Corey Turner
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For decades, the courts and Republican and Democratic administrations alike have agreed when it comes to serving Americans with disabilities, states have to provide support in home or in the communities where they live.
Institutionalization should be a last resort.
But a new Justice Department memo argues there is no integration mandate forcing states to provide these local targeted services.
Pushback from the disability community was swift.
Advocates warned the memo could bring a return to what was once common practice, de facto segregation of Americans with disabilities in nursing homes and large institutions.
The Justice Department did not respond to an NPR request for comment.
Corey Turner, NPR News.
For decades, the courts and Republican and Democratic administrations alike have agreed when it comes to serving Americans with disabilities, states have to provide support in home or in the communities where they live.
Institutionalization should be a last resort.
But a new Justice Department memo argues there is no integration mandate forcing states to provide these local targeted services.
Pushback from the disability community was swift.
Advocates warned the memo could bring a return to what was once common practice, de facto segregation of Americans with disabilities in nursing homes and large institutions.
The Justice Department did not respond to an NPR request for comment.
Corey Turner, NPR News.
For decades, the courts and Republican and Democratic administrations alike have agreed when it comes to serving Americans with disabilities, states have to provide support in home or in the communities where they live.
Institutionalization should be a last resort.
But a new Justice Department memo argues there is no integration mandate forcing states to provide these local targeted services.
Pushback from the disability community was swift.
Advocates warned the memo could bring a return to what was once common practice, de facto segregation of Americans with disabilities in nursing homes and large institutions.
The Justice Department did not respond to an NPR request for comment.