CONCORD, NH — On Thursday, June 15th, President Don Shumway was a guest on Laura Knoy's program "The Exchange" on New Hampshire Public Radio (NHPR). Shumway was joined with Richard Cohen, Executive Director of the Disabilities Rights Center, Louis Josephson, CEO of Riverbend Community Mental Health in Concord, and James MacKay, state representative from Concord and chair of a new state commission on mental health. Together, they discussed the changes in treatment options people with mental and physical disabilities have in the state, including community-based programs.

To listen to the entire interview, download Laura Knoy's story entitled: The Continuing Challenge of Deinstitutionalization.

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