Advocates ‘heartbroken’ by alleged rape of client who was in disability provider’s care

By: Danielle J. Brown

Outlets: Maryland Matters

Published: May 6, 2026

Words: 1,071

Last Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago

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Advocates are “deeply disturbed” and “heartbroken” over the alleged neglect at a community provider in Baltimore that resulted in the rape and impregnation of a young woman with significant cognitive disabilities.

Carin Smith, co-founder of the Concerned Citizens of Self-Direction Maryland, said that as a mother of a 28-year-old daughter who receives developmental disability services, the case “really hits home.”

“When you have a child that doesn’t speak, especially a young woman that can get …

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