1. And he kept shifting in the community placements, so that may not have been the answer. 2. Because of this lack of funding for community placements, advocates say that Richard Messier has been trapped in Southbury against his will. 3. In a narrow decision, the court said the ADA requires such community placement of the mentally disabled whenever appropriate. 4. In the narrow decision, the court said the ADA law requires such community placement of the mentally disabled whenever appropriate. 5. It has therefore moved to expand community placements in nine states and the District of Columbia. 6. Only in the final years of the Bush administration did the department tentatively explore expanding community placements in a few cases. 7. Sarkissian, who strongly supports community placements, agreed. 8. Since then, the department has moved to expand community placements in at least eight states. 9. So far, the law has not guaranteed the retarded the right to community placement. 10. The Reagan and Bush administrations also resisted expanding community placements. |