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Disability community and mental health
The Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund on the intersection of disability and mental health — including the right to refuse treatment, supported decision-making, and Olmstead enforcement.
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund9 min read
DREDF is one of the longest-running disability civil-rights organizations in the U.S. Their mental health hub treats mental health as a disability-rights issue — addressing institutionalization, forced treatment, guardianship, and the Olmstead integration mandate that the federal government has been slow to enforce.
Worth pairing with the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law for related litigation and the National Disability Rights Network for state-by-state protection-and-advocacy contacts.
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