As an alternative, Rhode Island, particularly Providence, is incredibly progressive and LGBTQIA+ friendly. It’s about an hour from Boston and has an MBTA commuter rail. It also has a significantly lower cost of living than the Greater Boston Areas in Massachusetts (it is still considered the GBA)

Avoid the Bridgewater area, aka the Deep South of Massachusetts.

The Catholic religion used to be huge here before the priests started diddling little boys. It’s dwindled to almost nothing in the last 15-20 years.

I heard the shortage is very significant on the south shore in particular now. It just took me 10 days to find it. Most pharmacies had the name brand, but that’s $360 out of pocket for a month supply.

The shortages are particularly bad right now with lower doses, since people on higher doses are getting prescribed multiples of the lower ones to add up to their dosages. (Ex: if you take 60mg and the pharmacy has 20mg they tell you to get your doc to resend with 20mg 3x daily to take at the same time).

Adderall IS medically necessary. Especially if you take it for narcolepsy. The general public doesn’t understand the complexity of ADHD, especially inattentive type. It’s not just hyperactive little boys who are impulsive, it is a disorder that can cause significant impacts to quality of life and even life in general for some people.

And it doesn’t just magically go away when you turn 18, in fact more and more women in their 30-40’s are being diagnosed because we were overlooked when we were children in the 90’s since people did think it was just for hyperactive little boys.

In 2019 he came to Worcester. My (then) 2 year old twin niblings LOVED it- I hope your family does as well :)

I’m sure I drank that night. It was 16 years ago.

My 19th birthday I played “beer” pong with vodka and red Gatorade.

They are safer than communal jungle juice (from a roofie standpoint). Plus, people usually add liquid IV to keep hydrated!

Contact the DDS office nearest to you (reach out to your school system for help with this if needed). They have caseworkers who help with this transition, and also with the process of legal guardianship after 18. There are dayhab programs, residential programs or support workers who DDS can pay for to help with all of this.

I work in elementary sped now, but a few years ago discussions about aging out/next steps was a requirement at every IEP meeting after age 14.

Thank you, my phone autocorrected!

And they will be made up. 180 days is the law

I suggest moving wherever is the best place for you without this in mind & hiring a very good educational advocate to fight for their rights in that school system. And if they can’t provide FAPE, request to be sent to a collaborative on that towns dime.

There’s EDCO which was already mentioned, and the North Shore Education Consortium that specializes in Deaf/HOH as well, but any collaborative that the town is a part of will have specialized resources. That’s why they exist.

I have kids in the district. The total numbers may be lower but that lower number isn’t reflected in the elementary school that this building is zoned in.

Braintree schools are already bursting at the seams with kids. With 500 apartments there will certainly be more kids entering the system. The concern is that Braintree doesn’t currently have the capacity for it.

But also, it is literally within feet of that school. The town closed an access road from the plaza to the school in the early 2000’s because of traffic concerns then. Added people could make it an issue again

There are multiple busses that go to the plaza and then to the T station (Quincy center and Braintree)

There’s an elementary school right behind where they want to put these. And the school system is already strained (and teachers working without a contract!)

There is already a mini Fenway in LegoLand. That would be easy to make into a sellable set

Symphony hall big band New Year’s Eve!

A lot of them literally aren’t allowed to get the vaccine per their doctors.

And yet they are coming to school sick and very few people in the buildings are wearing masks. Kids have always been gross, but now we have ways to mitigate the grossness but aren’t utilizing them

I’m calling it now- This is a giant prank. Every news outlet covering it has the same quote by this same woman who doesn’t have a phone number and there is no online presence for the parent company. #Amesgate2023

Last time I checked it had Lands End products and the mechanic & tools only

Does this include the red line trolleys?

Last time I was there they had it!