Disability Rights Ohio Says State DD System Reliance On ICF/IDD Placements Violates ADA

On July 1, 2014, Disability Rights Ohio notified the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities (DODD) that the state may be in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) because it continues to fund, oversee, and rely on segregated residential placements, sheltered workshops, and facility-based day services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). In a letter to DODD, the governor, and officials with Ohio’s Medicaid program, Disability Rights Ohio reported that it had reached the conclusion after an investigation of Ohio’s IDD support system during the first half of 2014. Disability Rights Ohio is the . . .