<P> In most countries, people can still vote and attend university while in a group home . Internet usage in group homes, however, may be severely limited . Trips to public libraries may vary depending on the distance from the group home to the library . While 93% of the Canadian population has easy access to a public library, it is uncertain about the percentage of Canadian group home residents who actually have unrestricted access to a public library in lieu of watching television . </P> <P> Employment opportunities, where available, are encouraged for group home residents, depending on the home, operator, and characteristics of the residents . Since the 1970s, people with cognitive or mental health disabilities have been involved in community employment of all kinds and also have developed freestanding affirmative industries and supported employment services in conjunction with the government . These rights are protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, now revised in 2008 Human rights laws, still operational in states, govern employment applications for employment, and the employer is restricted from asking pre-employment questions on criminal arrests or discriminating on this basis (See, Human Rights Laws of the state of New York). However, unbeknownst to many communities and organizations, management rights, instead of human rights, have been inserted in contracts in the US . </P> <P> In the US it has been the position of state mental health commissioners that many people who are living independently should be placed in intensive treatment, as described in a mid-1980s article in the "Community Mental Health Journal . The authors held that only 12 of 3,068 individuals should be living independently (p. 199) based on their model predictions . In contrast, the continuum model has been critiqued as restrictive of rights, facility - based, and restrictive of community participation resulting in a US Supreme Court decision recognizing the most integrated setting (Consortium of Citizens with Disabilities, 2012). </P> <P> Increasingly, concern has been voiced over the rise in community treatment orders, medical homes, invasive supervision in homes, in addition to decades of outcry over involuntary procedures in psychiatry in the US and restrictions on human rights . In this field, no viable recourse exists for reversing actions by personnel, including professional and medical malpractice, and the most successful programs are viewed as those that result in high compliance . High medication usage is required, often against the law, and the situation worsens during any police - enforced confinement . Group homes in the non-profit sector are often operated by other than the providers involved in state or private, for - profit involuntary care . </P>

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