Advocacy and Legal Rights
Many of the fifty states have advocacy and protection services for persons with disabilities. Their goal is to protect, promote, and expand the rights of the disabled. General beliefs across the board are that:
- Persons with disabilities should have the same opportunity to participate in the community as persons without disabilities.
- Persons with disabilities have the right to reasonable accommodations that are needed for full participation.
- Persons with disabilities have the right to be afforded meaningful choices and to make informed decisions.
Advocacy and Legal Rights in Your State
Alabama:
Southeast Disability & Business Technical Assistance Center
Alaska:
Access Alaska
Alaska Legal Resource Center
Disability Law Center of Alaska
Arizona:
Advocates for the Disabled
Arizona Disability Law
Arkansas:
Disability Rights
Colorado:
Rocky Mountain ADA Center
Connecticut:
Advocacy and Legal Rights
District of Columbia:
Department on Disability Services
Florida:
Advocacy Center
Southeast Disability & Business Technical Assistance
FL Developmental Disabilities Council
Georgia:
Advocacy Center
Hawaii:
Advocacy Center
Idaho:
Advocacy
Idaho Task Force
Illinois:
Chicago Adapt
Council for Disability Rights
Great Lakes Disability & Business Technical Assisitance
Illinois Dept of Human Services – Client Assisitance
Illinois Department of Human Rights
Indiana:
Indiana Civil Rights Commission
Indiana Protection and Advocacy services
Iowa:
Iowa Department of Human Rights
ADA Iowa
Kansas :
Great Plains Business & Disabilty Technical Assisitance Center
Kansas Human Rights Commission
State of Kansas Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Coordinator
Kentucky:
Kentucky Commission of Human Rights
Louisiana :
Louisiana House of Representatives Services Information
Advocacy Center of Louisiana
Maine:
Disability Resources
Maryland:
State of Maryland Deaprtment of Disabilities
Massachusetts:
Disability Law Center
Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
Massachusetts Office on Disability
New England ADA Technical Assistance Center
Michigan:
Michigan Advocacy and Legal Rights
Minnesota:
Great Lakes ADA Center
Mississippi:
Southeast Disability and Busness Technical Assiatnace center
Missouri:
Missouri Protection & Advocacy Services
Montana:
Disability Rights Montana
Montana ADA
Nebraska:
Nebraska Disabilities and ADA
Nevada:
Nevada ADA
Nevada Disabilty Advocacy and Law Center
New Hampshire :
Client Assistance Program
New Hampshire Commission for Human Rights
People First of New Hampshire
New Jersey:
Community Health Law Project
New Jersey Protection and Advocacy
New Mexico:
Disability Rights New Mexico
New York:
Self-Advocacy Association of New York State
North Carolina:
Southeast Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center (SE DBTAC)
North Dakota:
Rocky Mountain Disability and Business Technical Center (DBTAC) ADA Information Center
Ohio:
ADA-OHIO
Great Lakes Disability & Business Technical Assistance Center
Disabilty Rights Ohio
Oklahoma:
Oklahoma Disability Law Center, Inc.
Oregon:
Disability Rights Oregon
Pennsylvania :
Center for Disability Law and Policy (CDLP)
Mid-Atlantic Disability & Business Technical Assistance Center
Pennsylvania Protection and Advocacy
Puerto Rico:
Puerto Rico Health & Disability Programs
Rhode Island:
Rhode Island Disabilty Law Center
South Carolina:
Southeast Disability & Technical Assistance Center
South Dakota:
Rocky Mountain Disability and Business Technical Assisitance Center (DBTAC)
South Dakota Advocoacy Services
Rocky Mountain ADA Center
Tennessee:
TN Department of Human Services
Texas:
ADAPT of Texas
Add Disability Rights Texas
Rocky Mountain Disability & Business Technical Assistance Center (DBTAC)
Vermont:
Disability Law Project
Virginia:
ADA Information Center for the Mid-Atlantic Region
Washington :
Disabilty Rights Washington
Washington Protection and Advocacy System (WPAS)
West Virginia:
ADA Information Center for the Mid-Atlantic Region
Wisconsin:
ADA Wisconsin Partnership
Client Assistance Program
Great Lakes ADA Center
Wyoming:
Rocky Mountain Disability & Business Technical Assistance Center (DBTAC)