The United States has had a bias in favor of institutional care for persons with disabilities for a long time, and even now, institutional care is mandated while community care is optional. That has been changing over the past decade, especially since the Olmstead case, with more and more states focusing on community-based care. No, not Olmstead v. United States which dealt with wiretapping, but the Olmstead v. L.C. and E.W. Supreme Court decision on the rights of persons with disabilities to live in the community with access to the care and services they need.
The Wall Street reports on this debate in Arkansas.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
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