Category: Lawmaking

Minnesota Reaches Out to AbleChild to Discuss New CT Law 1-800-MedWatch on “Prescription Drug Container Bill”

Written on July 8, 2015.

On Thursday July 9th, at 7 pm Eastern time, AbleChild will be a guest on TS Radio Show with Marti Oakley. Marti Oakley is a talk show host with a focus on state and national legislation. This is not the first time media has reached out to AbleChild...

$400 Million in New Mental Health Services, But Still No Accountability

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Written on January 29, 2015.

The full-court press is on for increasing mental health services for children in the state, with a price tag of $400 million, so far. Given that there is zero science to support any psychiatric diagnosis being an actual brain abnormality, one can only...

Sandy Hook Commission Remedy Misfires & Injures Taxpayers and Children

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Written on January 19, 2015.

The good news is that the Sandy Hook Advisory Commission’s report finally will be released sometime in February. The bad news is that one can only wonder, after more than two years of considering “all” of the data, what additional...

Ablechild Board Member Featured Speaker Risperdal-Gynecomastia Litigation

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Written on October 3, 2014.

Ablechild is pleased to announce that one of its founding board members, Derek Braslow, will be a featured speaker concerning the Risperdal-Gynecomastia litigation at the National Mass Torts Made Perfect Conference in Las Vegas, on October 10, 2014. Derek...

Teachers Trained to Promote Mental Illness?

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Written on July 25, 2014.

The July 24th article in the Connecticut Mirror, by Arielle Levin Becker, titled Moms of children with mental illness share their pain, tell their stories, push for change, while anecdotal, the article provides little in the way of bolstering the cry...

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...

Connecticut State in Mental Health Denial

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Written on July 11, 2014.

The recent July 9th Ct. Mirror article, Children Stuck in Crisis, accomplishes the intended purpose of deceptively convincing the people of Connecticut that there’s a severe mental health services crisis in the state. On the surface, the article’s...