Lois Curtis, who won a landmark civil rights case for people with disabilities, died
Lois Curtis, an artist with an intellectual disability who brought a landmark civil rights lawsuit that gave people with disabilities the right to live outside of institutions, has died.
Attorney Sue Jamieson was touring a grim state hospital in Georgia three decades ago when she was introduced to a young woman, Lois Curtis, who'd spent much of her teen years and early 20's in state institutions.
"As we always say, 'What is it you think we could do for you? I work at Legal Aid. And I'm a lawyer,'" Jamieson recalled for her employer, the Atlanta Legal Aid Society. "And she'd say: 'Get me out of here. Would you
