DOJ Memo and Trump Administration Policies Threaten Disability Rights and Community-Based Services

Politics

12 August 2026 at 12:18 am

DOJ Memo and Trump Administration Policies Threaten Disability Rights and Community-Based Services

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Summary

A recent legal memo from the U.S. Department of Justice, coinciding with the anniversary of the Olmstead v. L.C. decision, is challenging the established right of people with disabilities to receive services in the most integrated setting possible. This action, alongside other moves by the Trump Administration to cut Medicaid spending and withhold funding for community-based services, threatens to undermine decades of civil rights protections for Americans with disabilities.

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