Advocacy - Richmond, Developmental Disabilities, disAbility Law Center of Virginia
The Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act funds this program to provide legal and advocacy services to assist children and adults with severe, lifelong disabilities who require special care, housing, treatment, and services and who have been abused, neglected, or discriminated against, due to their disability. Problems related to education, residential care, training centers, community rehabilitation programs, infant programs, and activity centers are handled under this program. The most common DD issues include: special education services; abuse and/or neglect of persons in special programs; the right to live, learn, and work in the most integrated setting; assistive technology and assistive technology services to support independence; freedom to make independent decisions whenever possible; and access to programs and services.
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Physical Address
1512 Willow Lawn Drive, Richmond, VA 23230
Hours
Monday: 08:30 AM - 04:00 PM; Friday: 08:30 AM - 04:00 PM
Fax
(804) 662-7431
Voice
Website
Application process
If you would like to request our services, you can use our online request portal at www.dlcv.org/get-help. That portal is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You can also call us Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM, and ask to speak with our advocate on duty. You can reach us at (800) 552-3962 (toll-free). We may not be able to respond as quickly as we normally do, but it is our intent to respond to all who contact us.
Languages
Spanish
English
Service area
VA
Agency info
disAbility Law Center of Virginia
The disAbility Law Center helps with disability-related problems like abuse, neglect, and discrimination. We also help people with disabilities obtain services and treatment. Individuals with problems, targeted in our program goals, may also receive advocacy services and/or legal representation. The disAbility Law Center of Virginia?s mission is to advance independence, choice and self-determination; protect legal, human and civil rights; and eliminate abuse, neglect and discrimination of people with disabilities through zealous and uncompromising legal advocacy and representation.