Vermont Care Partners, Green Mountain Self-Advocates, and the Vermont Developmental Disabilities Council gathered on the State House lawn to honor Vermont’s direct support professionals on Sept. 12. DSPs assist people with developmental, intellectual, and psychiatric...
Vermont’s Mental Health Integration Council held its last meeting in September. It will submit its final recommendations to lawmakers in January. The state legislature created the Council in 2020 to help incorporate “mental health into a holistic health care system.”...
Under the title “Reshaping Mental Health Systems Through Integration,” the Vermont Department of Mental Health held its first annual conference since the COVID-19 pandemic at the Killington Grand Hotel on Oct. 19. Self-identified psychiatric survivors jointly or...
• The Vermont Truth and Reconciliation Commission held its first public meeting on Sept. 5, shortly after hiring an executive director, Faith Yacubian. The legislature has instructed the Commission to “begin the process of dismantling institutional, structural, and...
According to California’s Bridge Rail Foundation, more than 1,700 people have leapt to their death off the Golden Gate Bridge since its opening in 1937, making it “the world’s deadliest structure.” Fewer than 35 jumpers have survived the fall. One of them is Kevin...
