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National office offers several supports for visually impaired people. - Plastic, four-line, twenty-eight cell slates along with a saddle stylus. The slate and stylus have long been and continue to be valuable tools for writing Braille - Rigid, fiberglass, white canes - An online store with products that support visually impaired people - Information and referral to additional resources

Offers personal and community advocacy, information & referrals, peer support, independent living skills training, transition services, and a medical goods exchange program for people living with disabilities, and in home services.

Advocates for the rights and needs of people who are deaf-blind.   Provides information and referral regarding deaf-blindness.   Links individuals who are deaf-blind with local skill-oriented and vocational rehabilitation services.   Provides consultation and other services to consumers, parents and service providers.   Determines eligibility for services at the Helen Keller National Center in New York.  

Provides disability rights information, technical assistance for disability issues, general information about legal rights, strategies about how to become a stronger self-advocate, information sheets on a wide range of subjects to empower individuals with disabilities to better advocate for themselves, community education and training, and some legal services for disability rights violations. Focuses legal resources on systemic cases that will improve service systems for people with disabilities. Disability Rights Washington has attorneys and law student interns who provide Technical Assistance on specific information related to our ongoing systemic work and to people calling from treatment facilities. If you are calling about an education issue related to disability in school, Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) or foster care related issues, supported living and waiver services, or your rights as they relate to a treatment facility, we have appointments and can schedule you with staff. If you are a Social Security disability beneficiary under full retirement age experiencing a barrier to employment, including issues with paratransit, difficulty accessing job training and employment services, loss of ongoing employment supports, lack of access to assistive technology needed to work, or other issues that prevent you from getting or keeping employment, you can call and schedule an appointment with staff. Does not provide representation or advice for: - Criminal law - Family law - Assistance becoming the guardian of an individual with a disability - Out-of-state issues - Workers compensation - General medical malpractice & personal injury - General consumer bankruptcy issues - Any issue or problem not directly related to your disability - Assistance finding employment, housing or financial assistance - Assistance filling out forms & Social Security applications - Anything that is not the wish of the person with the disability

Resource Coordination- Collaborate with individuals and/or their families to identify barriers to resources and to create a specialized list of services tailored to their specific needs. Multi-System Navigation- Streamline access to essential services for individuals and families navigating complex systems. Crisis Stabilization- Assists people with autism or other disabilities who are in or at immediate risk of crisis and losing community-based services.

Advises the Mayor, City Council, and city departments on issues that impact people with disabilities in Seattle. Acts as a liaison between people with disabilities and city government; recommends policy and legislation.   Promotes programs that ensure social, legal and economic equality for people with disabilities. Identifies issues and advocates for equal participation for all people with disabilities.

Assists families in accessing services for persons with autism, including how to work through the state's advocacy system for people with disabilities or how to work with a school district for special educational programs. Educates families about autism and refers to community resources.

Refers clients to local, state, and regional services for people who are deaf, deaf-blind, late deafened and hard-of-hearing as well as those with speech impairments.   Advocates for clients on statewide access issues.

We help individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities and their families find the support they need. This includes help navigating services, understanding special education options, and connecting with local resources. Households may qualify for case management and employment navigation support. Our goal is to make complex systems easier to understand and access.

Helps people understand and receive services of Washington Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Washington State Department of Services for the Blind, Tribal Vocational Rehabilitation and Centers for Independent Living. Investigates questions and complaints with a client's vocational rehabilitation counselor. Assists clients in appealing decisions made by a counselor if negotiation fails. Teaches clients about their rights and protection under the law, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act. Also provides information and referral to additional resources.