Institutionalized since she was 11 years old, Lois Curtis was shuffled around psychiatric hospitals and facilities for decades — all while fighting to live independently. In 1999, she found herself at the center of a landmark Supreme Court ruling now regarded as a watershed civil rights moment for people living with mental disabilities.
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