Homelessness and Disability Rights in Conflict

Department of Justice memo in June states disability rights laws don't require mainstream settings. Education Department transfers special education oversight to Health and Human Services. Trump's executive order on homelessness directs HHS to reduce barriers to institutionalizing people with mental illnesses. Advocates warn policy shifts signal return to 'medical model'. Claudia Center (Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund) calls approach 'out of touch'. Families of Lindsey Althaus and Magda Nakassis fear loss of community services for children in mainstream schools. Selene Almazan (Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates) describes shift as 'frontal assault on rights of people with disabilities'
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