DOJ reaches first state-wide sheltered workshops agreement
Fair Wages for Fair Labor In a landmark settlement, the Department of Justice and the State of Rhode Island announced April 8 a comprehensive, ten-year plan to transition 3,500 people from the state’s...
View ArticleCelebrating fifteen years of Olmstead
U.S. Supreme Court It has been 15 years since the monumental Olmstead decision by the Supreme Court, which found that individuals with disabilities have a right to receive services outside of...
View ArticleDozens arrested at protest for community living
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View ArticleDozens arrested at protests for community living
Protesters Fight for Community First Choice Option Hundreds of protesters converged in Little Rock, Arkansas from September 14 through 17 to demand improved community services for people with...
View ArticleDozens arrested at protest for community living
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View ArticleJudge rejects Minnesota Olmstead plan
Minnesota to improve Olmstead plan U.S. District Judge Frank Donovan, in a ruling issued May 6, ordered the state of Minnesota to continue improving its plan for integrating thousands of previously...
View ArticleOlmstead turns 16
The Notorious RBG The Supreme Court’s most celebrated decision upholding the rights of people with disabilities is now 16 years old, and its impact is being felt more strongly than ever. Historically,...
View ArticleMore than a hundred disability rights protesters arrested in Washington D.C.
Sen. Charles Schumer meets with ADAPT protestors Disability rights activists stormed the nation’s capital last week, demanding that the federal government do more to deinstitutionalize people with...
View Article26 years later – The ADA is not a suggestion
July twenty-sixth will mark the 26th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, our “Emancipation Proclamation.” This sweeping law was the result of decades of work by activists committed to...
View ArticleDOJ files Olmstead lawsuit against Mississippi
The Department of Justice sued the state of Mississippi on August 11, accusing it of “unnecessarily and illegally” institutionalizing hundreds of people with mental illness daily in its state...
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