Group pushes for end to institutionalization of disabled, seniors

From the time she was 12 years old, Lois Curtis spent most of her teen and adult years in state-run institutions for people with disabilities.

After her repeated requests to live in the community were denied, she and another woman sued the state of Georgia in 1995. They won, the state appealed, and the case wound up in the U.S. Supreme Court.

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