Rights & Benefits

The ‘system’ is not the solution. Further, it is a complex and formidable sea of regulation, law and red tape that affects people who want to exercise their rights as citizens, find jobs or get medical care when no insurance company will carry them. Therefore, federal and state policies regarding disability must often be understood, worked and sometimes challenged in order for people to get what they need.

This section offers tools to understand the basic civil rights of people with disabilities. Here’s what you’ll find:

Basics of the ADA(short for Americans with Disabilities Act) see this section to know your rights

Insurance and Medicare  helps to understand government health care benefit programs

Social Security and Disability  helps to understand the rules for getting and keeping benefits under the entitlement of Social Security law

Vocational Rehabilitation  is a program in all states that helps people with disabilities train for or find work

Work and Benefits  outlines government programs that allow people to work and keep health care benefits