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The ADA at 36: A Promise in Peril
CW: Institutional Bias Today marks 36 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed. The anniversary is arriving at a time when the people the ADA is supposed to help are feeling the pressure in very real, personal ways. The ADA has always been about allowing disabled people to live their lives fully: to…
More Than a Budget Line
CW: Institulization There’s a common thread in policy discussions on disability. Governments present cuts to home and community-based supports as difficult but necessary choices for the sake of long-term sustainability, even when the evidence shows those cuts make little difference to long-term spending. Australia recently announced a decrease in the funding of social and community…
A Hospital A Memo A Movement
Georgia is set to construct the state’s first new state psychiatric facility in decades as state officials say it is a critical move toward improving mental health care. This hospital will cost $409 million and will have 300 beds, all for patients who have been found not guilty by reason of insanity or incompetent to…
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