Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Olmstead Decision
VOR is proud to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Olmstead, and we are proud to have contributed an amicus brief that helped shape the Court's opinion.
Please Oppose the Disability Integration Act
The Disability Integration Act (DIA) is a seriously flawed bill. While the intention of the bill is to provide services for all people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, it would eliminate existing services provided to the most severely impacted members of this population, and moving these individuals from their long-term homes into more isolated settings that provide fewer services, lower staffing ratios, and lower standards of care.
VOR Letter to the 116th Congress
VOR has written a letter welcoming the members of the 116th Congress. In the letter, we introduce present our views on choice in residential care and employment opportunities, and our hopes that they will re-evaluate the system and the direction it has taken in the last several decades.
The Value of VOR Membership
Abuse and Neglect Document
VOR's Ongoing Document:
Updated August 21, 2018
This document provides a bibliography of investigative media series, state audits and peer-reviewed research in more than half the states that detail systemic concerns with regard to quality of care in community-based settings for persons with developmental disabilities. Tragedies range from physical, emotional, and financial abuse, neglect and even death. Many of these outcomes are associated with a zest to move to a "community for all" vision people with developmental disabilities without adequately considering the ramifications of separating vulnerable people from specialized care and then doing away with a critical safety net (a/k/a deinstitutionalization). The lessons learned from more than 25 states should cause policymakers and lawmakers to take pause and recognize that a range of needs requires a range of service options.
