Editorial: Race and geography limit service for disabled Californians. That's wrong (via latimesopinion )
Racial and ethnic gaps in spending on services for California children and teens with developmental disabilities persist, a new report has found.But it’s far from perfect. The accessibility of services and even the spending per case vary among the centers, so a person’s quality of life and hope for the future may be determined by geography.
Or by race. More than a decade’s worth of reports and studies have shown a stark disparity among clients — called consumers in the developmental disability arena — who are white and those who are people of color.reported that autistic children with well-to-do parents with the time and resources to navigate the system got much better care.
In fact, funding inequity between white and Latino children has worsened at most regional centers, according to a report last year by the justice advocacy group Public Counsel. Similar disparities have been noted for adults, although the racial differences are not always what one might expect. For example, the Lanterman Regional Center, which serves much of Los Angeles County, had the largest spending disparity among racial groups, with African American adults living at home receiving $8,561 more in services their Latino counterparts, according to a
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