The Supreme Court’s longstanding Olmstead ruling states that institutionalizing people with disabilities, instead of providing supports to live in their communities, is unlawful discrimination and segregation.
Yet, the administration issued an alarming memo that disavows this central premise of the Olmstead guarantee to millions of people with disabilities.
It’s why CLE joined our colleagues at the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA), the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), and the National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) in condemning the Department of Justice’s recent actions.
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