Unbiased Reporting

What I post on this Blog does not mean I agree with the articles or disagree. I call it Unbiased Reporting!

Isabella Brooke Knightly and Austin Gamez-Knightly

Isabella Brooke Knightly and Austin Gamez-Knightly
In Memory of my Loving Husband, William F. Knightly Jr. Murdered by ILLEGAL Palliative Care at a Nashua, NH Hospital

Monday, November 26, 2012

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Addiction and the Americans with Disabilities Act


Addiction and the Americans with Disabilities Act

On July 26, 1990, the U.S. Congress enacted the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which was intended as
a broad, national, civil rights–oriented mandate “for the elimination of discrimination against individuals with
disabilities,” both physical and mental. ADA protection is extended, in limited form, to those with addiction
disorders. However, many addicted individuals are denied ADA protection because of exclusionary criteria in the
ADA itself and because of increasingly restrictive interpretations of the ADA in recent cases. The benefit to the
addicted persons, and to the larger society, is lost when unfair discriminatory practices preclude employment of
otherwise qualified, though stigmatized, individuals. The ADA currently falls short, in many respects, of preventing
such discrimination against those with addictions.


Persons with a diagnosis of alcohol dependence are protected,
but those with drug dependence are protected only if they are
in treatment or have completed a treatment program, and are
not “currently” using illegal drugs    

Note: So according to ADA guidelines, doesn't that make it ILLEGAL to steal a child from a recovering addict? An addict forced out of treatment by the Court?

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Disabled parents face bias, loss of kids

Report: Disabled parents face bias, loss of kids | masslive.com:

Millions of Americans with disabilities have gained innumerable rights and opportunities since Congress passed landmark legislation on their behalf in 1990. And yet advocates say barriers and bias still abound when it comes to one basic human right: To be a parent.

Such cases are found nationwide, according to a new report by the National Council on Disability, an independent federal agency. The 445-page document is viewed by the disability-rights community as by far the most comprehensive ever on the topic — simultaneously an encyclopedic accounting of the status quo and an emotional plea for change.
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Rocking the Cradle: Ensuring the Rights of Parents with Disabilities and Their Children


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Saturday, November 24, 2012

Adoption Bonus Time Again

Department of Children & Family Services | State of Louisiana:

BATON ROUGE - The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) has received more than $1.4 million as part of an Adoption Incentive Award funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). This marks the fourth consecutive year DCFS has received an award.

Adoption Incentives Earning History by State: FY 1998−FY 2011


Adoption Incentives Earning History by State: FY 1998−FY 2011

Blood Money Paid to States For Our Stolen Children

Child welfare deaths marked by baby's grandmother

Child welfare deaths marked by baby's grandmother - Yahoo! News Canada:


The grandmother of a baby who died in foster care last year released 350 balloons Friday on what would have been the child's second birthday.
Marilyn Koren's granddaughter Delonna Sullivan was four months old when she died on April 11, 2011, six days after she was removed from her home in central Alberta and placed in foster care.

Social services called 11 times before boy's death

Social services called 11 times before boy's death | Video | wtsp.com:


Social services called 11 times before boy's death

A child was killed riding his bike in the street after Colorado social services and police received 18 combined complaints that the boy was not being properly watched.