The families of the 43 involuntary Seven Hills Pediatric Center plaintiffs believe that their loved ones’ lives will be significantly shortened if they are moved. We believe that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has abrogated its moral responsibility toward our loved ones and others of its most helpless citizens by entering the Rolland Settlement Agreement. We aim to help expose the truth about the one-size-fits-all de-institutionalization policy so that more progressive and enlightened policies can ensue for future generations, and so that the public will be able to hold our officials more accountable for their actions. We are accordingly working to gather evidence about the tragic outcomes that occur when the voices of the most helpless and their guardians and physicians are discounted. Premature death, psychological trauma, and physical and sexual abuse are reported to occur with some frequency among people forced to move against their families’ wishes in similar suits (see the Voice of the Retarded organization’s “Neglect and Abuse Document” . The purpose of this page is to request additional accounts from those having first-hand experience. We ask for your help.