Publications by Equip for Equality

Abuse & Neglect

• Choate Developmental Center Repurposing Plan: Why No One Should be Left Behind, 2023
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Full Report (PDF)
  • Plain Language Report (PDF)
  • Response from the Illinois Department of Human Services’ Division of Developmental Disabilities (PDF)
• Youth in Crisis: Stop Civil Rights Violations against Vulnerable Students with Disabilities at the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center and Its Alternative School (PDF), 2023
• Northern Illinois Academy Report (PDF), 2021
• National Review of Restraint Related Deaths of Adults and Children with Disabilities – The Lethal Consequences of Restraint (PDF), 2011
• Life and Death in State Operated Developmental Disability Institutions (PDF), October 2008
• Ensuring the Safety of Children and Adults with Disabilities – Filling the Gaps in Illinois’ System that Investigates Allegations of Abuse and Neglect (PDF), May 2008
• Keeping Patients with Mental Illness Safe – Chicago Area Hospitals’ Compliance with Restraint and Seclusion Laws (PDF), May 2007
• Clyde Choate Developmental Center – How an Archaic System Results in Tragic Consequences for People with Disabilities (PDF), February 2005
• These Are God’s People Too – Egregious Abuse and Neglect Results in Agency’s Failures (PDF), 2004
• There Are God’s People Too – Why Does An Agency that Exploited Persons with Disabilities Remain Taxpayer funded (PDF), August 2003
• Lincoln Developmental Center – The Politics of Closing a State Institution – Vulnerable People Fall Victim to Special Interests (PDF), 2003

Howe Developmental Center

EFE’s Letters to Illinois Governor

• July 12, 2007 (PDF)
• March 21, 2007 (PDF)
• March 7, 2007 (PDF)

News Releases

• September 5, 2008 (PDF)
• July 14, 2008 (PDF)

Community Integration

• Access to Justice: Ensuring that Legal Aid is Accessible to Clients with Disabilities (PDF Document, Word Document), Spring 2018
• A Nationwide Study of De-institutionalization and Community Integration (PDF Document), June 2004
• A Nationwide Study of De-institutionalization and Community Integration (Word Document), June 2004

Employment

• Illinois Employment First Blueprint (PDF) (Accessible Word Doc)
• Executive Summary (PDF) (Accessible Word Doc)
• Learn more about EFE’s work with the Illinois Employment First Act

Self-Determination/Guardianship

• Guardianship Reform Project – Final Report (Word Document), February 2001

Last updated: August 17, 2023