Joseph Shapiro
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255 appearances
8 recordings
2 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 26 Jul
Joseph Shapiro’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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That meant finding the funding for attendant care, an aid to help a disabled person get in and out of their wheelchair, out of bed, to get dressed, make meals.
That assistance was key to living in the community.
Then in Georgia, two women with intellectual and psychiatric disabilities who lived in state hospitals sued to get out.
Their case reached the U.S.
Supreme Court.
And in 1999, in what's called the Olmstead decision, the high court ruled that disabled people who need long-term care have a right to get it in the community.
This was huge.
It forced states to create services and provide funding to help disabled people live in their own homes, not in institutions.
And in June, the Justice Department issued a legal memo that suggests states no longer have that obligation to make sure disabled people can live in their own homes.
That has set up a potential legal fight down the road.
Now, many people in the disability community worry that they'll need to get their care in nursing homes.
Yeah, my alarm went off right at 11, so dad's helping me out with some medication management.
It's getting harder.
Still, Nikki Bishop shows what's possible for people with significant disabilities.
She can work.
She can be a mom.
She can live in her community.
And yes, care for someone with a disability can be expensive.
But on average, it costs less to care for someone like Nikki Bishop in her own home than in a nursing home.
So here we are on the 36th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and disabled people fear the rights they won with that law are under attack.
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