Disability Rights Wisconsin

WCA provides advocacy to persons with developmental disabilities, mental illness, physical and sensory disabilities and their families on a variety of issues, including abuse neglect in institutions and the community, access to appropriate treatment, special education rights, and accessibility and discrimination problems in employment, transportation, housing, and insurance. WE engage in a variety of advocacy strategies such as: - providing information, advice, referral and guidance in self advocacy to consumers and their families -providing individual advocacy which could include investigating,negotiating or mediating on the behalf of persons with disabilities - legal representation -training to parents, consumers, and professionals -legislative advocacy and coalition building -class action and impact litigation