Tell the Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights that they need to enforce the Olmstead Decision:

As Americans remember Martin Luther King Jr. for his work to make his dream of equality a reality for African Americans, we realize that there is still a long road ahead for people with disabilities, particularly those who are locked away in nursing facilities and other institutions.

The Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (HHS/OCR) is charged with enforcing the Olmstead decision which states that people with disabilities have the right to live and receive services in the most integrated setting. Since the Supreme Court's decision, we have made little progress on this issue and the energies of HHS/OCR have been primarily directed toward addressing privacy rights while Americans with disabilities are denied their freedom. Instead of affirmatively enforcing the Olmstead decision and tackling systemic complaints, HHS/OCR has focused on very limited enforcement on some individual complaints.

As ADAPT groups across the country tell HHS/OCR that they need to affirmatively enforce the Olmstead decision, you can send a message directly to key decision-makers at the Department of Health and Human Services and in their Office of Civil Rights.

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Source: Center for Disability Rights