Kathy Flaherty on Talk with Tenney #Advocacy for #DisabilityJustice 10282020

Kathy Flaherty has lived at the intersection of mental health and the law since her first 1L year at Harvard Law School, when she was civilly committed to a psychiatric hospital. She interned for Connecticut Legal Rights Project (CLRP) after her second 1L year, back in the early 1990's. Kathy has been the Executive Director of CLRP since 2015. CLRP provides legal representation to people eligible for mental health services from the State of Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. One of CLRP's most important goals is to empower people with psychiatric and other labels by increasing their own ability to influence the decision-making processes that, to a large extent, control their lives. Kathy’s experiences as an ex-patient and psychiatric survivor inform her advocacy for disability justice.

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