Lawsuit: A groundbreaking community support system for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Staley v. Kitzhaber
In 2000, five individuals with developmental disabilities sued the state for the right to receive services in the community. The lawsuit grew to include more than 3,000 Oregonians as a class action. In less than a year, the state settled. In a decade, the number of individuals signed up for community services “went from zero to 7,000.”