Victims with disabilities and people who support victims with disabilities talk about the impact the crimes of sexual assault, trafficking, financial exploitation, and Medicaid fraud had on themselves/their clients/families. Professionals who respond to each of those crimes also talk about their work and its impact on the lives of victims with disabilities.

Learn how people with disabilities are entitled to have access to vote regardless of disability or guardian, as well what to do if that access is encumbered or denied.

Learn the alphabet soup of resources that support free appropriate public education (FAPE) for students with disabilities, including IDEA, LRE, IEPs, and 504s. Additionally, learn what to do if you think your education rights are being violated.

Learn about community-focused rights and programs that ensure people with disabilities can live and participate in the community as citizens, as well what to do if those rights are not being upheld.

Learn about laws that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including at work, at school, while using public transportation, and at all other public and private places that are open to the general public. Also, learn what steps to take if discrimination is occurring.

This five-part series (E 6 through E 10) focuses on rights that support access to everyday life and community involvement for people with disabilities. Additionally, the series offers actions that could be used to address rights’ violations and discrimination. This overview talks about the history of rights’ progression and discrimination for people with disabilities and certain disability-centric laws that offer protection against discrimination.

Children with disabilities are more likely than children without disabilities to be propelled into the juvenile justice system. A Colorado education policy expert, a Colorado legislator, a parent, and a behavior expert share their perspectives on that inequity.

What you should know about probation and parole if you are person
with IDD

Learn what probation and parole are, what you need to do if you are on either
one, and what happens when you don’t do what you are supposed to.