Objective: To understand how legal and civil rights arguments, laws, regulations and court suits have played a critical role in improving the lives of people with disabilities; and the limitations of this approach.
1. Emens – How did the Supreme Court’s decision narrow the ADA and how did the ADA amendments Act attempt to expand it?
2.Olmstead Supreme Court decision – How did the Olmstead Supreme Court decision lead to thousands of people with developmental and mental disabilities moving from state institutions into community programs?
Olmstead – Meet Sue Jamieson, Atlanta Legal Aid Society, the lawyer who brought the Olmstead court case. “How the case came about? https://www.olmsteadrights.org/about-olmstead/ Highly recommended)
See the art of Lois Curtis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKTq8Pwt7V
