This site explains rights, duties and alternatives to conservatorship rights in many areas. Go here to learn more.
Safety Guide to Attending US Music & Sporting Events with a Disability
This online resource showcases plenty of helpful information such as information for attending large events if you have a disability, information about accessibility requirements for venues and details on the Americans with Disabilities Act, examples of some of the most accessible venues in the world, useful tips and advice on how to prepare for the event, finding nearby accommodation, and other practical advice for attendees with special accessibility needs.
Long Term Care Ombudsman Program
The mission is to empower residents through advocacy, mediation, complaint investigation and resolution. Ombudsmen provide information about how to find a facility and what to do to get quality care. They are trained to resolve problems and can assist you with complaints relating to long-term housing facilities.
Orange County Office: (714) 479-0107.
Reporting Residential Care Problems: Community Care Licensing Division
The Adult Care Licensing Program licenses and monitors Adult Day Programs, Adult Residential Facilities, Social Rehabilitation Facilities, Residential Care Facilities for the Chronically Ill, and Enhanced Behavioral Support Homes for adults. The core mission of the agency is to optimize the health, safety and quality of life of adults in community care facilities through the administration of an effective collaborative and regulatory enforcement system that emphasizes harm prevention and proper and timely compliance.
Go to this website for information about the licensing status and regulatory history of a licensed facility. Learn about facility definitions and how facilities are regulated. You can also file a complaint against a licensee/facility:
CCLD Complaint Hotline
1-844-LET-US-NO (1-844-538-8766)
email: letusno@dss.ca.gov
Information regarding filing a complaint
Communication with Complainants FAQ
Disability Awareness and Planning for Accessibility
This UK guide offers practical and useful tips, advice, and information to help plan and organize a safe and disabled-friendly event – including guidelines, best practices, and checklists to help prepare and improve event accessibility. This guide helps event planners understand their responsibilities and legal obligations when organizing any kind of event.
Be Prepared! Helpful Disaster Safety Tips for Pet Owners
Many areas are subject to one or more forms of natural disasters. Depending on geographical location, these may include hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, wildfires, blizzards or floods. Most disasters offer limited time to prepare. That is why it is best to plan ahead of time, not only for you and your family, but for your pets as well.
Vaccine Myths Debunked
U.S. public health officials and physicians have been combating misconceptions about vaccine safety for over twenty years. They’ve had mixed success. Despite the fact that numerous studies have found no evidence to support the notion that vaccines cause autism and other chronic illnesses, a growing number of parents are refusing to vaccinate their children.
Researchers now link falling immunization rates to recent resurgences of vaccine-preventable diseases. In 2010, California saw 9,120 cases of whooping cough, more than any year since the whooping cough vaccine was introduced in the 1940s. Ten infants too young to be vaccinated died of whooping cough during the outbreak. The CDC warns that events like these will become more frequent and harder to control if vaccination rates continue to fall.
Learn more about vaccines here
Assistive Technology Resources Exchange
This is a FREE service of the Ability Tools that connects Californians to the assistive technology (AT) devices they need to live independently. Here you will find new and used low and high-tech devices for people with disabilities that include magnifiers, mobility devices, hardware and software.
You can:
- Borrow devices to try for 30 days
- Find used devices for free or low-cost
- Sell used devices
- Give away devices
- Place want ads for devices you need
Special Ed Attorneys & Advocates
As part of its interagency agreement with the California Department of Education, the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) maintains a list of attorneys and a separate list of advocates who self-certify that they are knowledgeable about Special Education and that they offer services either free or at a low cost. OAH considers the primary purpose of these lists is to help parents of children with exceptional needs to locate free or reduced cost representation in preparation for special education due process hearings.
The last column of these lists identifies the geographical area where the attorney or advocate practices. You should contact the individual attorney or advocate and determine what free or low cost services they provide.
OAH does not represent that the individuals placed on the list offer free or low cost services. It is important that if you choose to use the list that you contact the attorneys and advocates to discuss their fees.
Travelling Abroad with a Disability
The guide offers helpful travel tips and useful accessibility information for various disabilities. A vital chapter talks about what to pack, transport accessibility, medical emergency management, and even travel recommendations specifically catering for the disabled.
You can go here, to view it.
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