Author: Sheila Matthews

Taxed, Silenced, and Shut Out: The Constitutional Crisis Brewing in Connecticut

Written by Sheila Matthews on June 13, 2025. Posted in Articles.

June 14, 2025

Two grassroots organizations, AbleChild and Logical Conservatives, are traveling across deep-blue Connecticut to investigate a troubling question: Why aren’t the voices of the people being heard? AbleChild, a human rights group, has been unceremoniously cut off live on CTN television while testifying about children being given cocktails of psychiatric drugs not FDA approved for children in state care under Medicaid. Not only were the microphones cut off, but all public speaking time was closed to the public going forward and transferred to the state vendors who profit off the drugging of children. When a state silences independent advocacy organizations it ceases to function as a true republic. That’s why AbleChild is now supporting LogicalConservatives.com—to dig deeper into a system where supermajority rule may be rooted in fraud and abuse of power, not fair representation. The upcoming election isn’t about Democrats or Republicans; it’s about whether Connecticut’s government is accountable to those it claims to represent. Both organizations will reach out directly to the people of Connecticut to ensure there is informed consent on the process of this important election and listen to the People’s voices.

Austria: Lessons Learned on Mass Killings from Tennessee’s Law in the USA—It’s Not the Guns

Written by Sheila Matthews on June 11, 2025. Posted in Articles.

June 11, 2025

Austria is mourning after a mass shooting at a high school in Graz left 10 people dead, including teenagers and a teacher, and many more injured. The 21-year-old former student who carried out the attack acted alone and later took his own life. As the nation grieves, the search for answers has begun—but one question may never be answered under current Austrian law: Did psychiatric drug treatment or mental health services play a role in this tragedy?

Austria’s Psychotherapy Act of 1991 is among the strictest in the world. It protects all details of a person’s mental health treatment—even after a crime as devastating as this. Unless there is a direct and imminent threat to life, therapists cannot disclose any information about a patient’s psychiatric drugs or treatment, not even to authorities or the public. However, in the United States there are exceptions to the HIPPA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) a federal law that aims to protect patient’s personal health information. But the vital exceptions are not followed, a perfect example: the Tennessee mass killer Audrey Hale. The mental health and drug industry failed to disclose that Hale was a threat to herself or others, which is in violation to the HIPPA law. This psychiatric industry cover up of the dangerous cocktail of drugs illustrates further the need for lawmakers and human rights organizations full access to the mental health records in these mass killings that are happening around the World. Without these mental health and treatment records, this means that, after a mass shooting, families, investigators, and society are left in the dark about whether psychiatric medications or mental health interventions were a contributing factor, or if there were failures—or even abuses—within the mental health system.

From Crime Scene to Newsroom: How Physical Evidence in the Butler, PA Assassination Attempt on Crooks Got Lost

Written by Sheila Matthews on June 10, 2025. Posted in Articles.

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June 10, 2025

The New York Times has produced an investigative article on the alleged would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks that seems so contrived that it leaves the reader wondering what has happened to the talent at the once respected “Gray Lady.”

First, contrary to what the Times has written, the public has not been provided with a final report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) which, if handled correctly, would include Crooks’ autopsy, ballistics reports, Fingerprint and DNA information. Throughout the article, the Times repeatedly states that Crooks was the shooter. The Times has no physical evidence to support that statement…or has not provided that physical evidence in the article.

The “investigative” piece is chock full of he-said she-said anecdotes that seem contradictory at best. For example, the article explains that “much of the world has forgotten about the 20-year-old who set out to murder him.” No. That’s an inaccurate assumption. Many are interested in the Butler shooting incident. It’s the FBI that has seemingly decided to put its investigation into the assassination attempt on the back burner.

Decker Case Exposes Army, Sandy Hook Lawyer, and Untouchable Psych Vendors

Written by Sheila Matthews on June 8, 2025. Posted in Articles.

