Self-Advocacy
Your Rights! People with Disabilities and Law Enforcement
Many people with disabilities are hurt or killed by police. Disability Rights California fights to end police contact with people with disabilities and expand services in the community that keep people safe.
What Advocates Need to Know About the Aged, Blind and Disabled FPL Medi-Cal Expansion Starting December 2020
This publication identifies changes and updates that advocates need to know about the aged, blind, and disabled FPL Medi-Cal Exapansion starting December of 2020.
15 Tips for Self-Advocates
You may need services and supports to reach your goals. This means you may be communicating with agencies and systems that offer services to people with disabilities. It can also mean attending meetings and advocating for yourself. Self-advocacy can begin at any age.
15 Tips for Parent & Family Member Advocates
Your goal is to best prepare your child or family member for adulthood and to ensure they have the services and supports to reach their goals. For many families this means communicating with agencies and systems that offer services to people with disabilities.
Advocacy Tips
This publication gives you tips to be your own advocate. The tips cover things like being prepared and asking questions. Keeping records and getting information in your language are important tips. Knowing your rights and getting help are other tips.
Self Advocacy for Conditional Release Program (CONREP)
This pub is about CONREP. That stands for “Forensic Conditional Release Program.” It is a community program for people charged with a felony and committed to a state hospital. The pub tells you how to get into the program. It tells you about your rights while in the program.