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Publications

Listed below are  publications that can provide you with information that will help you advocate for yourself. 

The list is organized by categories.  Publications may be listed in more than one category.  A list of categories is immediately below.  Click on the category name to see the list of all the publications in that category, or just scroll down the page to go through the entire list. 

Next to the title of each publication are links that allow you to view and/or print those publications in different ways.   You can view a publication as a web page or as an Acrobat "PDF" file.  Publications that were not created by WPAS may not be available for on-line viewing or may only be available in a PDF format. 

PDF files can be viewed if you have Adobe Reader installed on your computer.  This software is available free by going to the Adobe website and downloading it.  The Adobe web address is http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.   If you use a screen reader, you will probably not be able to view PDF files.  Please contact WPAS to receive publications in alternate formats (see contact information at the bottom of this page).

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Publication Categories:

Abuse & Neglect Health Care (including Medicaid & Medicare)
Advocating for Yourself Housing & Eviction
Assistive Technology Legal Process and Courts
Brain Injuries Legislative Advocacy
Developmental Disabilities Mental Health
Discrimination (and how to fight it!) Personal Assistance Services
Education & Special Education Prisons & Jails
Employment and Employment Discrimination Public Benefits
Financial Planning & Trusts Transportation & Paratransit
Guardianship and Alternatives Voting

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Abuse and Neglect

 

What can go Wrong with Guardianship?  (Summer 2006)  [View this publication]

 

 

[back to list of publication categories]  [publications order form]  [WPAS home page]

 

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Advocating for Yourself

 

Appealing the Denial of Medicaid Funding for Augmentative and Alternative Communication Services (April 1996) [View this publication]

Contact Your Legislators (August 2005) [View this publication]

Early & Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment (June 1999) [View this publication]

Filing an Olmstead Complaint with the Office of Civil Rights (June 2001) [View this publication]

Discrimination in Housing Sales and Rentals (December, 2000) [View this publication]

Making a Complaint about Unsatisfactory Service from a Public Agency (September 1995) [View this publication]

Meeting with your Legislators (December 2000) [view this publication]

Paratransit Eligibility (September 2001) [View this publication]

Resources for Prisoners with Disabilities (August 9, 2004) [View this publication]

What can go Wrong with Guardianship?  (Summer 2006)  [View this publication]

What is Ticket to Work?  (April 2004) [View this publication]

 

 

 

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Assistive Technology

 

Appealing the Denial of Medicaid Funding for Augmentative and Alternative Communication Services (April 1996) [View this publication]

 

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Brain Injuries

 

Traumatic Brain Injury Toolkit   [link to publication]

Traumatic Brain Injury Toolkit for Medical Professionals  [link to publication]

What can go Wrong with Guardianship?  (Summer 2006)  [View this publication]

 

 

[back to list of publication categories]  [publications order form]  [WPAS home page]

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Developmental Disabilities

 

Community Protection Program (October 2001) [This publication is being updated]

How to Modify or Remove a Guardianship (December 2000) [View this publication]

Making a Complaint about Unsatisfactory Service from a Public Agency (September 1995) [View this publication]

What can go Wrong with Guardianship?  (Summer 2006)  [View this publication]

 

 

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Discrimination (and how to fight it!)

 

Community Protection Program (October 2001) [This publication is being updated]

Filing an Olmstead Complaint with the Office of Civil Rights (June 2001) [View this publication]

 

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Education & Special Education

 

Resources for Parents of Special Education Students (July 2004) [View this publication]

Assistive Technology for Special Education Students (October 1995) [View this publication]

Resources for Parents of Special Education Students (July 2004)[View this publication]

Assistive Technology for Special Education Students (October 1995) [View this publication]

#1 Special Education Related Services (December 2000) [View this publication]

#2 Special Education Due Process Hearings (November 2000) [View this publication]

#3 Surrogate Parents for Special Education (December 2000) [View this publication]

#4 Physical Education for Children with Disabilities (September 2000) [View this publication]

#5 Individualized Education Program (December 2000) [View this publication]

#6 Individualized Education Program Checklist for Parents  (December 2000) [View this publication]

#7 Suspension and Expulsion (March 2003) [View this publication]

#8 Independent Educational Evaluations  (December 2000) [View this publication]

#9 Summer School Programs  (Dec. 2000) [View this publication]

#10 Preparing for an Individualized Education Program Meeting  (December 2000) [View this publication]

#11 Special Education Mediation  (June 1999) [View this publication]

#12 Filing a Citizen's Complaint with the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction  (December 2000) [View this publication]

#13 Teacher Misconduct (March 2004) [View this publication]

 

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Employment and Employment Discrimination

 

Employment Discrimination Series

#1  Employment Discrimination Laws [view this publication]

#2  Reasonable Accommodations in Employment [view this publication]

#3  Pre-Employment Medical Examinations and Inquiries about Disabilities [view this publication]

#4  Options for People who Experience Employment Discrimination [view this publication]

#5  Reasonable Accommodations for People with Psychiatric Disabilities [view this publication]

 

What is Ticket to Work?  (April 2004) [View this publication]

 

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Financial Planning & Trusts

 

How to Modify or Remove a Guardianship (December 2000) [View this publication]

What can go Wrong with Guardianship?  (Summer 2006)  [View this publication]

 

 

[back to list of publication categories]  [publications order form]  [WPAS home page]

 

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Guardianship and Alternatives

 

How to Modify or Remove a Guardianship (December 2000) [View this publication]

