Rights of People with Disabilities
Learn about the rights of persons with disabilities to access state-funded community-based services.
Atlanta Legal Aid Society maintains a website for people with disabilities and their advocates. The site has adopted the name of the major 1999 U.S. Supreme Court decision Olmstead v. LC. In that case, the court interpreted the Americans with Disabilities Act to mean that people with disabilities have a qualified right to receive state funded supports and services in the community rather than institutions.
Go to this site:
- to learn more about your rights under the ADA and the Olmstead decision
- to get self-help tools, and
- to find help resources in your state
Advocates can log into the site to access advocacy resources.
Updated January 2018
