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Online Applications, Benefit Screening, Resources and Forms - (2)

Information from the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network - (1)

Information from Other Legal Aid Providers - (9)

Information from Government Agencies - (2)

Online Applications, Benefit Screening, Resources and Forms

Application for Person with a Disability or Hearing Impaired Registration (PDF) This link opens a PDF file in a new window. If you do not have an accessible Acrobat Reader, a link is provided at the bottom of this page.

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(Separate Website)
PA Department of Transportation Application form (MV-145) for a vehicle registration plate or plate decal.
By: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

Person with Disability Parking Placard Application (PDF) This link opens a PDF file in a new window. If you do not have an accessible Acrobat Reader, a link is provided at the bottom of this page.

(Separate Website)
PA Department of Transportation Application form (MV-145A) for a Disability Parking Placard.
By: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

Information from the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network

Workers with Disabilities (Separate Website)
Information about the protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act for workers with disabilities
By: Neighborhood Legal Services Association

Information from Other Legal Aid Providers

Access to Public Accommodations and Commercial Facilities (PDF) This link opens a PDF file in a new window. If you do not have an accessible Acrobat Reader, a link is provided at the bottom of this page.

(Separate Website)
This fact sheet provides a brief overview of the Americans with Disabilities Act's physical accessibility requirements with which public accommodations and commercial facilities must comply.
By: Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania

Accessible Parking for People with Disabilities (PDF) This link opens a PDF file in a new window. If you do not have an accessible Acrobat Reader, a link is provided at the bottom of this page.

(Separate Website)
This booklet addresses several issues relating to parking for people with disabilities to give you some general guidance on what the law does and does not provide.
By: Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania

Curb Ramps: Getting From Here to There (PDF) This link opens a PDF file in a new window. If you do not have an accessible Acrobat Reader, a link is provided at the bottom of this page.

(Separate Website)
This Fact Sheet provides general information about the obligations of governments and public accommodations to assure access to sidewalks, including installing curb ramps (sometimes called curb cuts), under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
By: Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania

Discriminatory Zoning and the Fair Housing Act (PDF) This link opens a PDF file in a new window. If you do not have an accessible Acrobat Reader, a link is provided at the bottom of this page.

(Separate Website)
This booklet is designed to acquaint people with disabilities, advocates, providers, and attorneys with the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 and, in particular, its impact on state and local zoning laws and land use regulations.
By: Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania

Reasonable Accommodations for Tenant Posing "Direct Threat" to Others (PDF) This link opens a PDF file in a new window. If you do not have an accessible Acrobat Reader, a link is provided at the bottom of this page.

(Separate Website)
This information sheet from Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law explores what constitutes a ?direct threat? to others not requiring a reasonable accomodation, what kinds of behavior have triggered the exclusion in the past, and finally what circumstances will require a reasonable accommodation despite a tenant?s admittedly threatening behavior.
By: Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania

Assistive Technology for Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury This link opens a PDF file in a new window. If you do not have an accessible Acrobat Reader, a link is provided at the bottom of this page.

(Separate Website)
Information on the use of assistive technology for persons with traumatic brain injury
By: Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania

How to Appeal a Medical Assistance Denial of Assistive Technology This link opens a PDF file in a new window. If you do not have an accessible Acrobat Reader, a link is provided at the bottom of this page.

(Separate Website)
This manual will explain your rights when Medical Assistance, including your Medical Assistance managed health care plan, denies prior authorization or denies a program exception. This includes an approval of something less or different than what your doctor prescribed.
By: Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania

Assistive Technology: How to Pay for the Device or Service That You Need This link opens a PDF file in a new window. If you do not have an accessible Acrobat Reader, a link is provided at the bottom of this page.

(Separate Website)
Information on resources available to pay for assistive technology
By: Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania

Assistive Technology Publications (Separate Website)
Listing of publications from the Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania
By: Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania

Information from Government Agencies

A Guide for People with Disabilities Seeking Employment (Separate Website)
Find answers to questions about employment rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act in this A Guide for People with Disabilities Seeking Employment. PDF Version
By: U.S. Department of Justice

The ADA: Your Employment Rights as an Individual with a Disability (Separate Website)
Booklet for disabled individuals regarding your employment rights under the Americans With Disability Act of 1990.
By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission


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