Time for Florida to Stop Institutionalizing Disabled Kids

https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2023/07/court-time-for-florida-to-stop-needlessly-institutionalizing-disabled-kids

https://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/courts-law/2023-07-17/federal-judge-rules-against-florida-children-nursing-homes

Florida violated Americans with Disabilities Act by institutionalizing children w. complex health needs in nursing homes vs. providing community health services

“Unjustified institutionalization of individuals w. is unacceptable, esp. given the advances in technology and in the provision of home-based care,” District Judge Donald Middlebrooks wrote in his decision

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