Disability

CLASI is Delaware’s Protection and Advocacy (P&A) agency for people with disabilities. We help children and adults with physical or mental disabilities who have a legal issue related to their disability.

To request assistance, you must be a Delaware resident with a disability or a parent/guardian of a Delaware resident with a disability.

We provide assistance with a range of disability-related issues, including:

• Special education and accommodations in education
• School discipline/expulsion
• Work-related services and training
• Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) cessations and overpayments
• Medicaid, Medicare, and Medicaid waiver services
• Reasonable accommodations (changes to policies and practices) in housing or at work
• Overcoming barriers to employment
• Deinstitutionalization and overcoming barriers to community integration
• Accessibility/discrimination by businesses or government services
• Abuse and neglect cases
• Access to assistive technology devices and services
• Powers of Attorney, Advance Healthcare Directives, and Supported Decision-Making Documents
• Voting access