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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.
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.
Fact Sheet: Wisconsin Public Schools Open Enrollment Resources
Self-advocacy guide for parents of students with disabilities who are experiencing issues with open enrollment in Wisconsin schools.
Fact Sheet: School Transportation
Guide for parents of students with disabilities who are experiencing transportation issues with school.
Adults' Services: Referrals
External links for other organizations that may be able to help with issues related to services for adults with disabilities.
Guardianship and Alternatives: Resources
External links to learn more about guardianship and less restrictive alternatives to guardianship for people with disabilities.
Neighbor Disputes or Harassment Issues
Resource for people with disabilities on how to deal with common examples of neighbor issues.
Home and Community-Based Services Form Letter: My Right is Being Restricted
Sample letter for people with disabilities to use to tell their guardian or other provider that their rights are being restricted and to ask why.
Appealing Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Denials
Self-advocacy guide for people with disabilities on how to appeal denials by the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation.
Employment: Referrals
External links for other organizations that may be able to help with issues related to disability rights in employment.
Help Yourself: A Regular Person's Guide to Advocacy in Wisconsin's Family Care, IRIS, Partnership, and PACE Adult Long Term Care Programs
Guide for people with disabilities and their families on advocating for themselves or loved ones in long-term care.
Fact Sheet: Bullying
Guide for parents of students with disabilities who are experiencing bullying at school.
Fact Sheet: Disability Definition for Children
Self-advocacy guide for people with disabilities and their families on definition of "disability" for children under different laws.
Corrections: Resources
External links to learn more about disability rights in corrections.
Applying for Services from the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Self-advocacy guide for people with disabilities on applying to the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation for services.
Crime Victims: Resources
External links to learn more crime victims' rights for people with disabilities.
Adults' Services: Resources
External links to learn more about services for adults with disabilities.
Education and Schools: Referrals
External links for other organizations that may be able to help with issues related to special education rights for children with disabilities in Wisconsin
Mental Health Institutions and Centers: Referrals
External links for other organizations that may be able to help with disability rights in the mental health system, institutions, and centers.
Switching Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors
Self-advocacy guide on rights and options of people with disabilities who wish to change their DVR counselor.
Fact Sheet: Special Education Evaluation
Guide for parents on special education referrals, evaluation process, and options if the student is found ineligible for an IEP.
Children's Services: Resources
External links to learn more about services for children with disabilities.
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.
Advocacy Guide: Guardianship and the Criminal Justice System
Guide for guardians with questions about their role if their ward is charged with a crime or incarcerated.
Advocacy Guide: Children's Long Term Support (CLTS) Fair Hearings
Guide for parents of children with disabilities on appealing CLTS denials through Fair Hearings.
Form Letter: Asking for Your Child's Special Education Record
Form letter for parents of children with disabilities, to ask for their child's special education record from the child's school district.
Appealing a DVR Decision Through an Impartial Hearing
Self-advocacy guide for people with disabilities on exercising their Vocational Rehabilitation appeal rights through an Impartial Hearing with DVR.
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.
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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.