Disability Rights California is a nonprofit agency
that advances the human and legal rights of persons with disabilities.
Disability Rights California began protecting the rights of Californians
with disabilities in 1978. We now provide services to people with
disabilities under seven federal programs--the Developmentally Disabled
Assistance and Bill of Rights (PADD) ACT; the Protection and Advocacy
for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) Act; the Protection and
Advocacy of Individual Rights (PAIR) Act; the Protection and Advocacy
for Beneficiaries of Social Security (PABSS) Act; the Assistive
Technology (AT) Act of 1998; the Protection and Advocacy Traumatic Brain
Injury (PATBI) act; and the Protection and Advocacy Voting Access (PAVA)
act. Under a contract with California's Department of Mental Health,
Disability Rights California operates the Office of Patients' Rights
(OPR)--to advocate for the rights of people who have a psychiatric
disability or emotional impairment. Disability Rights California
operates the Office of Clients' Rights Advocacy (OCRA) under a contract
with California's Department of Developmental Services. OCRA provides
clients' rights advocacy to individuals with developmental disabilities
who are clients of California's 21 regional centers.
Disability Rights California - Sacramento Office 100 Howe Ave., Suite 235N, Sacramento, CA 95825
916-488-9950 www.disabilityrightsca.org