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- VOR Slams Justice Department Plan to Close Virginia Centers for Disabled
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- Olmstead Does Not Support Deinstitutionalization
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- Successful Community Integration: The Community Resource Center Model
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- The DD Act: The Need for Immediate Reform
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- Olmstead Decision -- VOR Press Release
- Media coverage highlighting the increasing need for more effective federal and state protections...
- Maryland: Parent testimony (2006)
- Ohio: OLMR (statewide family association) testimony (2006)
- Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania League of Concerned Families of Retarded Citizens (2006)
- Utah mother, her son's severe burns at a group home, and the Utah P&A's lack of response
- Section 143 of the DD Act - System Required
- Deinstitutionalization is Not Mandated by the DD Act
- 1993 House Energy and Commerce Committee Report
- Class Action Litigation: ICF/MR(MR/DD) Deinstitutionalization Cases Filed By Protection and Advocacy
- ICF/MR Program - Background and History
- Home and Community Based Services Waivers: An overview
- An Invitation to Visit an ICF/MR
- Our Family Members: People with Severe and Profound Intellectual Disabilities (VOR Position)
- Kentucky: Parent Leader Testimonial (2007)
- Illinois: Illinois League of Advocates for the Developmentally Disabled (2006)
- Widespread Support for H.R. 2032
- Executive Summary: DD Act Reauthorization
- Full Presentation: DD Act Reauthorization
- DD Act Program Abuse and Human Consequences
- Executive Summary: Abuse of DD Act Programs' Powers & Resources
- Full Report: Abuse of DD Act Programs' Powers & Resources
- Summary of Family Testimonials
- Arkansas Testimonial 2006
- CA Coffelt Case Study: 2006 Update
- CA Coffelt Case Study 2000
- California: Parent testimonial (2007)
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- Florida: Parent NON-involvement in Brown v. Bush
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