Adult Issues

Disability Rights New Jersey advocates for legal issues that affect adults with disabilities who live in home or community-based settings.  These settings include privately owned or rented residences, or licensed settings like group homes, supervised apartments, or residential health care facilities.   

How We Help 

Guided by our priorities, Disability Rights NJ empowers individuals to advocate for their own rights with legal advice, technical self-advocacy help, and training sessions whenever possible.  In addition, the team will take certain individual cases for full representation.  With an emphasis on people with disabilities who are part of historically underrepresented or marginalized groups, all the team’s activities contribute to comprehensive work plans that aim to address systemic legal problems that make it difficult for people with disabilities to live as fully integrated members of society. 

A Focus on Adults with Disabilities

Disability Rights NJ actively focuses on abuse and neglect in licensed community settings, access to home and community-based services, discrimination, transportation, voting accessibility, and self-determination for adults with disabilities.  We strategically engage with state regulators, educate lawmakers and the public from a rights-based perspective, and develop litigation strategies, when necessary, to carry out our priorities.  

If you live in the community and need our help, call Disability Rights NJ’s intake unit or use the online intake form.