In Virginia, a 29-year-old woman with Down syndrome is in court fighting in a “complicated…

In Virginia, a 29-year-old woman with Down syndrome is in court fighting in a “complicated guardianship case that is pitting her wishes against those of her parents and testing the rights of adults with disabilities to choose how they live.” Her name is Jenny Hatch, and one of her attorneys keeps a courtroom note of hers on his desk: “I don’t need . . . gurdenship anymore,” it reads. “Yes I need help. . . . Only Jim and Kelly.”

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