Reports

New Report about a Patient Death at St. Elizabeths- NEW!

DRDC DC Voting Access Report June 21, 2022 Primary Election - NEW!

Do No Harm: Incidents at PIW July 2022 - NEW!

Fixing the District's Youth Behavioral Health System - NEW!

New Report on Disturbing Death at PIW

New Report on Tragic COVID-19 Deaths at St. Elizabeths

DRDC Advocates for Equity During Vaccine Distribution in Letter to DC Department of Behavioral Health and DC Health

DRDC Advocates for Equity During Vaccine Distribution in Letter to the Deputy Mayor, DC Department of Health Care Finance, and DC Health

Abuse Unabated Restraint and Seclusion at St. Elizabeths Hospital

DRDC Letter Demanding Action to Address the Spread of COVID-19 in DDA’s Residential Placements Word | PDF

ULS Letter to Mayor Bowser Urging Action to Address COVID-19 in DC Nursing Facilities

DRDC Letter to Mayor Bowser Urging Action to Ensure Healthcare Access during Covid-19 Pandemic

2019 Seclusion Restraint Report

Report on Abusive Restraint and Seclusion Practices at St. Elizabeths

Solitary Confinement at St. Elizabeths Hospital

Report on a Death at St. Elizabeths Hospital

Traumatic Brain Injury in the District:  The Ignored Injury

Restraint, Seclusion and Abuse in the District of Columbia and the Need for Accountability

The Importance of Inclusion: Pathway from School to Community Integration

Report on the Death of Mr. Riley

ADA 25th Anniversary Report Word | PDF

The Way Home Child and Youth Access to Community-Based Services Post-Psychiatric Hospitalization in the District of Columbia report on the injury of JY

Time for Change: A Call to Reform the District of Columbia's Guardianship System

A Voice Ignored: Report on a Death at a Nursing Facility

A Deplorable Death

Segregated and Secluded:
An Investigation of D.C. Residents at the Florida
Institute for Neurologic Rehabilitation

"An Investigation of the Department of Mental Health, Anchor Mental Health Services, and the Death of Jean Edny Louis

The Work Option for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities: The Obstacles and the Possibilities.

Kids and Mental Health Services in D.C.:
A Handbook for Parents and Legal Guardians

Out of State, Out of Mind:
The Hidden Lives of D.C. Youth in Residential Treatment Centers

Olmstead 10TH Anniversary Report

March 12, 2014 Medication & School Rights Event

Assault in the Visitor’s Room: Staff Abuse at St. Elizabeths Hospital

Abuse and Neglect

Restraint, Seclusion and Abuse in the District of Columbia and the Need for Accountability  

Assault in the Visitor’s Room: Staff Abuse at St. Elizabeths Hospital 

Community Integration

The Importance of Inclusion: Pathway from School to Community Integration 

ADA 25th Anniversary Report Word | PDF

Legal Rights

Time for Change: A Call to Reform the District of Columbia's Guardianship System

Mental Health

The Way Home Child and Youth Access to Community-Based Services Post-Psychiatric Hospitalization in the District of Columbia report on the injury of JY

Kids and Mental Health Services in D.C.: 
A Handbook for Parents and Legal Guardians

Voting

DC Voting Access Report November 3, 2020 General Election

DC Voting Access Report June 2, 2020 Primary Election

Incarcerated DC Residents Know Your Rights - How to Vote in the General Election 2020

DRDC's 2020 General Election How to Vote Fact Sheet

DRDC's 2020 General Election How to Vote Fact Sheet for CRF Residents

DC Voting Access Report - June 19, 2018 Primary Election PDF | WORD

DC Voting access report - June 14, 2016 Presidential Primary PDF | WORD