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Where to Go for Legal Information and Help
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| "Where can I get the legal expertise I need if I have to prove that certain changes are required by law?" In some cases, goodwill and customer service may not be enough to convince companies and organizations to make their products and services accessible, especially if the needed changes are seen as expensive or useful only to a small group of people. In these instances, you may need to contact legal experts who can help you navigate the steps you need to follow to successfully attain accessible equipment and services. This chapter provides general information on where you can go to find legal assistance. |
| The National Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems, Inc. (NAPAS) | A voluntary national membership association of the Protection and Advocacy (P&As) Systems and Client Assistance Programs (CAPs) that assumes leadership in promoting and strengthening the role and performance of its members in providing quality legally based advocacy services. The P&As and CAPs comprise the nationwide network of congressionally mandated, legally-based disability rights agencies. | 900 Second Street, NE Suite 211 Washington, D.C. 20002 Phone: 202-408-9514 Fax: 202-408-9520 info@napas.org http://www.napas.org Click "About P&As / CAPS" to access a link to your state's office |
| Disability and Business Technical Assistance Centers (DBTACs) | The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) has established ten regional centers to provide information, training, and technical assistance to employers, people with disabilities, and other entities with responsibilities under the ADA. The Centers act as a "one-stop" central, comprehensive resource on ADA issues in employment, public services, public accommodations, and communications. In addition to ADA services, the Centers assist individuals and entities in better understanding related disability legislation that may impact their rights or responsibilities. | Voice/TTY: 800-949-4232 Click here to visit this resource. |
| Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) | A national law and policy center in disability civil rights that offers education, training and technical assistance to persons with disabilities, parents of children with disabilities, lawyers, service providers and policy makers about disability civil rights laws and policies. DREDF represents clients, serves as co-counsel, and files amicus briefs in the appellate courts and the U.S. Supreme Court. | 2212 Sixth Street Berkeley, CA 94710 Voice/TTY: 510-644-2555 Fax: 510-841-8645 dredf@dredf.org http://www.dredf.org |
| National Association of the Deaf (NAD) Law Center | The NAD Law Center reviews hundreds of cases involving problems with employment, education, receipt of social services, access to commercial and non-profit services, technology, court and police procedures. Law Center attorneys advise and assist deaf people with legal problems involving deafness, and provide technical assistance to lawyers who represent deaf clients. | 814 Thayer Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20910-4500 Voice: 301-587-1788 TTY: 301-587-1789 Fax: 301-587-1791 NADinfo@nad.org http://www.nad.org |
| Arizona Center for Disability Law | The Center receives specific Federal protection and advocacy funding to assist people with certain kinds of disabilities, such as developmental disabilities or serious mental illness. The Center serves individuals whose disability is the reason for discrimination, abuse or neglect, or failure to provide needed services. | 100 North Stone Ave. Suite 305 Tucson, AZ 85701 Voice/TTY: 520-327-9547 Voice/TTY: 800-922-1447 Fax: 520-884-0992 center@acdl.com http://acdl.com |
| Disability Rights Advocates (DRA) | DRA is a non-profit legal center dedicated to protecting the civil and human rights of people with disabilities throughout the United States and the world. DRA represents people with disabilities in over 50 active cases, most of which focus on health care access, employment rights, public accommodations, international advocacy, testing, education, and schools. Most of their cases focus on high impact litigation. Often they litigate cases on behalf of a class of plaintiffs. As a result, most of their cases address systemic violations of Federal and state disability rights laws rather than isolated incidents. | 449 15th Street Suite 303 Oakland, CA 94612-2821 Phone: 510-451-8644 TTY: 510-451-8716 Fax: 510-451-8511 general@dralegal.org http://www.dralegal.org/ |
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