What We Do
Disability Rights Nebraska is the Protection and Advocacy system for people with disabilities in our state. We protect, support and promote the rights of people with disabilities. This includes people with just about any disability including intellectual or developmental disabilities, mental illness and physical disabilities. With your help we can make a difference. Learn more and get involved.
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We offer legal representation, information and referrals to individuals with disabilities and their families.
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If you would like Disability Rights Nebraska to give a presentation or training, click here to fill out a form.
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To vote in the next elections, you will need to show a photo ID. That can be a Nebraska driver’s license, Nebraska state ID card, Nebraska college or university ID card, any veteran, active military or tribal ID with a photo, a United States passport, or a document from your nursing home or assisted living facility with your name and a photo. If you don’t have an ID right now, you can get a free state ID from your local DMV.
Our Impact
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People Helped
10,613
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Advocates Trained
45
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Individuals Trained
15,826
From the Blog
March 4 is National Assistive Technology Awareness Day! Assistive Technology (AT) is the name for anything that helps a person live more independently, like a wheelchair, door openers, ramps, a prosthetic limb or a tool that helps people with speech or language impairments communicate. Through our Protection & Advocacy AT grant, we can help people who have trouble with a piece of equipment that is a "lemon" - it is defective or cannot be fixed after a multiple repair attempts. Read more in this blog post by Advocacy Specialist Molly Klocksin.
Handicap parking spaces are not metered, and this would extend that to non-handicapped metered spots for vehicles with valid handicap placards in their windshields. Those vehicles would have to comply with the time limitations on the spaces.
Ways to get involved:
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Donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed by tax law.
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Become a trained advocate to stand with families to help navigate the educational system for children with disabilities.
