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Landmark Consent Decree Expands Opportunities for Nursing Home Residents with Disabilities
(CHICAGO, December 20, 2011) – A groundbreaking Consent Decree approved today in Federal Court will end the forced, long-standing and unnecessary segregation of people with physical disabilities and mental illness... Continue reading
Nursing Home Residents with Disabilities Celebrate Proposed Agreement with State in Landmark Lawsuit
Proposed agreement brings residents one step closer to expanded opportunities for community living and meaningful individual choice. A groundbreaking proposed agreement announced today in Colbert v. Quinn, if approved by the court, will end the forced, long-standing and unnecessary segregation of people with physical disabilities or mental illness in nursing homes – affording them a real opportunity to live in their own homes and to participate fully in the community. Continue.
Court Approves Landmark Agreement Expanding Community Living Opportunities for People with Developmental Disabilities in Illinois
A groundbreaking Consent Decree in Ligas v. Hamos, finalized today in the federal district court in Chicago, will dramatically expand community living options for people with developmental disabilities, while assuring... Continue reading
Landmark Agreement Will Expand Community Living Opportunities for People with Developmental Disabilities in Illinois
(CHICAGO, January 11, 2011) – A groundbreaking agreement in Ligas v. Hamos, filed today in the federal district court in Chicago, will dramatically expand community living options for people with... Continue reading
A New Day in Illinois for People with Mental Illness
Attorneys Gail Waller, Ben Wolf and Lori Turner of the ACLU of Illinois’ Institutionalized Persons Project discuss the historic decision in Williams v. Quinn and what it will mean for... Continue reading
Hearing Tuesday Morning on Proposed Settlement in Williams v. Quinn
CHICAGO – This morning, U.S. District Court Judge William Hart presides over a fairness hearing to consider a proposed consent decree agreed to by the State of Illinois and a... Continue reading
Historic agreement reached to transition Illinois residents unnecessarily housed in large, impersonal nursing homes
CHICAGO – A landmark agreement between the State of Illinois and thousands of persons with mental illnesses will result in significant reforms of Illinois’ outmoded, overcrowded and scandalized nursing home... Continue reading
Court Ruling Does Not Change the Facts: Illinois Continues to Fail People with Disabilities
July 8, 2009 – Yesterday, a federal district court issued an order decertifying the class in Ligas v. Maram, a lawsuit seeking to provide individuals with developmental disabilities in Illinois... Continue reading
Landmark Agreement Will Improve Services for People With Disabilities
Sweeping reform will dramatically expand opportunities for community living and create meaningful individual choice CHICAGO– A groundbreaking agreement between Plaintiffs and State of Illinois officials in a class action lawsuit... Continue reading
