Abuse
and neglect are cited as factors in the deaths of dozens of devlopmentally
disabled in state care since reforms were instituted a decade ago. Here are
some of the lives affected. Read more of the Courant's investigation of 2013.
The audit, which analyzed the states care of 245
developmentally disabled individuals from 2012 through the first half of 2014,
found that private group homes frequently failed to report critical incidents
to state officials, and that state officials almost never forwarded those cases
for outside investigation. The cases include a man who suffered a broken spine
and a woman who repeatedly ingested razor blades and other dangerous objects.