| Stephen F. Gold is considered to be the foremost attorney in the disability rights movement. He is co-author, with Diane Coleman, of the 'Not Dead Yet' amicus brief quoted in 1997's Supreme Court decision. As attorney for Idell S. and Helen L., he sued and won against the state of Pennsylvania on grounds of the Americans Disabilty Act for segregating people in nursing homes rather than providing them with attendant services in their own homes. He was the attorney in the Adapt v. Skinner public transportation case as well. Gold is in private practice in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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