PRINTABLE PAGE Parents Charged in Retarded Man’s Death From Starvation Originally published by The Associated Press, April 10, 2002 FOLEY, Ala. (AP) — A couple was charged with murdering the woman’s 39- year-old mentally handicapped son, who authorities said was…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Ethics and Orphans: The ‘Monster Study’ By Jim DyerOriginally published in The San Jose Mercury News, June 7, 2001Part 1 of 2 The package came in the twilight of Mary Tudor Jacobs’ life. She stood in the doorway…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Disabled-Abuse Complaints High In State By Bill Snyder, Staff WriterOriginally published in The Tennessean, August 21, 2001 A federal health official said she has received more complaints from Tennessee about people with mental retardation being abused or neglected…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Pachuca Journal: New Model for the Mentally Ill By Ginger ThompsonOriginally published by The New York Times, May 11, 2001 PACHUCA, Mexico — Although it still hulks like a fortress over the desert landscape, the colonial hacienda that…
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PRINTABLE PAGE For Mentally Ill, Death and Misery By Clifford J. LevyOriginally published in The New York Times, April 28, 2002 Randolph Maddix, a schizophrenic who lived at a private home for the mentally ill in Brooklyn, was often left…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Deal Made in Case of Sex Abuse at Boys Home By Kim SmithOriginally published in the Las Vegas Sun, June 1, 2001 A Las Vegas man accused of sexually abusing five boys at a state-run home for emotionally…
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PRINTABLE PAGE College Entrance in China: ‘No’ to the Handicapped By Elisabeth RosenthalOriginally published in The New York Times, May 23, 2001 HANGSHA, China — When Liu Wenxiu was growing up in central Hunan province, she never thought of herself…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Blind-Boy Sex Stunner Hicksville teacher’s aide Kathy Tuifel—a mother of two—was charged with having sex with a blind student after her husband Bob caught them in the act, police sources say. By Adam Miller and Tracy ConnorOriginally published…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Nursing Home Predator Gets 2 20-year Terms In an emotional hearing, Thomas Drake Wheeler, 57, was sentenced to two 20-year sentences by 241st District Court Judge Diane DeVasto after pleading guilty to the sexual attacks on two physically…
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PRINTABLE PAGE In Attacks on Disabled, Few Verdicts Despite evidence, law enforcement drops most cases By Raja Mishra, Globe StaffOriginally published in The Boston Globe, June 10, 2001 In Massachusetts, predators have been raping, beating, and robbing the disabled with…