Olmstead Resources

The Supreme Court, in its landmark Olmstead v. L.C. ruling, recognized the need for a range of services which respond to the varied and unique needs of the entire disability community: “We emphasize that nothing in the ADA or its implementing regulations condones termination of institutional settings for persons unable to handle or benefit from community settings...Nor is there any federal requirement that community-based treatment be imposed on patients who do not desire it.”  119 S. Ct. 2176, 2187 (1999).

Olmstead & ADA Documents

• Olmstead v. L.C., 527 U.S. 581 (1999)
• VOR Olmstead Amicus Brief
• The Americans with Disabilities Act
• The Americans with Disabilities Act Regulations (Title II)
• The Americans with Disabilities Act Regulations (Title III)

VOR's Olmstead Resources

Documents and articles that you can use to summarize key points in Olmstead

• Olmstead - Essential Passages Protecting Choice
• Celebrating the 17th Anniversary of Olmstead
• Olmstead Protects Choice
• Olmstead - A Balanced Decision
• The Olmstead Decision Has Been Misinterpreted
• Olmstead and Choice – Outline
• Olmstead Presentation
• What Olmstead is Not
• Olmstead and Guardianship
• Olmstead Decision -- VOR Press Release
• Olmstead - Whose Choice Is It?