Disability Rights Ohio likes to use the term “segregated” to describe developmentally delayed people. Now let’s look at the actual, legal terminology used in implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act that requires services, programs and activities most “appropriate to the needs of the individual.”

For those who can and want to change their living situation, go to Disability Rights Ohio and advocate for it vigorously. But Disability Rights Ohio does not speak for thousands of developmentally delayed individuals it has never met.

The group has never met my son, or dozens of others whom I personally know. It has never seen, let alone assessed, the medical and living situations and community involvement of all developmentally delayed people to know whether their situation is “appropriate.” Yet it wants to change their situation through a class-action lawsuit.

Disability Rights Ohio could bring about a massive upheaval of “appropriate” medical care and living and community-involvement situations many people now receive, all because it wants class-action certification.

What might very well be good for some could be harmful for many.

Larry Koebel Sr.

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