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June 8, 2025

It’s been more than a week, and the manhunt continues for the former Army veteran, Travis Decker, who allegedly murdered his three young daughters on May 30th at a campsite in Leavenworth Washington. Of course, the burning question is why this loving father would kill his cherished children and, given the information about Decker’s mental health, one cannot rule out that psychiatric drugs may have played a significant role in this tragedy.

While law enforcement has provided surprisingly few personal details about the alleged murderer, those close to Decker have a great deal to say about the former Paratrooper’s mental health problems that reportedly began while he was serving in active duty with the US Army.

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Connecticut Summer Committee Targets Homeschoolers that Outperform Public Schools in Mental Health & Academics as DCF Dodges Accountability

Written by Sheila Matthews on June 5, 2025. Posted in Articles.

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June 5, 2025

After a decisive win for Connecticut’s homeschooling families—who successfully pushed back against new regulations this legislative session—state lawmakers are now gearing up for a summer committee to explore fresh oversight, despite mounting evidence that homeschoolers excel where public schools often struggle.

Connecticut spends more than $13,000 in taxpayer dollars per public school student each year, funding everything from facilities to curriculum, while families who choose to homeschool receive nothing from the state and shoulder all educational costs themselves. Yet, homeschoolers consistently outperform their public school peers on standardized tests, report higher levels of life satisfaction, and are statistically less likely to suffer abuse or neglect.

AbleChild Joins the Homeschoolers Press Conference in the State of Connecticut

Written by Sheila Matthews on June 4, 2025. Posted in Articles.

June 4, 2025

AbleChild is a 501(3) C nonprofit organization and has recently co-written landmark legislation in Tennessee, setting a national precedent for transparency and accountability in the intersection of mental health, pharmaceutical practices, and public safety.

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Britain’s ADHD Surge: Country Races to Keep Up—Should We Drug Everyone?

Written by Sheila Matthews on June 1, 2025. Posted in Articles.

June 1, 2025

A recent report released by the National Health Service claims that an estimated 2.5 million people in England are living with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The powers that be are calling it a “surge” in diagnoses for children and adults. A “surge?” Well, that is important.

According to the report, three and four percent of adults and five percent of children and young people have ADHD. And these data also include those who have the condition but have yet to be diagnosed. How exactly does that work? Haven’t been diagnosed but we’ll include them in the data because they may be diagnosed? Hmmm…

The deep thinkers at NHS estimated that 741,000 are children and young people between the ages of 5 and 24 suffer from ADHD symptoms, and 147,000 under the age of five may have ADHD and have been added to the data because those children will be included in future diagnostic rates.

Psychiatric Drug Ban to Trump Pardon: Former Governor Rowland vs. Big Pharma—Was He Targeted?

Written by Sheila Matthews on May 29, 2025. Posted in Articles.

May 29, 20025

Recently Pardoned Former Governor John Rowland political downfall is often reduced to scandalous headlines about gifts and corruption, but the truth behind his resignation reveals a far more complex and troubling story—one that involves a fierce battle with Big Pharma, a controversial psychiatric drug ban for vulnerable children, and a corruption scandal that may not be as disconnected as it seems.

In the early 2000s, Governor Rowland took a rare and bold stand against the wrongful medication of children in state care by banning three powerful antipsychotic drugs from Connecticut’s drug formulary: Risperdal (risperidone), Zyprexa (olanzapine), and Seroquel (quetiapine). These medications were widely prescribed despite mounting evidence of severe side effects, including increased risks of suicide, diabetes, and violent behavior. The ban thrust Connecticut into the national spotlight when The New York Times ran a front-page article in 2004 exposing the widespread use—and potential dangers—of these psychiatric drugs in children under state supervision, sparking a nationwide conversation about the ethics and safety of medicating vulnerable youth.

Waterbury, CT Mall Shooting Press Conference Criticized as “PR Infomercial”

Written by Sheila Matthews on May 28, 2025. Posted in Articles.

