Deinstitutionalization Controversy in Illinois
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A statewide advocacy group instrumental in shuttering the former Lincoln Developmental Center is now calling on the state to close Choate Developmental Center in Anna.Members of the Chicago-based Equip for Equality in a recent report call the 200-bed facility for the developmentally disabled in southern Illinois "an archaic system."
"It's an example of what is driving public policy - politics instead of the wants and needs of the developmentally disabled," said Zena Naiditch, president of Equip for Equality.
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