[2] David Braddock, Institute for the Study of Developmental Disabilities, University of Illinois at Chicago (1991).

[3] Braddock et al., The State of the States in Developmental Disabilities, p. 509.

[4] The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, "Things Change: Final Chapter for Laconia," TASH Newsletter, April 1991, pp. 1-2.

[5] Texas Mental Health and Mental Retardation Act. (1965), Art. 5547-201 through 5547-205 (Vernon 1990).

[6] Linda O'Neall, "Summary Compliance Findings - Lelsz v. Kavanagh," (Report by the Expert Consultant, 1990), p. 1; and interview with Linda O'Neall, court monitor for Lelsz v. Kavanagh, Austin, Texas, April 16, 1991.

[7] Mentally Retarded Persons Act, art. 5547-300 (Vernon 1990).

[8] Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation (TDMHMR), Strategic Plan FY 1992-1997 (Austin, Texas, 1990) p. 5; and MHMR, Executive Fact Book - FY 1990 Quarter IV, p. 2.

[9] Braddock, Institute for the Study of Developmental Disabilities; and Braddock et al., The State of the States in Developmental Disabilities, p. 435.

[10] MHMR, Executive Fact Book - FY 1990 Quarter IV, p. 26.

[11] Ibid.

[12] Braddock et al., The State of the States in Developmental Disabilities, p. 435 and 509.

[13] Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation (MHMR), Strategic Plan FY 1992-1997 (Austin, Texas, 1990) p. 28.

[14] MHMR, Executive Fact Book - FY 1991 Quarter 1, p. 2.

[15] MHMR, Executive Fact Book - FY 1990 Quarter IV, p. 12; and Braddock et al., The State of the States in Developmental Disabilities, p. 437.

[16] Texas Mental Health and Mental Retardation Act, art. 5547-202, sec. 2.12B. (Vernon 1990).

[17] MHMR, Strategic Plan FY 1992-1997, pp. 28-30.

[18] Texas Mental Health and Mental Retardation Act., art. 5547-202, sec., 2.32 (a), (Vernon 1990).

[19] Deloitte, Haskins and Sells - The Douglass Group, TDMHMR Master Plan Facility Assessment (Houston, Texas., Sept. 1989), pp. V-8 - V-9.