 2022

August, 2021 If guidelines are released, but no one knows about them, do they really exist? It’s a good question, and in many regards, the answer is probably “no!” That said, […]

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SAMHSA’s National Recovery Summit, 2022

September 28, 2022

In August, 2022, people from across the country gathered both in person and virtually to attend the first recovery summit (or similar) to be held by the Substance Abuse and […]

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Checking In about COVID & Our Community

August 15, 2022

The COVID pandemic has presented a lot of change, chaos, uncertainty, and challenge within our communities and beyond. We’ve had to make a lot of difficult decisions along the way, […]

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Involuntary Outpatient Commitment & The Fight to Keep It Out of Massachusetts

June 22, 2022

On Wednesday, June 15, alarms were sounded across the state by disability rights groups when proposed amendments were published as a part of a response to  a House version of the […]

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Power, Control, & Bathrooms: A Local and National Issue

April 20, 2022

Sera Davidow, Wildflower Alliance Director An increasing number of schools have begun restricting bathroom access for kids in their care during the school day. This is a serious issue that […]

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A Certification Board for Peer Specialists is Coming To Massachusetts: What Will That Mean For Us?

April 20, 2022

In July, 2021, we raised alarms about proposed legislation to create a Certification Board for Peer Specialists. (You can see details of that alert here: http://tiny.cc/PSBOD) The legislation came as […]

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Solidarity with the family and community of Miguel Estrella

April 1, 2022

The Wildflower Alliance stands in solidarity and support of the family and community of Miguel Estrella, 22, who was killed by Pittsfield police on Friday.  Witnesses say that just before […]

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