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Funding Fact Sheet: Legal Advocacy Organizations
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Introduction
There are many statewide and local advocacy organizations that can help if your request for assistive technology has been denied.
For example...
If you are a Medical Assistance beneficiary and your request for a wheelchair has been denied by Medical Assistance, you should file an appeal right away. If the first appeal is denied, you should file a second appeal. If the second appeal is denied, you could contact the Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania for assistance with the next step in the appeals process. If you are a person with a disability and have little or no income and your application for Medical Assistance has been denied, the Pennsylvania Health Law Project may provide you with free direct representation for your appeal. In this example, you may be assisted by an attorney or by an advocate who is supervised by an attorney.
Another way you may wish to use the legal advocates in this list is to request legal information or advice on matters related to assistive technology. You may also find valuable information on the websites of these organizations.
Please be advised that listings in this document are for informational purposes only and do not imply recommendation or endorsement.
To request additional copies of this document or to request the document in an alternate format, contact 800-204-PIAT (7428) toll-free or 866-268-0579, TTY.
The contents of this List of Advocates were developed by Pennsylvania's Initiative on Assistive Technology (PIAT) a program of the Institute on Disabilities at Temple University. PIAT is funded through a grant from the US Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration, under the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, as amended. The contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the US Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal government.
