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• Disability Rights Texas’ Statement Regarding Recent U.S. Department of Justice Memo on Integration Mandate

  For more than 25 years, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Olmstead v. L.C. has recognized an essential principle: that people with disabilities must have the opportunity to live, work, and participate in community life rather than being unnecessarily segregated in institutions. This principle—known as the integration mandate—has helped countless Americans with disabilities maintain their independence, stay connected to their family and community, and exercise greater control over their own lives. 

• Texas is illegally keeping people with disabilities in nursing homes, federal judge rules

  From The Texas Tribune: “Texas has been violating federal law for decades by sequestering individuals with severe disabilities in poorly run nursing homes without offering them alternative living options and ...

• Court Issues Landmark Disability Decision for People with Disabilities in Texas Nursing Facilities

  A Texas federal judge has ruled that Texas officials are violating federal law, causing irreparable harm to thousands of Texans with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) whom they segregate in nursing facilities without mandated services or opportunities for community living.

• Texas group homes for intellectually disabled are in systemic crisis, say advocates

  From Texas Public Radio: “Last month, employees of Maofu Home Health, a provider of group homes for people with intellectual disabilities with facilities across the state, were arrested for abusing ...

• Closure of Longview home for disabled adults highlights progress, pitfalls of Texas’ programs

  From the Longview News-Journal: “The idea of living in a home in a neighborhood is something people commonly take for granted. But for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, it ...

• DRTx Statement: Texans with disabilities have the right to live safely and receive quality care in the community

  DRTx issued a statement about how Texas is failing some people with disabilities who have a right to live safely and receive quality care in the community.