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KING BY KING v. FALLON

Civ. A. No. 89-0366L.

801 F.Supp. 925 (1992)

Michael KING, by his guardian, Delores KING, Susan Roe, Mary Doe, Carolyn Romer, by her guardian, William Romer, individually, and on behalf of all others similarly situated; Parents and Friends for Alternate Living, Inc. ("PAL"); Autism Society of Rhode Island, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. Robert FALLON, Director of Rhode Island's Department of Human Services; Thomas Romeo, Director of Rhode Island's Department of Mental Health, Retardation and Hospitals; Robert L. Carl, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Division of Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, Department of Mental Health, Retardation and Hospitals, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

August 31, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry Best, R.I. Protection and Advocacy System, Providence, R.I., for plaintiffs.

Terrence Tierney, Atty. Gen.'s Dept., Providence, R.I., Robert J. Fallon, Ronald A. Lebel, Deborah Clarke, Dept. of Mental Health, Cranston, R.I., for defendants.

OPINION AND ORDER

LAGUEUX, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This case highlights the traumatic difficulty of providing medical and personal care to dependent, mentally retarded adults. When they are children, their problems are often mitigated by their youth, the energy of their parents, and an educational system that assumes much of the financial burden of caring for them. But as they enter adulthood, the educational subsidies end and their parents...

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