PORTLAND, Ore. -- A federal class action claims Oregon is
unnecessarily, and illegally, segregating "thousands" of people with
developmental disabilities in "sheltered workshops," and denying them "virtually all contact with non-disabled persons," in the state's employment service system.
Lead plaintiff Paula Lane claims:
"Thousands of other similarly situated individuals in the State of
Oregon also are unnecessarily segregated because of DHS's [the
Department of Human Services] over-reliance on sheltered workshops, and
its failure to timely develop and adequately fund integrated employment
services, including supported employment programs.
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