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Are Institutions Back?

From A Special Education Teacher, Administrator and Lawyer walk into a bar....all you ever wanted to know about special education · Hosted by Robin Fabiano

2026-10-23·1763

Episode summary

In this episode of A Special Education Teacher, Administrator and Lawyer walk into a bar....all you ever wanted to know about special education: Listen in as Angela, Robin and Abby discuss a troubling new phenomenon - changes to key aspects of the regulations that determine where a person with a disability can and should receive services. For over 25 years, US policy has favored community based living and supports for people with disabilities.

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Listen in as Angela, Robin and Abby discuss a troubling new phenomenon - changes to key aspects of the regulations that determine where a person with a disability can and should receive services. For over 25 years, US policy has favored community based living and supports for people with disabilities. Guided by the 1999 Supreme Court decision in Olmstead, regulations and guidance for states has preferred (often strongly) the creation of community based living settings instead of larger…