The state of Connecticut has issued an executive order that will ensure people with disabilities are allowed a companion in hospital settings, after a group of disability rights advocates filed a civil rights complaint last month.
Disability Rights Connecticut — which led the effort to file the complaint — said in a Tuesday press release that the state’s response marked “a significant victory for people with disabilities.”
In May, Disability Right Connecticut and a number of other advocacy organizations filed a complaint with the Office for Civil Rights, which is part of the U.