What can go Wrong with Guardianship?  (Summer 2006)  [View this publication]

 

 

[back to list of publication categories]  [publications order form]  [WPAS home page]

 

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Health Care (including Medicaid & Medicare)

 

Appealing the Denial of Medicaid Funding for Augmentative and Alternative Communication Services (April 1996) [View this publication]

Early & Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment (June 1999) [View this publication]

 

[back to list of publication categories]  [publications order form]  [WPAS home page]

 

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Housing & Eviction

 

Discrimination in Housing Sales and Rentals (December, 2000) [View this publication]

Filing an Olmstead Complaint with the Office of Civil Rights (June 2001) [View this publication]

 

[back to list of publication categories]  [publications order form]  [WPAS home page]

 

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Legal Process and Courts

 

How to Modify or Remove a Guardianship (December 2000) [View this publication]

Resources for Prisoners with Disabilities (August 9, 2004) [View this publication]

What can go Wrong with Guardianship?  (Summer 2006)  [View this publication]

 

[back to list of publication categories]  [publications order form]  [WPAS home page]

 

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Legislative Advocacy

 

Contact your Legislators (August 2005) [View this publication]

Meeting with your Legislators (December 2000) [view this publication]

 

 

[back to list of publication categories]  [publications order form]  [WPAS home page]

 

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Mental Health

 

What can go Wrong with Guardianship?  (Summer 2006)  [View this publication]

 

 

[back to list of publication categories]  [publications order form]  [WPAS home page

 

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Personal Assistance Services

 

What can go Wrong with Guardianship?  (Summer 2006)  [View this publication]

 

 

[back to list of publication categories]  [publications order form]  [WPAS home page

 

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Prisons & Jails

 

Resources for Prisoners with Disabilities (August 9, 2004) [View this publication]

 

[back to list of publication categories]  [publications order form]  [WPAS home page]

 

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Public Benefits

 

Appealing the Denial of Medicaid Funding for Augmentative and Alternative Communication Services (April 1996) [View this publication]

Community Protection Program (October 2001) [View this publication]

Early & Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment (June 1999) [View this publication]

Making a Complaint about Unsatisfactory Service from a Public Agency (September 1995) [View this publication]

Paratransit Eligibility (September 2001) [View this publication]

 

[back to list of publication categories]  [publications order form]  [WPAS home page]

 

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Transportation & Paratransit

 

Paratransit Eligibility (September 2001) [View this publication]

Paratransit Eligibility - Making Your Case (this publication written by the Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund) [View this publication]

 

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Voting

 

Exercising your Right to Vote (August 2000) [View this publication]

 

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Other Publications about Employment Discrimination

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A Guide for People with Disabilities Seeking Employment (Social Security Administration)

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The Americans with Disabilities Act Questions and Answers (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)

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Federal Laws Prohibiting Job Discrimination (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)

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Reasonable Accommodations: A Guide (Governor's Committee on Disability Issues and Employment)

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Know Your Employment Rights (WA State Human Rights Commission)

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Talking about your Disability in the Interview: A Q&A Study Guide (Milt Wright & Associates Inc.)

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What to do when an Employer Discriminates Against you because of your Disability  (National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research-funded fact sheet)

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Your Rights and Responsibilities as an Employee in Washington State (Northwest Justice Project)

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How to File a Title I Americans with Disabilities Act Administrative Complaint (Cornell University)

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Other Resources (list from Cornell University - Access for All - 7/30/02)

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Washington Disability Law Legal Resource List (Governor's Committee on Disability Issues and Employment)

 
 

HOUSING AND EVICTION PACKET

 

Other Publications about Housing and Eviction

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Washington Disability Law Legal Resource List (Governor's Committee on Disability Issues and Employment)

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Fair Housing: Accommodating People with Disabilities folder  (Tacoma Human Rights Commission)

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Fair Housing Center of South Puget Sound brochure (for Western WA) 

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Fair Housing Alliance brochure (for Eastern WA)

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Eviction and Your Defense (Columbia Legal Services & Northwest Justice Project)

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Tenant's Rights (Columbia Legal Services & Northwest Justice Project)

 
 

 

Other Publications about Special Education

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Family/Educator Guide: WA State Special Education Services  (Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction)

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Guide to the Individualized Education Program   (Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services)

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Special Education Citizen's Complaints (Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction)

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Mediation in Special Education: Parents and School Systems Working Together

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Notice of Procedural Safeguards for Special Education Students and Their Families (Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction)

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Parents Are Vital in Education Brochure  (Washington Parents Are Vital in Education)

 

OTHER WPAS PUBLICATIONS

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Access to the courts for people who are deaf (May 1994)

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Appeals process for the denial of Medicaid funding for augmentative and alternative communication services (April 1996) [View this publication]

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Community Protection Program (October 2001) [View this publication]

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Early & Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment (June 1999) [View this publication]

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Eastern State Hospital Patient Rights

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Exercising your right to vote (August 2000) [View this publication]

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Filing an Olmstead Complaint with the Office of Civil Rights (June 2001) [View this publication]

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How to Modify or Remove a Guardianship (December 2000) [View this publication]

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Making a Complaint about Unsatisfactory Service from a Public Agency (September 1995) [View this publication]

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Meeting with your Legislators (December 2000) [view this publication]

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Paratransit Eligibility (September 2001) [View this publication]

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Resources for Prisoners with Disabilities (August 9, 2004) [View this publication]

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Western State Hospital Patient Rights

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What is Ticket to Work?  (April 2004) [View this publication]

 
 

 

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