The ADA prohibits denying services to people with disabilities based on unjustified fears and stereotypes. Equip for Equality is committed to challenging discriminatory practices and policies that exclude people with HIV and other disabilities.

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When the ADA was enacted in 1990, Congress identified the segregation of people with disabilities as a severe form of discrimination. Yet 16 years later, Illinois continues to channel thousands of people with mental illnesses into large institutions while other states offer them the choice to live in the community.

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