Petition in Defense of Olmstead
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From: Susan Fitzmaurice <su...@iloveyou-leadon.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2026 at 04:34:06 PM PDT
Subject: Please sign my petition on Olmstead
Some dismiss petitions, but Ive seen them change minds. Disability organization statements are critical, but our individual voices need to be heard, too. https://c.org/LtxWCwrCpf
The Trump DOJ’s Olmstead memo should be recognized for what it is: an attack on disabled people’s right to live in the community. Disability history shows how dangerous it is when the state starts by labeling disabled people as problems to be managed, then treats segregation and institutionalization as “care.”
That is the same logic that made Nazi policy possible. The Nazis did not begin with mass murder; they began by devaluing disabled lives, separating people from family and community, and building a system that made institutionalization inevitable.
When a government insists that disabled people do not belong in ordinary life, it is not protecting us. It is reviving the Nazi playbook of disability oppression: control, segregation, and removal of autonomy.
The DOJ memo does not equal Nazi policy, but it draws from it’s dehumanizing roots: deciding which lives are worth supporting, which people can be warehoused, and which communities are allowed to exist. Disabled people have fought too hard for community living, self-determination, and freedom to let that history repeat itself.
https://c.org/LtxWCwrCpf
Susan Fitzmaurice (she/her)
(248) 767-2217 (text pref)
(248) 270-7424 (TTY)
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From: Susan Fitzmaurice <su...@iloveyou-leadon.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2026 at 04:34:06 PM PDT
Subject: Please sign my petition on Olmstead
Some dismiss petitions, but Ive seen them change minds. Disability organization statements are critical, but our individual voices need to be heard, too. https://c.org/LtxWCwrCpf
The Trump DOJ’s Olmstead memo should be recognized for what it is: an attack on disabled people’s right to live in the community. Disability history shows how dangerous it is when the state starts by labeling disabled people as problems to be managed, then treats segregation and institutionalization as “care.”
That is the same logic that made Nazi policy possible. The Nazis did not begin with mass murder; they began by devaluing disabled lives, separating people from family and community, and building a system that made institutionalization inevitable.
When a government insists that disabled people do not belong in ordinary life, it is not protecting us. It is reviving the Nazi playbook of disability oppression: control, segregation, and removal of autonomy.
The DOJ memo does not equal Nazi policy, but it draws from it’s dehumanizing roots: deciding which lives are worth supporting, which people can be warehoused, and which communities are allowed to exist. Disabled people have fought too hard for community living, self-determination, and freedom to let that history repeat itself.
https://c.org/LtxWCwrCpf
Susan Fitzmaurice (she/her)
(248) 767-2217 (text pref)
(248) 270-7424 (TTY)
“imagine all the people, living life in peace…“ - John Lennon
*I Love You, Lead On Community
*Disability History and Culture Collective
*Michigan Arts Access
*Judi’s Room *Devva’s Room
*Justin’s Room
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