The Slow Erosion of Community Based Care for People with Disabilities The notion that significant progress has been made in supporting people with disabilities in their communities is being quietly dismantled by the U.
S. Department of Justice, which is tasked with upholding the nation's civil rights laws.
A recent legal memo from the DOJ has sparked alarm among advocates, who see it as an attempt to erode decades of settled protections for people with disabilities. The 1999 Supreme Court decision in Olmstead v.