DRA Response to DHS Response to Report on Restraint Use at Booneville HDC
Disability Rights Arkansas, Inc. is submitting this statement as a reply to the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services (DDS) response to our January 2016 report on the excessive use of restraint at the Booneville Human Development Center. Although we appreciate the fact that DDS and the DDS Board have issued a response, we believe that […]
Ten Myths About Traumatic Brain Injury
There are a lot of myths about traumatic brain injury (TBI), and the following link will take you to an article that dispels some of those myths. While the article was written for a military/veteran audience and some of the myths involve TBI’s that occur in combat, the majority of the myths really apply to […]
Disability Rights Arkansas Report on Excessive and Unnecessary Restraint Use at Booneville Human Development Center
Disability Rights Arkansas has released a new report on the use of restraints at the Booneville Human Development Center.
FYI: Governor Asa Hutchinson’s Application for 1115 Waiver Extension
Governor Asa Hutchinson has submitted an application for a 1115 Waiver Extension. For your information we have included it below.
Introduction to Psychiatric Advance Directives
A Psychiatric advance directive (PAD), sometimes referred to as a mental health advance directive, is a document that outlines what an individual would like to have happen if at some time in the future they are judged incompetent or otherwise deemed unable to make decisions for themselves or effectively communicate those decisions. The PAD can […]