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As the vaccine rollout continues and the New Jersey rate of transmission continues to drop, Garden State schools and organizations are expanding in-person instruction opportunities. But that’s not the case for programs for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. State officials will only allow their programs to be offered online. The situation is causing hardship and frustration. At the end of this week, what is being billed as the Open the Day Programs protest will be held in Freehold to bring attention to the situation. Central Jersey resident Elizabeth Dicker, one of the...

N.J.’s lockdown on programs for disabled people must end now, families say Updated 3:02 PM; Today 8:30 AM Kelly Reagan, right, at a Christmas party with Becky Chaplin, a social worker at the Ladacin day program in Ocean Township in 2017. Reagan is declining mentally and emotionally because day programs have been shut for most of the past 13 months , her mother, Marianne says. Facebook Share Aided by vaccines, mandatory mask-wearing and social distancing, the Murphy administration this year has gradually relaxed restrictions on nursing homes visits, attendance at weddings and sporting even...

'Discriminatory human rights issue': Families tell NJ to reopen day programs for disabled UP NEXT New Jersey residents with the most severe disabilities are regressing physically and mentally because the therapy, socialization and training programs they depend on have been closed for over a year. Many are depressed and stuck at home with families at their breaking points while the state is unfairly barring them from needed services, said families, advocates and some lawmakers. These services, which come bundled under the catchall title of day programs, offer therapy, social activities, job ...

New Jersey residents with the most severe disabilities are regressing physically and mentally because the therapy, socialization and training programs they depend on have been closed for over a year. Many are depressed and stuck at home with families at their breaking points while the state is unfairly barring them from needed services, said families, advocates and some lawmakers. These services, which come bundled under the catchall title of day programs, offer therapy, social activities, job training and classes. Except six weeks last fall, they’ve been shuttered since March 2020 in an e...

Reply(1) Ocean County, like the rest of New Jersey, is seeing a rise in the rate of coronavirus cases. (Shutterstock) OCEAN COUNTY, NJ — Ocean County's coronavirus case rate has increased over the last week, reflecting an increase in the infection rate statewide, as it has for the last few weeks (see town-by-town totals below). Ocean County recorded 60,217 cases of the coronavirus through Friday, according to the Ocean County Health Department. That is an increase of 2,313 cases, or 3.99 percent, from March 26, when 57,904 cases were reported. Variants of the virus that spread more quickl...