OUR MISSION:
The Disabilities Rights Center is dedicated to eliminating barriers existing in New Hampshire to the full and equal enjoyment of civil and other legal rights by people with disabilities.The Disabilities Rights Center (DRC) is New Hampshire's designated Protection and Advocacy agency and authorized by federal statute "to pursue legal, administrative and other appropriate remedies" on behalf of individuals with disabilities. The DRC is a statewide organization that is independent from state government or service providers.
The DRC provides information, referral, advice, and legal representation and advocacy to individuals with disabilities on a wide range of disability-related problems. We can help advocate for legal rights in the areas of:
- Special Education
- Employment
- Housing
- Assistive Technology
- Access to, or Discrimination in, Mental Health, Developmental Disability, and Brain Injury Services
- Medical and Financial Assistance
- Vocational Rehabilitation
- The Elimination of Physical Barriers in Public Accommodations
- Access to Voting and other Fundamental Civil Rights
- Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Unwarranted Restraint and Seclusion.
Mary
Schuh,
Board President
Katherine
Davis, PAIMI Advisory Council Chairperson
Richard A. Cohen, Esq., Executive Director
Amy Messer, Esq., Legal Director
The Disabilities Rights Center is a member of the National Disability Rights Network.
This website has been made possible
by grants from the Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health
Services; The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services; The
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources Services Administration;
The U.S. Social Security Administration; The U.S. Department of Education,
Offices of Special Education & Rehabilitative Services.
The contents of this website are the sole responsibility of the Disabilities
Rights Center, Inc. and do not represent the official
views of the federal grantors.
The Disabilities Rights Center is funded, in part, by the New Hampshire Bar Foundation.
Last Updated: 5/7/08