Disability Rights Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Disability Rights Wisconsin (DRW) is a nonprofit organization that provides legal advocacy and rights protection for adults and children with disabilities. DRW provides this through information & referrals, technical assistance, mediation, representation and systemic work. Disability related issues we may be able to help with include civil rights violations, abuse and neglect, institutionalization, inability to access community-based services, access to free and appropriate education and victim support.
Legal Topics Covered
- Custody & Placement
- Parental Rights & Paternity
- Safety
- Marriage
- Foster Care & Kinship Care
- Manufactured Homes
- Other Housing Issues
- Public & Subsidized Housing
- Education Issues for Native Americans
- Native American Crime Victims
- Health/Medical Benefits
- Disabilities & Special Education
- Discipline, Expulsion or Suspension
- Discrimination & Rights around Education
- Workers' Rights
- Discrimination & Abuse
- Discrimination - public accommodation
- Mental Health Rights
- Voting Rights
- Victim's Rights
Counties Served
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Types of Service
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Walk-in appointments are strongly encouraged.
How to Get Service
Telephone (toll free): 800-928-8778
DRW Voter Hotline: 844-347-8683
Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Benefit Helpline: 800-926-4862
Online: How to Get Help
Email or Mail a letter to: Disability Rights Wisconsin; ATTN: Intake; 1502 West Broadway, Suite 201; Madison, WI 53713
When contacting DRW by email or postal mail, please include:
- your name
- your contact information
- preferred method of contact (phone, email or letter)
- who you are contacting DRW about (yourself, family member, or other)
- what city/town or county the person with a disability lives in
- a brief description about the concern or issue that you are requesting help for
Other Eligibility
- Must have a disability (or be guardian of a child with disability).
- For housing legal services - legal issue must be clearly related to disability.
- For family law services, must be survivor of domestic violence or victim of crime related to legal issue.
- Public benefits - issues related to SSI managed care Medicaid HMO or Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit. Familycare & IRIS ombudsman for people under 60 years old.