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Thread: Today is the 22nd anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark #Olmstead decision, which held that states must serve people with disabilities in the community rather than institutions when community-based services can meet their needs. olmsteadrights.org/about-olmstead/
Lawmakers have a historic opportunity to fulfill the promise of #Olmstead to ensure that people with disabilities can live in the community with the supports they need to stay out of institutions.
This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020. This part is called: Protecting Disability Rights
Only one party has a specific plan to secure the rights of Americans with Disabilities and will fight to enact all appropriate legislation that addresses these rights. #NoBarriers 1/10
Only one party has a specific plan to secure the rights of Americans with Disabilities and will fight to enact all appropriate legislation that addresses these rights. #NoBarriers 1/10
One in four American adults live with a disability. #Democrats believe people with disabilities deserve to lead full, happy, and healthy lives. 2/10 #DemPartyPlatform #CripTheVote #NoBarriers
#Democrats will fully enforce the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the Fair Housing Act, the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act..3/10 #DemPartyPlatform #ADA #IDEA #FairHousingAct #CRIPA #CripTheVote
Today is the 21st anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in #Olmstead v. L.C. Many with disabilities have been made better off by the decision. The home of a woman with profound challenges whom I have volunteered with for years is threatened by misapplications of this case.
In Olmstead, the Court held that qualified individuals with mental illness and developmental disabilities have a right to choose where they live — in a “community-based setting,” or in a (loaded term) “institution.” Some have used the Olmstead to remove, not expand, choice.
The decision is often framed as an “integration mandate” by people who zealously seek the closure of all facilities that they deem “institutions,” whether or not individuals or their guardians desire such closures.
MS Attorney General (& Dem nom for governor) Jim Hood shared letters dating back to 2013 in which he warned Lt. Gov. (& GOP nom for gov) @TateReeves about the state’s mental crisis & that it could spark a federal lawsuit. MS lost that lawsuit yesterday.
jacksonfreepress.com/news/2019/sep/…
jacksonfreepress.com/news/2019/sep/…
In a 2013 letter, @HoodForGovernor wrote to @TateReeves that he was “gravely concerned about potential litigation by the” DOJ & that MS wasn’t complying w the 1999 SCOTUS #Olmstead ruling on mental illness/civil rights.
A US judge yesterday pointed to the case & ruled against MS
A US judge yesterday pointed to the case & ruled against MS
In the letters dating from 2013-2019, Hood repeatedly asked Reeves and the Legislature to use millions he won to fund mental health.
Instead Reeves & #MSLeg cut corporate taxes & then cut funds for mental heath, including nearly 600 MH jobs & 650 beds.
jacksonfreepress.com/news/2019/sep/…
Instead Reeves & #MSLeg cut corporate taxes & then cut funds for mental heath, including nearly 600 MH jobs & 650 beds.
jacksonfreepress.com/news/2019/sep/…
OPPOSE #HB3080 ! Filed by Rep. @StephanieKlick would close the Austin State Supported Living Center (?!) + all TX SSLCs. Despicable land grab; would leave 1,000s of "least of these" #IDD medically fragile, behaviorally challenged people w/o APPROPRIATE care.
@StephanieKlick PLEASE do the right thing by our people! OPPOSE #HB3080 & save desperately needed ICF care! @SaveOurSSLCs
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@RepToniRoseTX
@RepJamesFrank
@GinaForAustin
@travisfortexas
@RepRickMiller
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@TerryforTexas
@StephanieKlick @joethepleb @RepToniRoseTX @RepJamesFrank @GinaForAustin @travisfortexas @RepRickMiller @candynoble @TerryforTexas #Olmsteadʼs majority and concurring opinions go to great care to stress that “institutions” such as
ICFs/IID are a critical part of a range of services that a state must provide to meet the needs of
the diverse community of people with #IDD
ICFs/IID are a critical part of a range of services that a state must provide to meet the needs of
the diverse community of people with #IDD
