2026

The federal government is backing away from a decades-old disability rights promise

2026

Inside Connecticut's only psychiatric hospital for children: Injuries, hazards and a staffing crisis

2026

Retaliation complaints spark state to hire independent investigator at Oregon State Hospital

2026

Catholic groups raise alarm about DOJ guidance on institutionalizing persons with disabilities

2026

Beyond Olmstead: What the OLC Opinion Threatens—and What It Does Not Reach

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Federal Government Reversal on Disability Integration Feels Like 'Knife in Your Chest', Leader Says

2026

Opinion: New court ruling puts disability care at risk

2026

Documents: Years of noncompliance, complaints at Kalamazoo-area mental health hospital

2026

Montana lawmakers allege disability discrimination in fight over psychiatric facility

2026

Connecticut teen was ordered discharged from Solnit. DCF had nowhere to send her but the ER

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Mayor Parker renews call to expand involuntary commitment law following fatal Philly police shooting

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The Case for Shifting Mental Health Care From Institutions to Communities

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They were the nameless dead of this Lakewood park. After today, no longer

2026

Trump administration reverses stance on integration of people with disabilities

2026

After states sue, Trump administration walks away from disability rights enforcement

2026

How Trump’s homelessness crackdown became a sweeping retreat from disability rights

2026

‘Fear, uncertainty and chaos’: A grand jury report on Oregon State Hospital finds staff concerns about retaliation

2026

State hospital lacks capacity to treat ill Oregonians amid court rulings, leadership turmoil, grand jury finds

2026

Oregon State Hospital grand jury finds lack of beds, adequate staffing creates safety concerns

2026

Gov. Kotek proposes major shake-up to reform troubled Oregon State Hospital

2026

Federal ruling ends HHS protections for disability community integration programs

2026

Milwaukee County promised mental health help. Instead, her son landed in jail

2026

Waterview Heights set to close Tuesday: 13 residents still don’t have a place to live

2026

Trump Administration Gets OK to Scale Back Disability Protections

2026

Lawsuit that prompted better care for mentally ill inmates ends

2026

Nevada officials close youth mental hospital for urgent overhaul, citing patient safety

2026

An Indiana psychiatric hospital chain promised reform. Allegations of abuse and neglect continued

2026

Nurse blasts Oregon State Hospital leadership in letter to agency head: ‘People are disgusted’

2026

Commentary: Block Trump's push to lock up disabled people

2026

Op-Ed: Block Trump’s Push to Lock up Disabled People

2026

An Indiana psychiatric hospital chain promised reform. Allegations of abuse and neglect continued

2026

Patients deemed ready to leave WA state hospitals often wait for months

2026

NY attorney general candidate wants more commitments for people with severe mental illness

2026

Lawsuit accuses Florida of violating rights of defendants with mental illness

2026

Florida has left mentally-ill defendants in jail for months past legal limits, lawsuit says

2026

Governors Line Up Against Bid To Scale Back Community-Based Services

2026

Hos­pital ordered to take action on seclu­sion

2026

Judge plans to appoint receiver to take control of West Suburban and Weiss hospitals

2026

State rejects call to shut mental hospital for children and teens

2026

Nurse accused of preying on Oregon psychiatric patients kept license, state paid $1M to settle lawsuits

2026

Psychiatric emergency units: 'serious failings' in several Paris-region hospitals

2026

A Crucial Moment for Persons with Disabilities: The Right to Community Inclusion vs. Institutionalization

2026

Lamont, governors urge Trump administration to protect disability rights

2026

JLARC renews call to close Virginia’s youth psychiatric hospital

2026

Trump Administration Wants To Strike Rules On Community Integration For People With Disabilities

2026

Moore Co. DSS settles federal lawsuit with family of children with disabilities

2026

Trump Administration Wants To Strike Rules On Community Integration For People With Disabilities

2026

He lost 10 years in a Georgia nursing home. It's becoming more common

2026

Proposed Kansas data center sits hundreds of yards from psychiatric hospital, raising safety concerns

