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Federal Judge OKs Settlement Of Lawsuit Over Disability Housing.
Disability Scoop (4/30, Price) reports from Columbus, Ohio, “A federal judge has signed off on a settlement agreement in a four-year legal battle over how and where Ohioans with developmental disabilities live.” The lawsuit, “filed in U.S. District Court in Columbus in 2016 by Disability Rights Ohio and other advocates on behalf of people with disabilities, accused the state of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act.” The suit “said Ohio was operating a services system that made it impossible for thousands of Ohioans with developmental disabilities to get the support they need to live and work in their communities instead of residential ‘institutions’ known as intermediate-care facilities, or ICFs.