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Thanks to the generous support of our donors, Disability Rights Advocates is pleased to make available on our website and in our offices the work of artists from the National Institute of Art & Disabilities (NIAD). NIAD provides an art program that promotes creativity, independence, dignity, and community integration for people with developmental and other disabilities.

Attention students with learning disabilities

Disability Rights Advocates (DRA), a non-profit law center in Berkeley, California, is investigating complaints of persons with documented learning disabilities who were denied accommodations on high stakes tests. Such high stakes tests include state examinations (like high school "exit exams"), as well as college or post-graduate admissions tests and state licensing exams.

California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE)

If you are interested in our on-going lawsuit regarding the California High School Exit Exam, please see Chapman v. California Department of Education.

Contact DRA

Please complete an intake form if you are a student who:

1. has a documented learning disability or disabilities and
2. has been denied accommodations on a major standardized test, such as a mandatory high school exit exam, an admissions test (LSAT ,SAT, ACT, MCAT, GRE, etc.), or a professional licensing exam (USMLE, a state bar exam, etc.).

LD Investigation Contact Information

We can be reached at (please include your name, address and contact information):

DRA Email

• LdEd@dralegal.org

DRA Address

• Disability Rights Advocates
  2001 Center Street, Fourth Floor
  Berkeley, CA 94704-1204

DRA Phone Numbers

• (510) 665-8644 (Voice)
• (510) 665-8511 (Fax)
• (510) 665-8716 (TTY)