These documents aim to provide crucial information and analysis regarding health reform legislation, Supreme Court decisions, and disability rights laws, particularly focusing on their implications for individuals with psychiatric disabilities. They seek to educate and empower mental health consumers about their rights and the support systems available to them, while also advocating for improved coordination among mental health agencies and other relevant service providers.
Developed by the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, with support from the Temple University Collaborative, an analysis of the bills passed in Congress in 2009 and how their enactment could affect adults with psychiatric disabilities.
This brochure provides essential information for mental health consumers on the Supreme Court decision that provides the basis for community-based care and community inclusion and explains the impact the decision has had on the development of community integration initiatives.
The Supplemental Security Income and Social Security Disability Insurance have support systems for people with disabilities that make it more possible and financially valuable to return to work while receiving benefits.
Olmstead vs. L.C. made community integration a vital part of mental illness recovery and it was initiated by two women who were patients themselves. L.C. and E.W. were mental health consumers who fought their situation and found success, not just for themselves, but for everyone else in their position.
Developed by the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, with support from the Temple University Collaborative, this fact sheet from 2009 discusses proposed health reform legislation and its likely impacts on adults with psychiatric disabilities as well as mental health services.
The Americans with Disabilities Act
There is very poor coordination among mental health agencies, State/Federal vocational rehabilitation programs, and the nation’s network of workforce development services.
The Americans with Disabilities Act guarantees individuals with psychiatric disabilities have the right to be treated fairly in hiring, promotion, and firing practices, including the availability of reasonable accommodations.