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Advocacy Services offered at Disability Rights Washington

Advocacy Services offered at Disability Rights Washington

Provides disability rights information, technical assistance for disability issues, general information about legal rights, strategies about how to become a stronger self-advocate, information sheets on a wide range of subjects to empower individuals with disabilities to better advocate for themselves, community education and training, and some legal services for disability rights violations. Focuses legal resources on systemic cases that will improve service systems for people with disabilities. Does not provide representation or advice for: -  Criminal law -  Family law -  Assistance becoming the guardian of an individual with a disability -  Out-of-state issues -  Workers compensation -  General medical malpractice & personal injury -  General consumer bankruptcy issues -  Any issue or problem not directly related to your disability -  Assistance finding employment, housing or financial assistance -  Assistance filling out forms & Social Security applications -  Anything that is not the wish of the person with the disability

Location

315 5th Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98104

Hours

M-F, 9am-4pm. Intake for Services: M-F, 9am-noon, 1-4pm.

Application process

Call or write letters.

Eligibility

People with disabilities.

Fee

None.

Languages

Interpreter services

Agency info

Disability Rights Washington

Provides services statewide for individuals with disabilities, including mental illness. Services offered include information and referral, limited legal assistance, training, publications and systems advocacy.