Listing of self-help materials and informational publications.
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General Information
Disability Rights Washington
(Separate Website)
Disability Rights Washington (DRW) is a private, non-profit organization that protects the rights of people with disabilities statewide.
By: Disability Rights Washington
DSHS Help for People with Disabilities: Necessary Supplemental Accomodations
If you get DSHS benefits, such as TANF, SFA, Disability Lifeline, Medicaid, or food assistance, DSHS must accommodate your disabilities. This means that DSHS must try to make their services and benefits available to you to the same extent that they are available to people without a disability.
By: Northwest Justice Project
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Information for Persons with Disabilities Who Need Accommodations to Access the Courts If you have a disability and you believe you may need an accommodation to fully and equally participate in a particular court proceeding or activity, you may request a reasonable accommodation. This resource contains the new Request for Reasonable Accomodation Form and instructions for filing it out.
By: Administrative Office Of The Courts
ADA Paratransit Eligibility: How to Make Your Case
(Separate Website)
The purpose of this handout is to assist people with disabilities to obtain an accurate and fair ADA paratransit eligibility determination. Many people with disabilities who should be eligible for paratransit services according to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) are denied eligibility because transit agencies are not accurately assessing their capacities.
By: Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
Eligibility for Paratransit Services
(Separate Website)
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires that all public organizations that provide public transportation must also provide "paratransit." The prefix "para" means "closely resembling" or "alongside of," thus the term paratransit means transit that closely resembles, or operates in combination with an existing transit system.
By: Disability Rights Washington
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
(Separate Website)
The complete text of the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Facts about the Americans with Disabilities Act
(Separate Website)
Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, which took effect July 26, 1992, prohibits private employers, state and local governments, employment agencies and labor unions from discriminating against qualified individuals with disabilities in job application procedures, hiring, firing, advancement, compensation, job training, and other terms, conditions and privileges of employment.
By: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Guide to Disability and WA State Nondiscrimination Laws
(Separate Website)
In Washington State, there have been significant changes to disability law from July 2006 to July 2007. On July 6, 2006, in McClarty v. Totem Electric, 157 Wn.2d 214 (2006), the Supreme Court of the State of Washington, in a 5- 4 ruling, adopted the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) definition of disability. In doing so, the Court dispensed with its earlier decisions regarding the definition of disability, as well as with the Washington Administrative Code (WAC) regulation that had successfully served as the Washington State Human Rights Commission?s (WSHRC) definition of disability since 1973.
By: WA State Human Rights Commission
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