This page contains links to resources on the topic of voting rights of proposed wards and wards for attorneys serving as GALs or advocate counsel in guardianship cases. These materials primarily focus on restoring voting rights that were removed in…
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Guardianship and Voting
This page includes information on: the basics about guardianship and voting. how to keep the right to vote in a guardianship case. how to get the right to vote back if lost in a guardianship case. additional resources. The Basics…
Service Animals
Service animals can make everyday tasks much easier for people with disabilities. Service animals can guide, inform their handler of important noises, fetch dropped items, sense changing blood sugar levels, and provide significant comfort and emotional support. While the law…
Supported Decision-Making
Supported decision-making is a set of strategies to assist people with disabilities in using their own support system to take control of decisions in their lives. Supported decision-making agreements are now a legally recognized tool in Wisconsin for people to…
Domestic Violence And Sexual Assault
What is Domestic Violence? Domestic violence, also known as intimate partner violence, domestic abuse, or relationship abuse, is a pattern of behaviors used by one partner to keep power and control over another partner in an intimate relationship. This includes…
Client Rights
Client Rights Individuals who receive services for mental illness, substance abuse, or developmental disability in Wisconsin have rights specifically created by state law for their protection. These rights are intended to assure that treatment will be provided in the least…
Criminal Justice
People with disabilities are disproportionately entangled with the criminal justice system. The number of youth with disabilities in what has come to be called ‘the school to prison pipeline’ has grown with the advent of zero-tolerance policies. Access to accommodations…
Mental Health
Disability Rights Wisconsin believes in and fights for the rights of all people with disabilities, including those whose disability is related to mental health. We are here to help ensure that your civil liberties, your rights to quality care, and…
Community Integration
In the past, it was not uncommon for adults and children with disabilities to be placed in large, impersonal institutions, isolating these individuals from their families and communities in environments that often put them at risk for abuse and neglect.…
Family Care and IRIS Resources
(Welcome to the resource page for Family Care and IRIS. Are you looking for the Family Care and IRIS Ombudsman Program page?) Family Care is a long-term care program that helps frail elders and adults with disabilities get the services…