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Congress created a nationwide Protection and Advocacy
System for People with Developmental Disabilities in the
Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights
Act of 1975. Today, there is a protection and advocacy system
operating in every state and territory of the United
States, in Washington D.C., and for Native Americans.
Congress has expanded the authority of the P&A System
to serve all disabilities.
DisAbility Rights Idaho is
Idaho's designated
Protection and Advocacy (P&A) System for people with
disabilities.
In 1977,
Co-Ad, Inc. was established as the Protection and Advocacy
System (P&A) to carry out this new
federal mandate in the State of Idaho. In 2009, Co-Ad,
Inc.,
a.k.a. Comprehensive Advocacy, Inc., changed it's
name to DisAbility Rights Idaho.
DisAbility Rights Idaho
MISSION
DisAbility Rights Idaho assists
people with disabilities to protect, promote and advance
their legal and human rights, through quality legal,
individual, and system advocacy.
DisAbility Rights Idaho's
Guiding Principles:
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Self-Advocacy: DisAbility Rights
Idaho assists people with disabilities to promote
and protect their right to meaningful personal
choice and self-determination. |
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Right to Independence: DisAbility
Rights Idaho assists people with disabilities to
promote and protect their right to independence,
self-sufficiency and full membership in communities. |
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Right to Inclusion: DisAbility
Rights Idaho assists people with disabilities to
promote their right to inclusive, adapted,
accessible services, residences, education and
employment. |
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Freedom from Abuse and Neglect:
DisAbility Rights Idaho assists people with
disabilities to promote the right to safe and humane
practices and environments which are free from abuse
and neglect, and which recognize their individuality
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DisAbility Rights Idaho serves People with Disabilities
Disability is usually defined in terms of functional
limitation in the following areas: Capacity for
self-care, Mobility, Independent living, Economic
self-sufficiency, Learning, Self-direction, or Receptive
and expressive language.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) definition
of disability consists of three parts:
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A physical or mental impairment that
substantially limits one or more major life
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A record of such impairment(s);
or
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The perception of having
such an impairment.
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According to U.S. Census Bureau data the State of
Idaho has about
1,293,995* residents. Federal health and census
data conservatively estimates that
15% of the population
has a disability; therefore, it is estimated that
DisAbility Rights Idaho has a constituency of
200,498*
of Idaho's citizens.
*based on 2000
Census figures
Links:
- National Disability Rights Network
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- Disability Information
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