WATERBURY, Conn. May 28, 2025 — Five people were shot at Brass Mill Center mall and a stunned community looked to law enforcement and state leaders for answers. Instead, the people got a press conference that felt more like a marketing campaign than a serious response to a horrific tragedy.

Governor Ned Lamont and Waterbury city officials took the stage, but instead of explaining why active shooter drills apparently failed, why the 19-year-old shooter, Tajuan Washington, was free on bond, or why police still haven’t found the weapon used in the shooting, most of the time was spent pushing for new grants and funding for conflict resolution programs. The event quickly shifted from addressing the public’s urgent concerns to promoting behavioral health initiatives and obtaining nonprofit outreach grants, with little mention of the investigation’s glaring gaps.

MAHA Report Blurs Line Between Wrongful and Overmedication, Falsely Claims ADHD as Disease

Written by Sheila Matthews on May 26, 2025. Posted in Articles.

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May 26, 2025
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., unveiled his Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) report to tremendous fanfare, identifying issues that reportedly are contributing to the chronically poor health of the nation’s children. One category that Kennedy identifies is the deterioration of mental health of American children.

While the HHS Secretary is correct that there is a mental health “crisis” affecting America’s children, AbleChild believes that the “crisis” has less to do with “Overmedicalization” and more to do with “wrongful medicalization.”

According to Kennedy’s MAHA Report, “there is a concerning trend of overprescribing medications to children, often driven by conflicts of interest in medical research, regulation, and practice. This has led to unnecessary treatments and long-term health risks.” This conversation is slightly misleading. The “Overprescribing” has nothing to do with cancer or diabetes drug treatments for example, but rather, Kennedy, without identifying them, is talking about prescription psychiatric drugs. Why not just say that?

Former Connecticut Senate Candidate John Flynn Held By State Without Charges or Trial in Psychiatric Ward

Written by Sheila Matthews on May 22, 2025. Posted in Articles.

May 22, 2025

John Flynn, a former senatorial candidate, has become the focus of a heated controversy in Connecticut after being detained at Whiting Forensic Hospital for the criminally insane since March 24, 2025—without trial or conviction. Supporters allege that Flynn’s disappearance is a result of political retaliation, orchestrated by state officials, including a Biden-appointed U.S. District Judge favored by Senators Blumenthal and Murphy, who has ignored pleas and habeas petitions challenging Flynn’s confinement.

Flynn’s advocates argue that his detainment is an attempt to silence his reporting on alleged state corruption, including claims of election fraud and misconduct at the highest levels of Connecticut government. They say that after being deemed competent several times, Flynn was set up with questionable charges of resisting arrest, trespassing, and threatening—based on a years-old video—by CT Superior Court Judge Mary Elizabeth Reid and the Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.

Connecticut Smashes Spending Cap as $5.8 Million Fuels Drugging of Babies Under Medicaid

Written by Sheila Matthews on May 20, 2025. Posted in Articles.

BREAKING:

Connecticut has shattered its own constitution by breaching the spending cap for the first time in nearly two decades—an unprecedented move that raises alarms about government accountability. The Democratic majority forced through the cap override, while Republican Chairman Ben Proto’s failure to field candidates for many open seats has left the state facing a crisis of taxation without representation.

Beneath this fiscal crisis lies a disturbing reality, Connecticut’s Medicaid program spends $5.8 million a year on psychiatric drugs for children—including hundreds of babies and toddlers. Nearly 400 kids under age four, and even some infants, are prescribed powerful medications like Prozac, often with little oversight. Even the industry, fraught with human rights abuses and coercive practices, cannot justify these actions. As Dr. Andres Martin, a child psychiatrist at Yale, put it: “I can’t make any sense of why a 1-year-old would be on Prozac.” Foster children are especially at risk, being four times more likely to be medicated.

