Sorry, but California is NOT the only state with an entitlement program
for people with disabilities. Massachusetts, for example, established in
1981 in a case based upon Constitutional Amendment 114 passed in 1980 that
discrimination based on a disability violated the person's civil rights
(way before the ADA) and using that decision there are such things as
treatment and community placement which are entitlements in a
Constitutional sense. Connecticut also has such an amendment to its
Constitution. I do wish people in California would realize that there are
other states in which disability movements realized major objectives.
David Pfeiffer
On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, Thomas Hamlett wrote:
> California, in the US, which has the only entitlement program for people
> with disabilities has had a couple of studies that has looked at the quality
> of life of those who have been moved out of state institutions as part of a
> lawsuit.
>
> One was the Conroy study which was a 5 yr longitudinal study and the other
> was the Berkely Planning study.
>
> Thomas Hamlett
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> > Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 1999 6:15 PM
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> > Subject: Quality of Life of CRU residents
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> > I am currently researching the degree to which people with an intellectual
> > disability/learning disability/mental retardation who live in small group
> > congregate care facilities (Community Residential Units in Australia)
> > providing 24-hour support are integrated into their community.
> >
> > In particular I am interested in identifying their:
> > ongoing contact with people who do not have a disability and
> > who are NOT
> > paid to be involved with them;
> > time spent with people who are not disabled; and
> > use of generic services
> >
> > I am interested in finding out about other research in this area.
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> > Statewide IHAS Coordinator Email: BH:
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> > Continuing Care, Service Devt, AH:
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> > Disability Services Branch, Victorian Department of Human Services
> > 18/555 Collins St (PO Box 4057), MELBOURNE, Victoria 3162 , AUSTRALIA
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