State settles dispute with DOJ over community-based services for disabled children

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The Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services has settled with the parents of an autistic child over alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island and the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday. Above is U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island Zachary A. Cunha. PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Executive Office of Health and Human Services will change policies to ensure children with intellectual and developmental disabilities such as autism will get approved community-based services, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island and the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday. The changes are part of a settlement…

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