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- Do you have a problem due to the flooding in 2023? We may be able to help or refer you to help. Contact us and let us know about the problem and how it relates to the flooding. Contact us.
- Vermont Legal Aid's Client Assistance Program (CAP) helps people with disabilities who are trying to access help from HireAbility Vermont to get work, or start their own businesses. Because of the flooding in 2023, people with disabilities who were working or running their own businesses lost jobs and businesses. If this happened to you, and you want to know whether HireAbility Vermont could help you, or what rights you have to services and financial assistance, contact us and ask to speak with CAP.
The Disability section of our website has information about:
- developmental disability services – where to get services in Vermont, who is eligible and how to apply
- how to appeal if you are told you can’t get developmental disability services or that your services will be cut or stopped
- how to file a complaint if an agency doesn’t respect your rights
- disability-based discrimination in employment and discrimination in housing and what you can do about it
- what a “reasonable” accommodation or modification is
- what your rights are when you are asked to “prove” that you have a disability
- information on assistance animals in housing
- guardianship
- special education
- assistive technology and durable medical equipment (DME)
- the Client Assistance Program, which can help if you have problems applying for or getting vocational or independent living services
- the BDAP project, which can help if you have problems with your Brain Injury Program or Developmental Disabilities Services, and
- other topics including long-term care, Social Security Disability Benefits (SSDI) and other public benefits.
Choose from the menu of links for more information on disability topics.
If you don’t find the information you need or if you need more help, contact us. Call us at 1-800-889-2047 or fill out our form and we will call you back. Your information will be sent to Legal Services Vermont, which screens requests for help for both Vermont Legal Aid and Legal Services Vermont.
Help with communicating in court
Do you have a hearing or a court case? Do you have a disability that makes it hard to communicate? You can get free help from the Vermont Communication Support Project (VCSP). They help people with disabilities in court, administrative hearings and related meetings. Communication Specialists are not advocates and they do not give legal advice. Learn more:
- visit the Vermont Communication Support Project website
- watch their video
- call 1-888-686-8277, or
- email csp@disabilityrightsvt.org.
