Browsing issue: Mental disability rights

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Know Your Rights: Your Personal Needs Allowance (7 minutes)

MFY Legal Services lawyer explains the legal rights of adult home residents regarding control of their money.

United States

Housing, Mental disability rights, Older persons

Witnessed: 149 times

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Shoes Blues (2 minutes)

Residents of adult homes on Supplemental Security Income (SSI) keep a monthly allowance of $168.00 after paying rent to their adult home....

United States

Mental disability rights, Older persons, Poverty

Witnessed: 125 times

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Know Your Rights: Your Admission Agreement

This video dramatizes the confusion experienced by many residents when they are first admitted to their adult homes....

United States

Housing, Mental disability rights, Older persons

Witnessed: 116 times

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Choice in Treatment

Adult home residents discuss day treatment programs and explain that residents have a right to participate in choosing their own mental health programs and providers.

United States

Freedom of opinion & expression, Mental disability rights, Older persons

Witnessed: 99 times

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Shirley's story: rape and abuse in South Africa

Created in a workshop focused on HIV/AIDS stigma faced by women, orphans and other vulnerable groups. Johannesburg, South Africa

South Africa

HIV-AIDS, Mental disability rights, Rape and sexual abuse

Witnessed: 391 times

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Witnessed: 516 times

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