Right to Services in Different Settings
It doesn’t matter if you live in a large residential facility, a nursing home, CILA, or anywhere else, you have the right to get the services and supports you need to live the life you want.
Know your rights
We help make sure that your rights to services are not blocked. People with disabilities who get services in institutions, facilities, and programs have the right to be safe and free from abuse, neglect and exploitation. You also have the right to:
- Get appropriate and individualized services
- Challenge unwanted treatment and services
- Have your preferences and choices respected
- Make your own decisions or have people who make decisions for you think about what you want
- Challenge decisions that prevent you from exercising your rights
Learn more about the rights you have when getting services in institutions, facilities, and programs
Housing Discrimination The federal Fair Housing Act protects people with disabilities from unfair treatment when renting or buying
- Living in the Community
Access to Trains The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) says that if a town or city has a
- Living in the Community, Right to Services in Different Settings
Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities Under the ADA, people with disabilities, including older adults with physical or mental disabilities,
- Living in the Community, Right to Services in Different Settings
- Living in the Community, Right to Services in Different Settings
Colleges, Universities, and Trade Schools Students at colleges, universities, and trade schools who have disabilities have legal rights
- Living in the Community, School & Education Rights
- Living in the Community, Right to Leave Residential Facilities, Right to Services in Different Settings
- Living in the Community, Right to Services in Different Settings
- Living in the Community, Right to Services in Different Settings
- Living in the Community, Right to Leave Residential Facilities, Right to Services in Different Settings
- Living in the Community