2026

State asks court to take Oregon State Hospital out of contempt

2026

As Idaho’s nursing homes face ‘challenges,’ state’s largest operator draws fines

2026

DOJ Abandons Olmstead Defense as Texas v Kennedy Advances

2026

Rethinking involuntary commitment in NC while trying not to break the system

2026

Lawmakers call for urgent change at CT psychiatric hospital for children, calling it a 'safety crisis'

2026

They grew up with disability rights. Now, they're fighting to keep them

2026

With Idaho’s history, everyone should pay attention to evolving language of institutionalization

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Spanberger administration revokes Virginia youth psych facility's license, calls system ‘broken'

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Rights for People With Disabilities Are Under Attack, But California Can Protect Them

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Before Abrupt Ouster, Oregon State Hospital’s Chief Flagged Staffing Problems, Union Says

2026

Senators reintroduce bill that would make HCBS a mandatory benefit, end wait lists

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Oregon State Hospital superintendent is gone after 1 month on the job

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Moore County pays NC family to settle wrongful institutionalization lawsuit

2026

As federal protections fade, disabled Americans fear a return to institutions

2026

As Trump administration pushes court-ordered mental health care, a new report raises questions

2026

A Texas-led federal lawsuit could affect disability rights. Here’s why advocates are concerned

2026

Children pulled from Virginia psychiatric facility amid state action after CBS 6 investigation

2026

Democrats probe DOJ finding that eases way for states to institutionalize mentally ill

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Justice Department Deems Major ADA Guidance ‘Not Enforceable’

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Georgia is building first state psychiatric hospital since landmark disability case

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A new lawsuit details bleak days before Oregon State Hospital patient’s death

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Oregon State Hospital admitted dead man, held another in filthy room, leaked investigation finds

2026

Alabama Settles Lawsuit Over Institutionalization of Foster Youth

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Trump's actions signal a move toward institutionalizing people with disabilities, advocates warn

2026

Trump is pushing to institutionalize homeless people. That may include veterans

2026

New Justice Department memo questions decades of protections for people with disabilities

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DOJ memo stokes fear among disability advocates of a return to institutionalization

2026

States aren't required to provide community-based care for people with disabilities, new DOJ opinion claims

2026

Trump DOJ Outlines Dubious Path to Force People Into Psychiatric Institutions

2026

With Fewer Youth and Under Tight Scrutiny, Minnesota Psychiatric Facility Allowed to Stay Open

2026

Locked up and alone: Sharp rise in Oregon State Hospital’s seclusion of patients pushed state to worst-in-nation status

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Nursing home staffing declined in states that protected facilities from COVID-19 malpractice lawsuits

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How a legal challenge over gender dysphoria became a fight for disability rights

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Workers charged in patient's 2020 death at D.C. psychiatric hospital

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RFK Jr. Moves to Close Administration For Community Living

2026

Medicaid cuts put home- and community-based services at risk

2026

Allegations mount against D.C.’s only dedicated psychiatric hospital

2026

California mental health hospitals warn of cuts after state hands down staffing rule

2025

Decades of Records From Massachusetts’ Troubled State Institutions Are Now Publicly Available

2025

Maryland violates 10-day law as defendants with mental illness languish in jail for months

2025

Trump Administration Halted Lawsuits Targeting Civil Rights Abuses of Prisoners and Mentally Ill People

2025

Texas is illegally keeping people with disabilities in nursing homes, federal judge rules

2025

We Found Widespread Abuse of Disabled Patients at an Illinois Facility. The DOJ Is Investigating

2025

Let Me Go: Excessive Restraint of Patients at College Hospital

2025

Colorado bill protecting disabled people from institutionalization advances

2025

Trump’s War on Medicaid Will Institutionalize Millions of People

2025

Mayor Eric Adams blasts critics of $650M plan to help NYC mentally ill, homeless

2025

Trump’s Return Puts Medicaid on the Chopping Block

2024

Florida Made It Easier to Involuntarily Commit People. A New Lawsuit Says It’s Violating the Law

2024

Georgians With Disabilities Are Still Being Institutionalized, Despite Federal Oversight

2024

After Institutions for People With Disabilities Close, Graves Are at Risk of Being Forgotten