DOJ memo questions disability rights protections, sparking fears of forced institutionalization
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Cory Turner
2h ago· 8 min readenNews
Summary
The Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel released a memo arguing that states are not required to provide in-home or community-based care to people with disabilities, challenging decades of civil rights protections. Disability advocates and families fear this could lead to a return to institutionalization, as these services have allowed many disabled Americans to live and work in their own communities rather than being placed in institutions.
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· 3 pulledThe Justice Department released a memo this week that quietly calls into question decades of civil rights protections for Americans with disabilities and stirred fear and anger among advocates and families.
The memo, an opinion from the Office of Legal Counsel, argues that states do not have to provide in-home or community-based care to people with disabilities who need support.
These services allow many disabled Americans to continue to live, learn and work at home or in their own communities, among family and friends.
The Justice Department's opinion challenges civil rights protections that have long treated the institutionalization of disabled Americans as a last resort.
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