You've Got Rights!
A Guidebook for Teens and Young Adults
February 2001
This guidebook was developed by the Cape Organization for Rights of the Disabled (CORD) with a grant from the Town of Barnstable and the CORD Peer Assistive Technology Project, which is affiliated with the Massachusetts Assistive Technology Partnership and funded by a grant from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), U.S. Department of Education and administered by the Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
CORD would like to thank the Massachusetts Office on Disability for use of the booklet "Disability Laws in Massachusetts" to create this guide and the Disability Law Center and the Mass. Advocacy Center for their help.
Other publications used to create this guide:
- "Assistive Technology: A Basic Training Manual" by the Massachusetts Assistive Technology Partnership
- "Chapter 766 Regulations" published by the Massachusetts Dept. of Education
- "Federal Register, Part II", U.S. Dept. of Education
- "Moving On: Planning for the Future" by the Massachusetts Transition Initiative
- "Erasing the Hate -- A Guide to Your Civil Rights in School: Your Right to be Free From Discrimination, Harassment and Hate-Motivated Violence" by the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General
Compiled by:
Cathy Taylor, ADA Specialist
Cape Organization for Rights for the Disabled1019 Iyannough Road #4
Hyannis, MA 02601
IMPORTANT LEGAL NOTIFICATION: The Cape Organization for Rights of the Disabled, though having the highest respect for all persons and organizations which provided the legal information for this guidebook, cannot attest to the absolute accuracy of every bit of information that is provided. Furthermore, legal interpretations change and evolve over time and laws are amended. CORD encourages persons exercising their legal rights to consult, whenever feasible, with an attorney, an advocacy or legal services agency, or the body overseeing and enforcing a law.
For more information on your rights, call CORD at (508) 775-8300
or one of the other resources listed at the end of this guide.
or one of the other resources listed at the end of this guide.