Disability Rights
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Disability rights at work
Learn how disability accommodations can help you at work. Find out your rights, how to ask for help, and what changes can make your job easier.
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Discrimination in housing
Learn how the fair housing laws can protect you from discrimination.
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Reasonable accommodations in health care
Learn about the laws that protect people with disabilities from discrimination in access to health care.
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SSI, SSDI, and overpayments
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has 2 programs for people who are disabled. The programs have different eligibility rules.
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Reasonable accommodations and housing
If you or someone in your household has a disability, there are laws that can give you tools to help you get housing, or make the housing you already have easier to use with your disability.
Disability rights with DCF
Learn how to get disability accommodations from the Department of Children and Families (DCF).
Early Intervention
Learn how you can get help if your baby under 3 years old is not meeting milestones for their age.
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How a reasonable accommodation request can help with housing
Here are some of the ways that reasonable accommodations can help when you are applying to, or living in, public and subsidized housing in Massachusetts.
Part 3: Disability Accommodations
This section of the Emergency Assistance Advocacy Guide answers questions about disability accomodations in shelters. Go to the table of contents, or download this chapter as a PDF below. Part 3: Disability Accommodations (2023).
TAFDC and parents with disabilities
If you have a low income, have a disability and cannot work full-time, you may be able to get TAFDC for yourself and your children.
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Your rights at DTA if you have a disability or illness
If you or a family member has a disability or illness, there are some special rules that can help you with your DTA benefits.