Disability advocates cry foul over Texas pact
July 17th, 2009From the Dallas Morning News and Austin American-Statesman:
Texas disability rights advocates are complaining that they were excluded from negotiations aimed at fixing problems at institutions for people with developmental disabilities.
They say the five-year, $112-million agreement signed this spring by the state and the U.S. Justice Department just props up a broken system, and does not do enough to move people out of institutions and into the community.
At a news conference in Austin, disability rights groups asked to be included in ongoing efforts to fix the state’s system for supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. “We’re not here to impede this settlement,” said Dennis Borel, executive director for the Coalition of Texans with Disabilities. “But we are interested in ensuring nobody stays in an institution who is able and wants to get out.”
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