Weekly News Wire | February 23, 2020
Court Rules North Carolina Illegally Segregates People With I/DD & Places Others At Risk For Institutionalization
On February 6, 2020, a judge ruled that the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) violated the North Carolina Persons with Disabilities Protection Act by failing to ensure that people with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) can obtain services needed to live in the community. As a result, the state illegally segregates people with I/DD in institutional settings, and places others at risk of being institutionalized in order to receive supportive living services.
The ruling was in Samantha R., et al. v. North Carolina, et. al, which was filed in Wake County in May 2017 by . . .
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