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Tuesday, May 17, 2011  A federal lawsuit accuses employees of South Carolina agencies and a nonprofit organization of conspiring to withdraw needed day health services from severely disabled adults and instead send them to work activity centers funded with taxpayer money.  The lawsuit seeks to prevent the Department of Disabilities and Special Needs from terminating the adult day health services of three men named in the lawsuit by first name only.