{"id":1181,"date":"2025-01-29T14:58:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T14:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:declasi.org\/news-and-stories\/uncategorized\/clasis-disabilities-law-program-is-now-disability-rights-delaware\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T10:28:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:28:53","slug":"clasis-disabilities-law-program-is-now-disability-rights-delaware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/es\/news-and-stories\/clasi-updates\/clasis-disabilities-law-program-is-now-disability-rights-delaware\/","title":{"rendered":"CLASI’s Disabilities Law Program Is Now “Disability Rights Delaware”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. (CLASI) is excited to announce that its Disabilities Law Program (DLP) is rebranding as \u201cDisability Rights Delaware\u201d (DRD) and will share its new name and logo for the first time today, January 29, 2025, at the LIFE Conference<\/a>, Delaware\u2019s largest annual disability conference.<\/p>\n

Derechos de los discapacitados en Delaware<\/a> is a special program of CLASI that was first established in 1977. It is designated by the Governor to serve as Delaware\u2019s Protection and Advocacy system<\/a> (P&A) and Client Assistance Program<\/a> (CAP), and it provides free legal representation and advocacy services to adults and children with physical and mental disabilities statewide. Congress initially created the national P&A system in 1975 to address abuse, neglect, and lack of services<\/a> in institutions for people with disabilities, and there is now a P&A in every state and U.S. territory.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re changing our name to more clearly align Delaware\u2019s program with the National Disability Rights Network<\/a> of P&A and CAP agencies across the country,\u201d says Disability Rights Delaware Project Director Marissa Band, Esq. \u201cOur name now reflects that we\u2019re part of a unique national network of disability rights organizations working to improve the lives of people with disabilities, including our regional partners like Disability Rights Pennsylvania and Disability Rights New Jersey.”<\/p>\n

\u201cMost importantly,\u201d says Band, \u201cour name change better captures all of the varied work we do on behalf of Delawareans with disabilities, and that our work includes rights-based advocacy, in addition to traditional law practice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although its name has changed, Disability Rights Delaware’s services and program structure remain the same. DRD serves individuals with disabilities in a wide variety of ways. As the P&A\/CAP, it may:<\/p>\n