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Saw this article in my local newspaper today. I knew there were problems in South Dakota, but it is quite sobering to see just how widespread the crisis is:

Recession-battered states cut funding for the disabled

Most disabled people want to live as independently as possible. It is probably not intentional on the part of the states that are cutting back, but they are certainly giving the impression of marginalizing the disabled even further, treating them as if they don't matter and should be hidden away. That's what used to happen routinely not so many decades ago, and it would be a travesty to return to this sort of treatment.