Disability Rights Idaho

DisAbility Rights Idaho is one of Idaho’s most effective human rights organizations. We are a non-profit, advocacy agency serving people with disabilities in Idaho.

DRI gives people with disabilities a voice to assert and defend their own rights through information, education and individual assistance. We give people a voice in court through legal representation. We give people a voice in government through public policy advocacy. We advocate for all people with disabilities in Idaho regardless of the type of disability or the age of the person.

We help people with disabilities to: address abuse and neglect; obtain services and supports they need to live, work and play in their own homes and communities; get an appropriate education; access to health care; find and use vocational services and get support for employment; redress discrimination; and achieve equal access to buildings and services.

Services

DisAbility Rights Idaho provides advocacy and legal services to people with disabilities. We do this in many ways, such as:

• Informing people with disabilities of their rights under the law
• Providing information, tools and referrals that empower people to advocate for themselves
• Assisting people in cases where an advocate or legal help may be needed
• Pursuing policy changes that benefit many people with disabilities
• Monitoring conditions in public and private facilities

DisAbility Rights Idaho receives more requests for services than we can provide. We must follow the requirements of the grants we receive.  Priorities and objectives are approved by the Board of Directors on an annual basis. These priorities form the basis of our case acceptance criteria.

Please note that we cannot provide assistance in the following areas:

• Any problem not directly related to a person’s disability
• Any issue for a person who already has an attorney working on the same issue
• Criminal law
• Divorce
• Out-of-state issues
• Worker’s compensation
• General medical malpractice and personal injury
• General consumer bankruptcy issues
• Assistance finding employment, housing or financial assistance
• Anything against the wishes of the person with the disability