To be eligible for help from this program, an individual must have a developmental disability that appears before age 22 and which is expected to last all of his or her life.
An eligible person would find three or more aspects of day-to-day living hard to manage without individual services and support. Major life areas include self-care, receptive and expressive communication, learning, mobility, self-direction, and capacity for independent living and economic self-sufficiency.
People diagnosed with cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism or mental retardation are among those served by this program.
WCA helps these individuals and their families with problems like
- Abuse, neglect and rights violations that happen in an institution or community setting;
- Being denied the chance to participate in regular classrooms in neighborhood schools and/or not having an appropriate
individual education or transition plan;
- Trouble with a school's improper use of expulsion and suspension;
- Lack of vocational training and other help for successful transition from institution to community;
- Limited or no access to quality community services and benefits.
All individual advocacy services are provided free of charge.
Select this link if you need this kind of help or have a problem you don't see listed.
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