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Moving from a Nursing Home to Community Housing Under Olmstead
...Federal law guarantees the right to live in the most integrated...often don't know these rights exist or how to exercise...to exercise them. The Olmstead decision and programs...initiate a move. What Olmstead Requires: The ADA Integration...Supreme Court decision in Olmstead v. L.C. established that...This Means in Practice. Olmstead does not guarantee immediate...
Legal > Housing
Your Complete Guide to Disability Housing Rights Under Federal Law
...already read three articles about disability housing rights. All of them said roughly the same thing: you have...to file a complaint when someone violates your rights. Everything in one place. Which Federal Law Protects...You. Four federal laws govern disability housing rights. They don't replace each other; they overlap. Understanding...
News > Advocacy
A Federal Court Just Ruled That New Hampshire's Medicaid Home Care Program Is Failing Disabled Residents. Here's What Families Across the Country Need to Know.
...case, filed in 2021 by AARP Foundation, Disability Rights Center-NH, New Hampshire Legal Assistance, and...Disabilities Act's integration mandate, established in Olmstead v. L.C., which prohibits unnecessary institutionalization...and respite care. According to the Disability Rights Center-NH, the state's failure to properly administer...
Legal > Government Benefits
Kansas Dropped the Section 504 Lawsuit and the Federal Government Filed Its Defense Today. Here's What Disability Families Need to Do Before July 7.
...Section 504 integration mandate, the Olmstead rule requiring states to provide services...remains at stake, and what you can do right now. What Happened: The Coalition...504 regulation that interprets the Olmstead integration mandate to require states...underpinning the challenge, states' rights to refuse community service expansion,...
Legal > Government Benefits
Federal Fraud Investigations Are Freezing Home Care Funding. What Families Should Do Now.
...25 years of federal policy compliance following the Supreme Court's 1999 Olmstead v. L.C. decision, which requires states to provide community-based care...what families relying on HCBS need to know about what's happening, what rights they have, and what to do if their provider can't stay open. What CMS Is...
Legal > Government Benefits
The DOJ Just Said States Aren't Required to Serve Disabled People in Their Communities. Here's What Families Need to Do Now.
...federal enforcement policy based on Olmstead v. L.C., the 1999 Supreme Court case...protections remain, and what you can do right now. What the Memo Says. The OLC memo...most integrated setting. It claims Olmstead was wrongly decided and that the integration...The memo does not change the law. Olmstead v. L.C. remains binding Supreme Court...
News > Research
Children With Epilepsy Are Up to 10 Times More Likely to Have Autism. A New Study Explains What Families Need to Do.
...Neurology found children with epilepsy are 6 to 11 times more likely to have autism than children without epilepsy. The study tracked 30,490 children in Olmsted County, Minnesota, including 257 diagnosed with epilepsy before age 19. Among children with epilepsy, 21.4% met broad autism criteria compared to 3.2%...