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AbleChild Participates in Gun Violence Roundtable in Bridgeport, Connecticut

Written on July 1, 2015.

On June 29, 2015, AbleChild was one of two organizations that participated in an important Roundtable on gun violence, held in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Mayor Bill Finch, Senator Richard Blumenthal, and Bridgeport Police Chief, Joseph Gaudett Jr.,...

Sandy Hook Advisory Member tells Associated Press “There’s been a misunderstanding”

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Written on March 2, 2015.

BREAKING TODAY: Associated Press filed its story on the press conference held on February 23, 2015 by 9 different parental rights groups who joined forces to oppose the Sandy Hook Advisory Commission Recommendations in the aftermath of the mass murder...

DCF Post-Newtown Mental Health Recommendations May Put Children at Risk

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Written on September 8, 2014.

In response to the 2012 tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut’s Department of Children and Families (DCF), last Friday, unceremoniously unveiled its plan to overhaul the state’s mental health system for children. The ten-page draft report provides...

Is the CT Governor’s Sandy Hook Commission at Variance with the Police Report?

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Written on August 12, 2014.

What will it take to get a report from the Sandy Hook Advisory Commission? Apparently the immediacy of the task has faded, as the Commission did not find it necessary to have a meeting in July. On one level the Commission’s lack of urgency seems...

Newtown Massacre & The Courant’s Endorsement of McKinney

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Written on August 4, 2014.

According to the August 2nd article in the Hartford Courant titled McKinney Over Foley in Republican Primary for Governor, McKinney is the paper’s choice to remain in the Capitol because, among other things, in immediate aftermath of Sandy Hook,...

Yes, Senator Murphy, it is “Disgraceful”

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Written on July 21, 2014.

Ablechild finds it interesting and disturbing that Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn) felt compelled to chastise the handling of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash site, as reported by The Hill “Twitter Room” “all you need to know about...

Interview on Mental Health Recommendations in Gun Bill PA 13-3

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Written on July 16, 2014.

https://www.ablechild.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/071614-matthews.mp3 Sheila Matthews Sheila Matthews is co-founder of AbleChild. Matthews was the first mother to testify on behalf of the first state Law prohibiting school personnel from recommending...

Who Decides Which People are Mentally Ill…Who Gets That Control?

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Written on July 3, 2014.

The Ct.Post.com website ran an article yesterday titled, Sandy Hook Study Dragging, which on its face is one of the most biased and misinformed articles of “news” this writer has seen in some time. As is so typical of the reporting in Connecticut,...

Did Psychiatric Drugs Play a Role in Plaskon’s Violent Behavior?

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Written on June 5, 2014.

The alleged “Prom day” killer, Christopher Plaskon, is a snap shot of the future result of Connecticut’s increased mental health services. The 17 year-olds defense apparently will be that his “mental health” caused his...

Connecticut Fails to Meet Deadline on Sandy Hook Mental Health Gun Bill

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Written on May 19, 2014.

The problem with instituting sweeping, costly and invasive mental health legislation is that there always are unintended consequences. The State of Connecticut, when passing Public Act 13-3, apparently didn’t consider that there are two sides...

Author: Sheila Matthews

AbleChild Participates in Gun Violence Roundtable in Bridgeport, Connecticut

Sandy Hook Advisory Member tells Associated Press “There’s been a misunderstanding”

DCF Post-Newtown Mental Health Recommendations May Put Children at Risk

Is the CT Governor’s Sandy Hook Commission at Variance with the Police Report?

Newtown Massacre & The Courant’s Endorsement of McKinney

Interview on Mental Health Recommendations in Gun Bill PA 13-3

Who Decides Which People are Mentally Ill…Who Gets That Control?

Connecticut Fails to Meet Deadline on Sandy Hook Mental Health Gun Bill

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