Disability Rights Center – New Hampshire protects, advances, and strengthens the legal rights and advocacy interests of all people with disabilities.
About Us
About Us
Disability Rights Center - NH protects, advances, and strengthens the legal rights and advocacy interests of all people with disabilities.
Board of Directors
We benefit from the generous service of our Board of Directors. We are committed to a Board that is representative of the diverse communities we serve, reflecting the socioeconomic, ethnic, geographic and disability diversity of New Hampshire.
PAIMI Advisory Council
The PAIMI Advisory Council advises DRC-NH on policies and priorities relating to individuals with mental illness. Members help educate the public about the DRC-NH’s purpose, priorities, and activities. Council members have a commitment to improving mental health services, are self or family advocates, or are professionals or members of the public who have knowledge and interest in mental health issues.
Staff
Our staff 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.
Federal Programs & Funding
A variety of federal grants and other financial support enables us to provide legal advice or representation to hundreds of people with disabilities across the state in areas like special education, accessibility, employment discrimination, home and community-based services, and Medicaid.
Goals & Priorities
We work on systemic issues via litigation, investigations, monitoring and other policy change efforts, which are all focused on improving the lives of people with disabilities across New Hampshire. Our annual priorities document details how we allocate our limited resources to address the most critical issues facing people with disabilities across the state.
Celebrating 45 Years of Advocacy
For over 40 years, we have worked to eliminate the barriers faced by people with disabilities to live their best and most integrated lives possible. This timeline highlights some of the major laws, cases, and events that have shaped and continue to inspire our work.
Contact Us
If You Need Help
Contact us if your rights have been violated or if you would like to schedule an education or information session about your rights.
Success Stories
From Isolation to Inclusion
A determined student’s educational journey is transformed after reaching out to us for assistance.
Helping Our Client Carry the Load
Diane, who has orthopedic impairments which limit her mobility, was unable to carry her laundry from her third-floor apartment to the laundry room in the basement of her building without severe back pain.
“I showed them I could do this work”
Dylan reached out to us for assistance and together we were able to work with his employer to make sure that his job requirements were essential to the function of his job. As he reflected upon his successful completion of the job, Dylan said, “I showed them I could do this work”.
Breathing a Little Bit Easier
We worked with Wendy to successfully request both a structural modification to her windows and an accommodation to the building policy so she could use a window unit once her windows were changed. Now Wendy can breathe better and feels more secure in her apartment.
A Long Fought For Homecoming
After over twenty years living in an institution, we helped Toni access the supports she needed to live at home in her community.