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Institutions Remain Dumping Grounds for Forgotten People

Date:
October 2009
Source:
European Coalition for Community Living
Author:
Yana Buhrer Tavanier

Reform is coming too slowly to institutions for adults with intellectual and mental health disabilities in Bulgaria, Romania, and Serbia, where chronic neglect, filthy conditions, and the use of physical restraints and high-dosage drugs to control behavior remain routine.

In an investigative article published by OSI grantee the European Coalition for Community Living (ECCL), Bulgarian journalist Yana Buhrer Tavanier highlights the appalling human rights abuses that take place on a daily basis in institutions for people with disabilities in the three countries and the lack of real progress towards developing community-based alternatives.

The article, which followed four months of undercover investigations, appeared in the ECCL October 2009 newsletter with a foreword from OSI's Mental Health Initiative Director Judith Klein.

Download the article and complete newsletter below.

 

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