It is well beyond time for all of us in the state legislature to finally do right by people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Our state ranks 49th in the country for funding and support of the estimated 300,000 Illinoisans with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families, who deserve an opportunity to live safe, full and meaningful lives. Forty-ninth out of 50 states — that is unconscionable. We are nowhere near funding community agencies at an adequate level to support our people in need.
