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“When you realize that you have a person with a disability, you have an opportunity, not a problem.’’

Venu Varanasi, a biomaterials engineer at the University of Texas at Arlington who has low vision, How scientists with disabilities are making research labs and fieldwork more accessible,*Boston Globe, January 19, 2025

“Hello? Where are you at?” the deputies shouted into the distance as they turned the corner and saw the 100-year-old woman approaching them with her walker.

“I’ve been trying to find a way out,” the woman told the deputies.

“Let’s get you out of here,” the deputy responded.

“Where do I go? Don’t lose me,” she said.”I promise I won’t,” said the deputy. “No, we won’t lose you. Don’t worry.”

The woman explained that she hadn’t heard the deputies shouting because she is deaf and couldn’t charge her hearing aids.

The deputies were able to get her to safety.

Don’t lose me’: Woman, 100, rescued by deputies as Eaton Fire approached senior living facility, ABC Eyewitness 7 News, January 29, 2025

Mission

Dignity Alliance Massachusetts is dedicated to transformative change to ensure the dignity of older adults, people with disabilities, and their caregivers.  We are committed to advancing new ways of providing long-term services, support, living options, and care, while respecting choice and self-determination.  Through education, legislation, regulatory reform, and legal strategies, this mission will become reality throughout the Commonwealth.

As a grass-roots coalition of aging and disability service and advocacy organizations and supporters, Dignity Alliance Massachusetts works to secure fundamental changes.

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