This intellectually disabled Utah woman wants to date, work more and go to college. But the state makes it impossible to leave her ‘crowded, noisy and isolated’ institution, lawyers say.

Staci Christensen is one of several plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the way the state houses disabled people.

(Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune) Staci Christensen, shown Monday, is one of several people suing the state of Utah over what the Disability Law Center calls improper enforcement of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

This intellectually disabled Utah woman wants to date, work more and go to college. But the state makes it impossible to leave her ‘crowded, noisy and isolated’ institution, lawyers say.

Staci Christensen is one of several plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the way the state houses disabled people.

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