Parents take legal action against Ohio agency over rule affecting children with disabilities

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohio parents have filed a lawsuit against the state Department of Developmental Disabilities, accusing the agency of creating an unlawful rule that has “detrimental effects” on local families. 

Lindsey Sodano, Theresa Grant and Jennifer Dietsh – parents of children with developmental disabilities – filed a writ of mandamus last week against the state department with the Ohio Supreme Court. The filing asks the court to halt a rule that repeatedly attempts to replace...