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Nov 10, 2022 · Ms. Curtis died on Nov. 3 at her home in Clarkston, Ga., outside Atlanta. She was 55. The cause was pancreatic cancer, her aunt Shirley Traylor said. Ms. Curtis speaking at the state Capitol in ...
Lois Jeanette Curtis (14 July 1967 – 3 November 2022) was an American artist and the lead plaintiff in the United States Supreme Court case that became known as the Olmstead Decision in which the court held that the unjustified segregation of people with disabilities was discriminatory, and a breach of the Americans with Disabilities Act .
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Nov 12, 2022 · The Art of Autism mourns the loss of Lois Curtis in November 2022. Lois Curtis was an African American artist with intellectual and developmental disabilities and schizophrenia. Curtis paved the way for people with developmental and intellectual disabilities to get out of institutional settings and live within communities. By Angela Weddle
Nov 5, 2022 · Lois Curtis was the plaintiff in a civil rights case that gave people with disabilities and older people the right to live outside of institutions and in their own homes.
Dec 15, 2022 · December 15, 2022, 9:00 a.m. PT. Lois Curtis was a lifelong Georgia resident, an artist and a plaintiff in one of the most consequential disability rights cases decided by the Supreme Court of the United States, Olmstead v. L.C. The 1999 case led to more states allocating funding for people with disabilities to live in their own homes ...
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Lois Curtis was born around 1969 and grew up in Georgia. She enjoyed going to school but struggled in class. As a child, she was diagnosed with cognitive and developmental disabilities. Her parents struggled to take care of her. Lois often ran away and her mother had to call the police to find her. When Lois was 11 years old, her family decided ...