FBI Under Fire: Explosive Questions Surround Trump Assassination Attempt Investigation

Written by Sheila Matthews on May 18, 2025. Posted in Articles.

BREAKING

Fox New Host Maria Bartiromo had the opportunity during her Sunday show to inquire of the new FBI Director Kash Patel and his Deputy Dan Bongino whether there was some update of the FBI’s investigation into the shooting at Butler, PA. To say their response was less than enthusiastic is putting it lightly.

Patel advised that the investigation into the Butler assassination attempt on President Trump is ongoing and that he and Bongino have reviewed evidence and have been briefed by officials on the attack. Whoop-de-do! How bout you share that information with the American people?

When exactly does the Director of the FBI figure the American people will get to review the evidence in the case? When will the American people get to review the physical evidence, like the autopsy of the alleged shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, the DNA and fingerprint data and the complete ballistics reports on Crooks alleged weapon and the weapons of the Secret Service and Pennsylvania State police?

That Bongino went off on some weird tangent about how some Americans believe that there is some kind of international connection is completely irrelevant. It doesn’t matter what people think. Just complete the investigation and provide the evidence to support the FBI’s findings.

Mass Shooter Parents at the Mercy of Selective Prosecution

Written by Sheila Matthews on May 18, 2025. Posted in Articles.

May 18 2025

Another parent of a school shooter was hauled into court and charged with murderous violence caused by his 15-year-old daughter, Natalie Rupnow. The question that nobody seems to want to ask is why school shooter cases are becoming selective prosecution, especially in light of law enforcement’s refusal to consider the shooter’s “treatment” and psychiatric medications.

Jeffrey Rupnow is charged with giving a dangerous weapon to a person under 18 causing death. Rupnow’s daughter, Natalie, killed a student and teacher at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin in December of 2024 before taking her own life.

Natalie was the child of divorce, was not handling the separation well, began cutting herself and threatening to kill herself. Natalie was subsequently enrolled in therapy in July of 2022. In an effort do an activity together just months prior to the shooting, Jeffrey Rupnow and his daughter joined a gun club with Natalie posting she “loved every second of it.” Apparently because of Natalie’s positive interest in shooting, Jeffrey provided his daughter with the combination to his gun safe where Natalie’s firearms were kept.

While law enforcement in Madison seemed filled with delight at bringing these charges against Rupnow, one can only wonder if anyone is curious about what role Natalie’s “therapy” may have played. For instance, who was Natalie’s therapist and why hasn’t the public heard about Natalie’s “treatment” plan? Had Natalie been prescribed prescription psychiatric drugs? And, if so, what were they? Had Natalie been on a cocktail of drugs and for how long? Did the teenager experience any adverse effects from the drugs?

DailyMail Must Apologize and Provide Correction for Dangerous ADHD Misinformation Article

Written by Sheila Matthews on May 12, 2025. Posted in Articles.

May 13, 2025

On May 5th an article that ran on the Daily.mail.co.uk website for nearly a week and was so filled with misinformation about the alleged psychiatric disorder ADHD that AbleChild is calling out the writer and asking the publishers to print an apology and a correction.

The article written by Cassidy Morrison (Senior Health Reporter) titled “I learned the horrifying risks of ‘miracle’ ADHD drugs and stopped taking them…but it was too late,” provides information about the alleged ADHD disorder and its alleged treatment. The problem, though, is that Morrison is just wrong on both counts. Too often the press gets away with writing information about mental health diagnosing and drugs that simply is not based in science. Enough is enough. The misinformation must stop.

Morrison’s article focuses on a woman who reportedly did not have the alleged ADHD disorder but took ADHD drugs like Ritalin, Adderall, and Vyvanse and later regretted taking the drugs as the subject of the article believed the drugs caused her heart damage. Fine. But the problem isn’t with the subject of the article. The problem is with author Morrison’s explanations of ADHD and its alleged drug “treatments.”