Lois Curtis

**Lois Jeanette Curtis** (14 ga Yuli 1967 - 3 ga Nuwamba 2022) mawakiyar Amurka ce kuma babbar mai shigar da kara a shari'ar Kotun Koli ta Amurka wadda aka fi sani da *hukuncin Olmstead* inda kotun ta yanke hukuncin cewa wariya ga nakasassu ba tare da wani dalili ba ta nuna wariya ce, kuma karya dokar Amurkawa masu nakasa .

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Curtis a ranar 14 ga Yuli, 1967, a Atlanta, Georgia. Mahaifiyarta Mae ( née Traylor) Curtis Keith ce, kuma tana aiki a matsayin mai kula da gida; mahaifinta Melvin Lewis Curtis ne, wanda ke aiki a matsayin direban babbar mota.  Tana da 'yan'uwa mata biyu, Bobbie Jean Cloud da Patricia Cook.

Curtis ta girma da nakasa ta fahimta da ci gaba, wanda hakan ya katse mata makaranta kuma ya haifar da ƙalubale ga iyalinta.  Saboda haka, sau da yawa tana barin makaranta wanda hakan ke haifar da tsare ta a gidajen yari da asibitocin tabin hankali, ciki har da zama na wucin gadi a sashin kula da lafiyar kwakwalwa na yara da matasa na Asibitin Yankin Georgia .  Jimilla, ta yi ƙasa da shekaru ashirin a cibiyoyi, tun tana da shekaru goma sha ɗaya. 

## Shawarar Olmstead
 
Tare da Elaine Wilson,  Curtis ita ce babbar mai ƙara a shari'ar *Kotun Koli ta Amurka* ta Olmstead v. LC   A ranar 22 ga Yuni, 1999, kotun ta yanke hukuncin cewa wariya ga mutanen da ke da nakasa ba bisa ƙa'ida ba ta nuna wariya, kamar yadda Dokar Nakasassu ta Amurka ta bayyana.  Mai Shari'a Ruth Bader Ginsburg ta yanke hukunci cewa:"Tsarin dauri a cikin wata cibiya yana rage ayyukan yau da kullun na mutane, gami da dangantakar iyali, hulɗa da jama'a, zaɓuɓɓukan aiki, 'yancin tattalin arziki, ci gaban ilimi da wadatar al'adu." Shari'ar Kotun Koli ta biyo bayan shari'ar kotun tarayya ta shekarar 1995 da ƙungiyar agajin shari'a ta Atlanta Legal Aid ta shigar, wadda ta shigar da ƙarar a kan Tommy Olmstead, kwamishinan ayyukan jinƙai na Jihar Georgia, yana buƙatar ya mayar da Curtis daga wata cibiya zuwa kula da al'umma.  A lokacin, Curtis yana da shekaru 26.  Kotun ta goyi bayan ƙungiyar agajin shari'a ta Atlanta Legal Aid, amma jihar Georgia ta ɗaukaka ƙara zuwa Kotun Koli. 

Shari'ar Kotun Koli ta zama sananne da *hukuncin Olmstead*  kuma ta sauya yadda ake ba wa nakasassu ayyuka, nesa da bayar da kulawa a cibiyoyi zuwa kulawa a cikin al'umma .

## Shawara da aiki
Baya ga kasancewa mai fafutukar kare haƙƙin nakasassu, Curtis ya yi aiki a matsayin mai zane ta amfani da pastel da hotunan acrylic.   A ranar 20 ga Yuni, 2011, Curtis ta haɗu da Barack Obama a Fadar White House kuma ta ba shi ɗaya daga cikin zane-zanenta. 

## Rayuwar mutum da mutuwa
Bayan shawarar Olmstead, Curtis ya fara zama a cikin al'umma. Tana da mataimakiya ta ƙwararru da kuma 'microboard', ƙungiyar mutane da suka taimaka mata ta cimma burinta. Da aka tambaye ta game da rayuwarta a shekarar 2014, ta ce, "To, ina yin grits, ƙwai, da tsiran alade da safe kuma ina share ƙasa. Ina fita cin abinci wani lokacin. Ina ɗaukar azuzuwan fasaha. Ina zana kyawawan hotuna kuma ina samun kuɗi. Ina fita daga gari na sayar mini da zane-zane. Ina zuwa coci na yi addu'a ga Ubangiji. Ina ɗaga muryata sama! A lokacin rani ina zuwa wurin waha na saka ƙafafuna a cikin ruwa. Wataƙila zan koyi yin iyo wata rana. Ina kamun kifi. Na ga alade da doki a gona. Ina siyan tufafi da takalma. Ina yin bukukuwan ranar haihuwa. Suna da daɗi sosai. Ba na jin tsoron manyan karnuka kuma. Ina jin daɗi game da kaina. Rayuwata rayuwa ce mafi kyau." 

Curtis ya mutu sakamakon cutar kansar pancreas a gidansa da ke Clarkston, Georgia, a ranar 3 ga Nuwamba, 2022, yana da shekaru 55.  

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