WPAS Is Changing Its Name!

As part of a national trend in the Protection and Advocacy network,

effective June 1, 2007 WPAS will be changing its name to:

Disability Rights
Washington

Please see our new website at www.DisabilityRightsWA.org

Note that parts of the new site will remain under construction
as we complete the shift from WPAS to DRW.

"Ashley Treatment" Investigative Report

Read about WPAS' investigation of the "Ashley Treatment" on our new website by clicking on the link above. 
Here you can find the full Report, as well as the Press Release from May 8, 2007.

Que es WPAS? 

The Washington Protection and Advocacy System (WPAS) is a private, non-profit organization that has been protecting the rights of people with disabilities in the state of Washington since 1972.

Every state and territory of the United States has an organization like WPAS, designated to provide independent protection and advocacy services to eligible people. WPAS' services are free.

Here are some of the current projects here at WPAS:

Proposed Settlement in Allen et al., v Western State Hospital

Proposed Settlement in Boyle v Arnold-Williams

Project PAS-Port for Change publishes We Choose Independence 

Voting Rights and Voter Registration

Advocacy for People with Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI)

Marr, et al. v. Eastern State Hospital

 

 

 

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Washington Protection & Advocacy System
315 - Fifth Avenue South, Suite 850
Seattle, WA     98104
*Phone: (206) 324-1521 or in Washington State: (800) 562-2702
TTY:  (206) 957-0728 or in Washington State: (800) 905-0209
Fax: (206) 957-0729
*Interpreters Available in over 200 languages via AT&T Language Line
E-mail: wpas@wpas-rights.org
URL: http://www.wpas-rights.org