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Welcome to the Disability Rights Center
Who We Help
DRC
The Disability Rights Center provides advocacy services to Maine citizen's with disabilities. You may be eligible for our services if:
The Disability Rights Center makes decisions on who they will represent based on a number of factors. Factors used in the decision:
The Disability Rights Center provides advocacy services to Maine citizen's with disabilities. You may be eligible for our services if:
- You have a developmental disability (and need help with a problem related to your disability).
- You have a psychiatric disability (and need help with a problem related to your disability).
- You have a traumatic brain injury (and need help with a problem related to your disability).
- You have a disability and believe your civil rights have been violated, because of your disability.
- You are the parent of a child with a disability and need help obtaining special education services for your child.
- You have a disability and need help obtaining assistive technology. (Some examples of assistive technology are wheelchairs, communication devices, electronic door openers and prosthetics.)
- You receive SSI or SSDI, and need help with benefit-related issues due to active or anticipated employment.
- You are a resident of the Riverview or Dorothea Dix psychiatric treatment center.
- You have questions about your right to vote and/or accessible voting.
The Disability Rights Center makes decisions on who they will represent based on a number of factors. Factors used in the decision:
- The integrity of your claim;
- Whether your claim falls under one of our priority areas;
- Whether your claim has the potential to achieve systemic change for people with disabilities;
- The availability of resources at the Disability Rights Center.