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Silent No Longer: Advancing the Fight for Disability Rights

Robert Stack

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Description:From one of the nation’s most dedicated advocates for individuals with disabilities, an exposé of the insidious takeover of disability support programs by private equity firms and a clarion call for urgent systemic change in a broken industry that has mistreated millions.More than 8 million people in the United States have an intellectual or developmental disability, but the US has consistently failed them. Now, a dangerous trend of private equity firms purchasing organizations that support these individuals is threatening their well-being.Silent No Longer is the story of Robert Stack’s 40-year career in the disability industry, revealing the neglect that persists today and asking why tens of thousands of people are still unnecessarily incarcerated in institutions that fail them. As the founder and CEO of Community Options—one of the largest non-profit organizations supporting persons with disabilities today—Stack offers a firsthand account of the neglect and abuse he has witnessed in his decades of advocacy.Outlining concrete steps individuals and organizations can take to improve the lives of people with disabilities, Stack identifies 12 calls to action and gives practical guidance for ways funding agencies, policy makers, care providers, states, and more can make a difference.Part exposé and part call to action, Silent No Longer offers answers and solutions to these unpleasant truths and charts a path forward toward a more compassionate future.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Silent No Longer: Advancing the Fight for Disability Rights. To get started finding Silent No Longer: Advancing the Fight for Disability Rights, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: From one of the nation’s most dedicated advocates for individuals with disabilities, an exposé of the insidious takeover of disability support programs by private equity firms and a clarion call for urgent systemic change in a broken industry that has mistreated millions.More than 8 million people in the United States have an intellectual or developmental disability, but the US has consistently failed them. Now, a dangerous trend of private equity firms purchasing organizations that support these individuals is threatening their well-being.Silent No Longer is the story of Robert Stack’s 40-year career in the disability industry, revealing the neglect that persists today and asking why tens of thousands of people are still unnecessarily incarcerated in institutions that fail them. As the founder and CEO of Community Options—one of the largest non-profit organizations supporting persons with disabilities today—Stack offers a firsthand account of the neglect and abuse he has witnessed in his decades of advocacy.Outlining concrete steps individuals and organizations can take to improve the lives of people with disabilities, Stack identifies 12 calls to action and gives practical guidance for ways funding agencies, policy makers, care providers, states, and more can make a difference.Part exposé and part call to action, Silent No Longer offers answers and solutions to these unpleasant truths and charts a path forward toward a more compassionate future.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Silent No Longer: Advancing the Fight for Disability Rights. To get started finding Silent No Longer: Advancing the Fight for Disability Rights, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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