What We Do

MDLC envisions a world where people with disabilities are fully included in the workplace, neighborhoods and all aspects of community life.  To move us toward this vision, we focus our advocacy toward:

• Freedom from abuse and neglect
• Freedom from unnecessary institutionalization
• Access to education, housing, transportation, and health care
• Technical assistance and legal information to promote self-advocacy
• Increasing public awareness about people with disabilities and the issues that matter to them

Our Statement of Priorities contains these sub-headings:

• Children’s Mental Health
• Adult Mental Health
• Developmental Disabilities
• Education
• Access to Community-based Services for People in Nursing Facilities
• Access to Community-based Services for People with Traumatic Brain Injury
• Protection of Civil Rights Public Programs
• Advocacy on Behalf of Beneficiaries of Social Security
• Voting Rights
• Medicaid
• Public Policy

For more information about MDLC's programs and services, read our 2006-2007 Report to the Community.