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Education in Manchester: Able NH and the Problem of Students with Disabilities, Then and Now

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Laconia State School opened in the year 1903, housing 82 residents between three buildings. The Stafford County Farm fire in 1895 revealed an unexpected truth: a great many children were living in almshouses. They were impoverished. They had no family support. They were left to their own devices. These houses, colloquially called poor houses, were intended as shelters for criminals and people with mental or physical disabilities. In those days, the term “feeble-minded” was used to describe people with developmental disabilities.

The calming and productive environment of Granite Pathways clubhouse

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The term “clubhouse” was coined in 1948 when a group of men recently discharged from a mental health facility in New York decided to help each other get back on their feet and integrate into society. When they proved effective at doing so, the men from New York decided to expand their model in a more organized way. Thus, the Pathways Clubhouse system was born.

The successes – and failures – of the Free State Project

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Their guiding philosophy is the Non-Aggression Principle, also called the NAP, which states unprovoked violence against another person is wrong. Such violence is often found through state measures such as forcible confiscation of property and excessive force on the part of police officers toward average citizens. While this certainly sounds appealing in principle, in practice, things haven’t always gone smoothly.

Inside Safe Station: The most difficult part is walking through the door

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They are also ready, at any time of day or night as long as the fire station is open, for people to come in and sit on the chairs. If they do, such people will have visited Safe Station, a much talked about yet little understood service that the fire department provides. The most difficult part of Safe Station is walking through the door, which requires participants to admit they might have a problem.

Inside the Cypress Center: A Nurse’s Perspective

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On an unassuming road in Manchester, a short walk away from the Elliott Hospital, lies an unassuming building. In the chill of late October air, residents of the neighborhood walk their dogs across the sidewalk or lumber out to their cars to start the day’s work. Inside the building, lights are turned on. Food is being cooked for breakfast. Clients of the Cypress Center are just beginning to rouse themselves out of bed.

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