DOJ memo stokes fear among disability advocates of a return to institutionalization ^50.5%

NPR - By Cory Turner - 6/20/2026, 8:33 PM

Negativity Bias 36.6% - Appeal to Emotion 26.7% - Appeal to Authority 13.1%

The Justice Department released a memo this week that quietly calls into question decades of civil rights protections for Americans with disabilities and stirred fear and anger among advocates and families. The memo, an opinion from the Office of Legal Counsel, argues that states do not have to provide in-home or community-based care to... more