The Hawaii Disability Rights Center is Hawaii’s designated Protection and Advocacy (P&A) System for people with disabilities and Hawaii’s designated Client Assistance Program (CAP) for applicants and clients of programs funded under the federal Rehabilitation Act.
The sole mission of the Hawaii Disability Rights Center is to protect and promote the human, civil and legal rights of individuals with disabilities, as established in the constitutions and laws of the State of Hawaii and the United States, through information, outreach, education, and advocacy.
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HDRC does not have enough resources to address all legal rights issues for all people with disabilities, so we develop annual Client Service Priorities. These are the rights violations that are accepted first when we review applications for assistance. We invite you to take the survey here:
The National Disability Rights Network is proud to present Accessing Democracy a documentary short that follows Monica Wiley, a Black woman with a spinal cord injury, as she travels the East Coast ahead of the 2024 generational election, interviewing voters with disabilities. Monica asks voters about the barriers they face, from accessing the everyday conveniences that able-bodied people take as a given to inability to receive the services they need to work and be a part of the community. This short explores how politicians have left behind one of the largest minority groups in the United States and what disabled voters want from their commander in chief.
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Programs ISSUES SERVICES RESOURCES
We are located at 1132 Bishop Street, Suite 2102, in Honolulu.
How to Get Help from Hawaii Disability Rights Center
To get legal help from us, start by contacting us in one of the following ways:
Go to our Application for Assistance
Phone/Fax or Email Us
808-949-2922 or 1-800-882-1057
[email protected]
Hawaii Disability Rights Center
1132 Bishop Street, Suite 2102
Honolulu, HI 96813
What types of cases does HDRC handle?
Unfortunately, we aren’t able to provide legal help for every request we receive. Because we have limited staff and funding, we have set priorities on the type of cases we can handle.
Before you contact us, you may find it helpful to review the types of cases (issues) we represent and those we do not represent