Beginning this summer, adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities from across Georgia will travel to Macon for crisis services and routine medical care such as physical exams, mammograms and dentistry.

Families who say their children suffered from being institutionalized for prolonged periods are suing three Georgia agencies that provide mental health services. The federal lawsuit was filed Wednesday on behalf of families of four children with mental disorders that attorneys say worsened as the youths were institutionalized repeatedly and for long periods.