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May 13, 2019
Lesley University
PhD graduate throws off disability stigmas: ‘I’m not less than’
Dee Genetti would be forgiven for giving up on her PhD after two traumatic, life-shattering accidents.
June 6, 2019
Weston Wicked Local
Foundation raises $75K to help Wayland and Weston
The Wayland-based Parmenter Foundation celebrated “70 Years of Giving” on May 18, raising $75,000 to benefit MetroWest neighbors in need.
May 14, 2019
Advocates
14th Annual New England School Safety Conference
Last month, Dr. Sarah Abbott, our Jail Diversion Program Director and Taylor Hayden, our Sudbury/Hudson co-response clinician, sat on a panel at the 14th Annual New England School Safety Conference
April 28, 2019
MetroWest Daily News
MetroWest Autism Alliance holds windiest Sensory-Friendly Kite Day yet in Framingham
With winds whipping at 20 mph atop Bose Mountain on Saturday afternoon, it was “probably the windiest (Sensory-Friendly) Kite Day ever” for the MetroWest Autism Alliance’s annual event.
April 25, 2019
The MetroWest Daily News
Framingham Law Day speaker: Freedom of the press is a pillar of democracy
Retired Ashland Police Chief Craig Davis and Dr. Sarah Abbott, director for the Jail Diversion Program at Advocates in Framingham, were awarded the Judge Robert C. Campion Award for Community Service for the work they did for starting the Jail Diversion Program in Framingham in 2003, and expanding it throughout the state.