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Online Applications, Benefit Screening, Resources and Forms
Application for Person with a Disability or Hearing Impaired Registration (PDF)
(Separate Website)
PA Department of Transportation Application form (MV-145) for a vehicle registration plate or plate decal.
By: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Person with Disability Parking Placard Application (PDF)
(Separate Website)
PA Department of Transportation Application form (MV-145A) for a Disability Parking Placard.
By: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Information from the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network
Workers with Disabilities
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Information about the protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act for workers with disabilities
By: Neighborhood Legal Services Association
Access to Public Accommodations and Commercial Facilities (PDF)
(Separate Website)
This fact sheet provides a brief overview of the Americans with Disabilities Act's physical accessibility requirements with which public accommodations and commercial facilities must comply.
By: Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania
Accessible Parking for People with Disabilities (PDF)
(Separate Website)
This booklet addresses several issues relating to parking for people with disabilities to give you some general guidance on what the law does and does not provide.
By: Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania
Curb Ramps: Getting From Here to There (PDF)
(Separate Website)
This Fact Sheet provides general information about the obligations of governments and public accommodations to assure access to sidewalks, including installing curb ramps (sometimes called curb cuts), under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
By: Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania
Discriminatory Zoning and the Fair Housing Act (PDF)
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This booklet is designed to acquaint people with disabilities, advocates, providers, and attorneys with the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 and, in particular, its impact on state and local zoning laws and land use regulations.
By: Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania
Inmate Rights under the ADA (PDF)
(Separate Website)
This brochure is designed to provide general answers to a few commonly-asked questions about how the Americans with Disabilities Act applies to inmates.
By: Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania
Reasonable Accommodations for Tenant Posing "Direct Threat" to Others (PDF)
(Separate Website)
This information sheet from Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law explores what constitutes a “direct threat” to others not requiring a reasonable accomodation, what kinds of behavior have triggered the exclusion in the past, and finally what circumstances will require a reasonable
accommodation despite a tenant’s admittedly threatening behavior.
By: Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania
Assistive Technology for Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury
(Separate Website)
Information on the use of assistive technology for persons with traumatic brain injury
By: Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania
How to Appeal a Medical Assistance Denial of Assistive Technology
(Separate Website)
This manual will explain your rights when Medical Assistance, including your Medical Assistance managed health care plan, denies prior authorization or denies a program exception. This includes an approval of something less or different than what your doctor prescribed.
By: Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania
Assistive Technology: How to Pay for the Device or Service That You Need
(Separate Website)
Information on resources available to pay for assistive technology
By: Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania
Assistive Technology Publications
(Separate Website)
Listing of publications from the Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania
By: Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania
A Guide for People with Disabilities Seeking Employment
(Separate Website)
Find answers to questions about employment rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act in this A Guide for People with Disabilities Seeking Employment.
PDF Version By: U.S. Department of Justice
The ADA: Your Employment Rights as an Individual with a Disability
(Separate Website)
Booklet for disabled individuals regarding your employment rights under the Americans With Disability Act of 1990.
By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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