Concord vigil scheduled to honor people who died in New Hampshire’s disability care system

By: William Skipworth

Outlets: NH Bulletin

Published: January 13, 2026

Words: 277

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 5 days ago

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ABLE NH, a New Hampshire-based disability advocacy organization, is planning a vigil on the State House lawn in Concord Saturday to honor people who died within New Hampshire’s intellectual and developmental disability care system.

In November, the Bulletin published a series of articles uncovering systemic abuse and neglect — sometimes fatal — occurring in New Hampshire’s state-funded and state-directed disability care system. Those articles told the stories of Stephen Weidlich Jr., who was …

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