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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The Going Home Coalition believes that integrated
3living in the general community is the best practice for people
4with disabilities; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Persons with disabilities have been historically
6isolated and segregated from their home communities, often in
7institutional settings, and Illinois currently
8institutionalizes more people with developmental disabilities
9than 48 other states; and
 
10    WHEREAS, The U.S. Supreme Court decreed in Olmstead v. LC.
11on June 22, 1999, that the unjustified institutionalization of
12people with disabilities is illegal discrimination; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Olmstead Plaintiffs Lois Curtis and Elaine Wilson
14won the right to live safe, meaningful, and connected lives in
15their communities as a result of this decision; and
 
16    WHEREAS, The Olmstead decision was affirmed in Illinois by
17the U.S. District Court in Ligas v. Harnos on June 15, 2011,
18giving plaintiff Stanley Ligas the right to live an integrated
19life in the way he imagined it; therefore, be it
 
20    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL

 

 

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1ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare June 22,
22019 and 2020 as "Illinois Community Living Day" in the State
3of Illinois, and we urge the citizens of Illinois to celebrate
4with both service and awareness; and be it further
 
5    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6presented to the Going Home Coalition as a symbol of our
7respect and esteem.