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Each resource has general information for people with disabilities and not legal advice. They are not intended to be a complete statement of the law and may not reflect recent legal developments. If you have specific questions about your own situation, we encourage you to consult with an attorney.
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Employment: Resources
External links to learn more about disability rights in employment.
Form Letter: Asking Your Landlord for an Assigned Parking Space
Form letter showing what be in a letter to a landlord asking for an assigned parking space as a reasonable accommodation in housing.
Court Order to Restore Voting Rights Under Guardianship
Form that Wisconsin courts use to restore the right to vote to someone under guardianship.
Voting: Referrals
External links for other organizations that may be able to help with issues related to voting rights for people with disabilities.
Housing: Referrals
External links for other organizations that may be able to help with issues related to disability rights in housing.
The Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR)
Guide for people with disabilities on services from the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation.
Children's Services: Referrals
External links for other organizations that may be able to help with issues related to services for children with disabilities.
Form Letter: Asking Your Landlord to End Your Lease Early
Sample letter for people with disabilities to ask their landlords to let them end their lease early as a reasonable accommodation for a disability.
Sample Letter for Requesting Employment Records
Example of what can be included in a letter to your employer to ask for your employment records.
Guardianship and Voting: How to Get Your Right to Vote Back
Guide for people with disabilities, explaining steps they must take if they have lost their right to vote and want to get it back.
Form Letter: Asking Your Landlord for a Reasonable Modification
Form letter showing what can be in a letter to a landlord to ask for a reasonable modification, or physical change to structure / surroundings, in housing.
Guide: Wisconsin Fair Housing Complaint Process
Self-advocacy guide for people with disabilities on Wisconsin's housing discrimination complaint process.
Public Places: Referrals
External links for other organizations that may be able to help with issues related to disability rights in public places.
Voting: Resources
External links to learn more about voting rights for people with disabilities.
Resource Sheet: School Athletics
Resource list for parents of students with disabilities experiencing issues with school athletics.
Form Letter: Asking Your Guardian for Support
Form letter that people with disabilities can use to ask their guardian for help reaching a goal.
Crime Victims: Referrals
External links for other organizations that may be able to help with issues related to victimization of people with disabilities.
Guardianship and Voting: The Basics of Wisconsin's Guardianship Law and its Impact on the Right to Vote
Guide for people with disabilities on Wisconsin's guardianship law and how it may affect their right to vote.
Housing: Resources
External links to learn more about disability rights in housing.
Form Letter: Asking Your Landlord for a Reasonable Accommodation
Sample letter showing what can be in a letter to a landlord asking for reasonable accommodations, or changes in policies, practices, or services.
Form Letter: Asking Your Child's School for Reasonable Accommodations
Form letter showing what can be in a parent letter to their child's school, to ask for reasonable accommodations.
Guardianship and Alternatives: Referrals
External links for other organizations that may be able to help with issues related to guardianship and less restrictive alternatives to guardianship.
Reasonable Accommodations for Employment: Frequently Asked Questions
Self-advocacy guide for people with disabilities about reasonable accommodations in employment.
Guardianship and Voting: How to Keep the Right to Vote in a Guardianship Case
Guide for people with disabilities on keeping the right to vote when a court is deciding whether to give them a guardian.
Fact Sheet: Employment Records Frequently Asked Questions
Self-advocacy guide for people with disabilities about their rights surrounding their employment record, or personnel file.
Featured Resources
Self-Advocacy Guide: Filing a Patient / Client Grievance
Guide for people with disabilities on the patient rights complaint or grievance process under Wisconsin Statute Section 51.61 and DHS Chapter 94.
Form Letter: DHS Ch. 94 Patient/Client Rights Grievance
Form letter that people with disabilities can use to write a Patient Rights Grievance under WI Dept. of Health Services Administrative Code, Ch. 94.