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Today would have been Ronald Reagan's 99th birthday. What does that have to do with autism? A website supporting California's Lanterman Act explains:Frank D. Lanterman was a Republican State Sena ...
Today would have been Ronald Reagan's 99th birthday. What does that have to do with autism? A website supporting California's Lanterman Act explains:
Frank D. Lanterman was a Republican State Senator from Pasadena who was the primary writer and force behind passage of California鈥檚 landmark disabilities law now known like the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Act.
When negative reviews and press about the state-run 鈥渉ospitals鈥?for persons with developmental disabilities came to light in the mid-1960s the state鈥檚 response was to try to construct more hospitals. But Frank Lanterman asked a different question: What do families want for their loved ones? What do people with disabilities want to live more productive lives?
The Lanterman Act signed into law by Governor Reagan in 1969 and substantially expanded in 1977 created a new model for services in California: A model ba
Click here for a history of the Lanterman Act.
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