Rights of Persons w/ Disabilities

• Due Process: Information for People with Disabilities

  This interactive training will define Due Process, and how it can apply to people with disabilities. We will provide several examples of your Due Process rights. This training has sound, so be sure to turn on your computer speakers. Read More

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  Colorado Legal Services

• Information for People with Disabilities

  This page features several resources for people with disabilities, including information about appeals, fair housing, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and information about finding advocates in your area. Read More

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  Colorado Legal Services

• Preparing for an Administrative Hearing

  If you are appealing a benefits decision, you may have an Administrative Hearing. This interactive training will define an Administrative Hearing, walk you through the steps, and provide tips for making a convincing case to have your benefits approved or reinstated. This training has audio, so make sure you have working speakers. Read More

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  Colorado Legal Services

• SSI Myths and Facts

  This video will explain several of the common myths and facts concerning Supplemental Security Income and Social Security Disability Insurance. Read More

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  Colorado Legal Services

• Guardianship and Conservatorship Video: Opposing, Changing and Ending

  This video will define Guardianship and Conservatorship, as well as explain the steps for appointment. It will also explain what to do if you oppose a Guardianship or Conservatorship that is being appointed to you, or if you would like to change or end a current Guardianship or Conservatorship. Read More

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  Colorado Legal Services

• Social Security Overpayments Video

  This video will explain how an overpayment can occur, and what you can do if the Social Security Administration says you need to pay back money. Read More

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  Colorado Legal Services

• ADA Mediation Program

  Program helps with ADA disputes through informal methods. Content Detail

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  US Department of Justice

• A Guide to Disability Rights Law

  This document has information about the following: Americans with Disabilities Act, Telecommunications Act, Fair Housing Act, Air Carrier Access Act, Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act, National Voter Registration Act, Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Rehabilitation Act, Architectural Barriers Act and other sources of disability rights information. Content Detail

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  U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division

  Read this in:

  Spanish / Español

• Americans with Disabilities Act Information

  Information on a wide variety of topics, including the American with Disabilities Act and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. This website also has forms you can use to file a complaint of discrimination on the basis of disability. Content Detail

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  U.S. Department of Justice

  Read this in:

  Spanish / Español

• A Resource for Disability Rights and Elder Law Information

  The Legal Center uses the legal system to protect and promote individual rights through direct legal representation, advocacy, education and legislative analysis. Content Detail

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  The Legal Center for People with Disabilities and Older People

• How to File a Charge with the EEOC

  If you believe you have been discriminated against by an employer, labor union or employment agency when applying for a job or while on the job because of your race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, or disability, you may have grounds to file a charge of discrimination. Content Detail

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  U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

• Job Accomodations for People with Mental Illness PDF

  Content Detail

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  Project T.R.A.I.N. - Opportunities for People with Disabilities

• Applying for Aid to the Needy Disabled (AND)

  How to apply for AND, what information you need to take when you apply, where you need to go to apply, and more information about services and programs for the disabled. Content Detail

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  City and County of Denver

• Health insurance for Seniors and people with disabilities

  Medicare is a health insurance program for people 65 years of age and older, some disabled people under 65 years of age, and people with End-Stage Renal Disease (permanent kidney failure treated with dialysis or a transplant). Content Detail

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  U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

• Help with Securing Funding for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Devices through Medicare, State Medical Assistance Programs or Private Insurance

  If you need access to technology that helps with communication barriers, this information is designed to walk you through the funding process, and provide you with the information and forms you need to start the process. (CLS does not support one particular supplier of product, only help facilitate the process of fair access to help and equipment.) Content Detail

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  Funding Department, DynaVox