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ARC Baltimore urges housing and transportation fixes for people with developmental disabilities
Summary
An ARC Baltimore vice president told Baltimore County commissioners that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities still face housing scarcity, inaccessible units, long paratransit rides and workforce shortages; she urged commissioners to increase social capital and supports.
Swanisha Hinton, vice president of quality enhancement at ARC Baltimore, briefed the Baltimore County Human Relations Commission on barriers facing people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and on supports that help them live more independently.
Hinton recounted the region's history of institutionalization and cited the Rosewood Center's closure as context. Quoting a summary of the moment, she told commissioners that "leaving the past behind means no longer asking if people…
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