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Families Angle to Keep Mass. Home for Disabled

5 July 2007

By Monica Brady-Myerov

Family members and guardians of adults with developmental disabilities at Fernald Developmental Center insist that the patients are happiest where they are, and lobbying to keep it open. The state started to close them in 2003 but was blocked by a federal lawsuit.

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Copyright 2006. Used with permission from NPR.

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