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Health Care & Rehabilitation Services Betrayed A Vulnerable Man
- - Meeting was intimidating toward a disabled husband; no warning or advocate.
- - They pressed for consent to detain the son, causing trauma.
An LICSW, Julie Cunningham of Families First in Wilmington, VT asked my husband to attend an HCRS meeting called ACT 264 to assist us in getting help for our challenged teenaged son. My husband (who has cognitive disabilities and obviously needed accomodation) walked into the room trusting that these credentialed professionals would be knowlwdgeable and supportive.
They greeted him with intimidating, daggering eye glares and interrogated him in a criminal suspect manner, bullying him fearsomely and duressing him for "consent" to take our son into state custody.
This terrifying set-up was conducted by Bill Metcalfe of Health Care and Rehabilitation Services (HCRS)in Brattleboro, Vermont. Nobody had warned my husband that he would need an attorney. He had no opportunity to find or request an advocate of any kind, even though at least two people in that room knew that he was disabled. Worst of all, he was degraded and humiliated in front of his handicapped teenage son.
As he was leaving the meeting, shaking from shell-shock, Julie Cunningham approached him and informed that this was not happening because he was a bad parent, but because of "funding" issues.
Immediately my husband went back to his job, trembling with horror at what had just happened. But he was not left alone to concentrate on his work. HCRS Counselor Linda Heimerdinger called and demoralized him for "raising your voice" at a loud and defiant teenager. She proudly proclaimed that she never, ever raised her voice at her own teens. But she was never sneak tape recorded in the privacy of her own home, as we were. I was shocked that the state could take kids away simply for occasional yelling, particularly when caught by warrantless tape recordings planted in your home during stressful times.
The Child Maltreatment allegation was dropped but my husband is still suffering from PTSD. He has been suffering for more than 2 years.
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Bill Metcalfe's real first name is Willard.
I will never, ever "move on" from this. Not ever, ever, ever.
HCRS of Brattleboro is simply cruel. I have come to the conclusion that, contrary to their boasting otherwise, Brattleboro and Windham County are cruel to traditional families. They seem to have a vested interest in breaking everybody up--turning wife against husband, children and teens against their parents.
I'm trying to forgive, but I cannot forget! :roll
The names of Bill Metcalfe, Julie Cunningham, Linda Heimerdinger, and Barbara Saunders (Brattleboro) are going to resound again and again because they have harmed the innocent. :sigh
I am still around, I have not gone away.
Bill Metcalfe of Brattleboro HCRS fame is truly a fearsome bully. He seems invincible, but I have faith that someday his abuse will catch up to him and he will have to pay a dear price for the terrible harm he has done. He's not the only one at HCRS who is terrible; they are a shameful outfit.
Forget and move on? NO WAY! :roll
Time has not dimmed the memory of this terrible event. I have not even begun to forget the horror of what happened, and will never "move on" so the perpetrators can continue to bully the innocent.
I am happy to report that I continue to shout out my own true story. And I am happy in doing it. :)
Julie Cunningham of FF in Wilmington,VT deceived and betrayed my husband, taking advantage of a disabled and innocent individual. I can only hope that some day justice will be brought to her.
Not a surprising horror when it's coming from HCRS in Brattleboro, VT. Most people realize that they are corrupt, but nobody seems to do anything about it. :?
Don't think for one second that I am finished with talking about my truthful story. I have dedicated the next 25 years of my life to crying out loud from the rooftops. :eek