The Case That Ended Forced Institutionalization (Mostly)
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🗓️ 23 February 2026
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Summary
OA1238 - Dive in to an “old” case from the 90’s that secured a critical right for people with disabilities: The right to be free from unnecessary institutionalization. Learn about some of the more obscure portions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the different ways we can define discrimination, and what happens when a majority of judges just cannot agree to sign on to an entire opinion.
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Olmstead v. L.C. 527 U.S. 581 (1999)
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Americans with Disabilities Act - Findings and Purpose; 42 U.S.C. § 12101(a)(2, 3, & 5)
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Americans with Disabilities Act - Discrimination; 42 U.S.C. § 12132
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Jesse Jackson (July 18, 1989). Statement before the Committee on Education and Labor Subcommittee on Select Education (regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act).
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| 1:17.6 | Yeah. because racism. That's the thing that happened in our country. She nonetheless remained institutionalized |
| 1:20.1 | until a few months after the district court |
| 1:22.4 | issued its judgment in this case in 97. |
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| 1:26.9 | that her treating professionals agree is not |
| 1:29.8 | necessary. |
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