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The Promise and Repercussions of the Olmstead Decision

Listen (28 min) In 1999, the Supreme Court ruled that Georgia’s department of human resources could not segregate two women with mental disabilities in a state psychiatric hospital long after the agency’s own treatment professionals had recommended their transfer to … Continue reading

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