Self-Advocacy Publications
Materials on this page help you understand your rights so you can advocate for yourself or another person.
If you have any questions or need more help, contact the Disability Rights California confidential intake line at
1-800-776-5746, available M-F, 9 am- 4 pm.
Regional Center Respite Hearing Packet
Respite gives family members a break from caring for you and gives them time to do other things. The regional center pays for it. Sometimes the regional center may refuse to give you, stop or cutback respite. You can appeal this decision. This pub is a step-by-step guide to help you prepare for a regional center respite fair hearing.
Disability Discrimination Fact Sheet: Business and Other “Public Accommodations”
Disability Discrimination Fact Sheet: Employment
Federal and state law require employers to accommodate your disability. This publication gives you a sample letter to ask for an accommodation. It has a sample letter for your doctor. It tells you what to do if your employer will not give you an accommodation for your disability so you can do your job.
Fact Sheet: Disability-Based Housing Discrimination
This pub tells you about your housing rights. It gives you resources to know your rights. It has sample letters to help you get a reasonable accommodation or modification. Accommodations are exceptions to rules and modifications are changes to buildings. It tells you what to do if your landlord will not give you one.
Fact Sheet: Rights to Assistance Animals in Housing
This tells you about your right to have an assistance animal when your housing does not allow pets. Assistance animal means an animal you need lives in your home. It can be a service animal or an emotional support animal. This pub tells you what to do if your landlord will not let you keep your assistance animal and tells you where to get help.
Fact Sheet: Service Animals in Business and Public Spaces
You cannot bring emotional support animals into businesses or public places. You can bring service animals to those places. This pub tells you how to know if your animal is a service animal. If a business does not let you have your service animal, this pub tells you what you can do to keep your animal with you.
In-Home Supportive Services Protective Supervision
“Protective supervision” is an IHSS service. It is to help if you need, because of your disability, watching 24 hours per day so you are not injured. This pub tells you who can get it and how to get it. It tells you what to do if the county does not give it to you.
Limited Conservatorships & Alternatives
This pub tells you what a limited conservatorship is. They are for regional center clients. It tells you why you may have one. It gives you other ways to help you, so you do not have to have a limited conservatorship.
Medi-Cal Managed Care: An Independent Medical Review (IMR) Can Change a Plan’s No to Yes
Most people who get Medi-Cal are in a managed health care plan. You have options if your health plan denies a service. This pub tells you about one of them: Independent Medical Review (IMR). An IMR is a way, in certain situations, for you to get a medical review of a health plan’s decision.
Medi-Cal Programs to Help You Stay in Your Own Home or Leave a Nursing Home
There are different Medi-Cal programs to help people with disabilities and seniors stay in their homes. These programs can help them return home from places like hospitals and nursing homes. This pub gives you information about these programs. It tells you what to do if you need help getting one of the programs.
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