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Disability Rights Washington is a private non-profit organization that protects the rights of people with disabilities statewide.

08/07/2025

A huge THANK YOU to everyone shopping and donating through Haggen’s Inspiring Change Together campaign! 🙌

Your support directly impacts our work to defend the rights and dignity of people with disabilities in Washington State.

Let’s keep the momentum going — you have until August 12 to round up or donate at Haggen stores. The Olympia location has chosen DRW as their recipient of funds raised.

We couldn’t do this without you!

07/18/2025

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Seattle City Council Candidate Forum on Disability Issues Monday night!

Over 70 people showed up to remind the candidates running in Seattle's 3 city council races that our perspectives matter. People with disabilities asked candidates how they planned to address some of the biggest issues facing the disability community from federal budget cuts and housing to recreation and the arts. Disability Rights Washington cosponsored the forum with 15 other organizations representing disabled and elder communities.

Missed the forum? Check out the candidates' responses to the forum's questionnaire to learn more about where the candidates stand on disability issues: https://www.wacda.com/general-7

Photo: A man in a wheelchair asks Seattle City Council candidates a question next to a woman holding a microphone

07/15/2025

🌍 Disability Pride Spokane – Building Bridges Across Cultures
🗓️ Saturday, July 26, 2025
📍 Riverfront Park Pavilion, Spokane, WA
🕙 11 AM – 3 PM

📣 Hosted by Disability Action Center NW

This year, Disability Rights Washington and the Office of Developmental Disabilities Ombuds are proud to be part of Spokane’s Disability Pride celebration on the 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)!

Join us as at this multi-cultural celebration in Riverfront Park (by the fountain). Live entertainment, resource booths, kids' area, World Market, and FREE food and t-shirts while supplies last. Games and prizes too!

Come visit our booths, connect with advocates, and learn more about disability rights in Washington.

👉 More info: https://dacnw.org/events/disability-pride-event-building-bridges-across-cultures

07/14/2025

July is Disability Pride Month, what better time to come together and make our voices heard?

Join us for a powerful forum focused on disability issues with Seattle City Council candidates from Districts 2, 8, and 9. This is an opportunity to raise visibility, demand inclusion, and ask the questions that matter most to our community.

📅 Monday, July 14, 2025
🕠 5:30 – 8:00 PM
📍 Centilia Cultural Center, Beacon Hill
🎟️ Free and open to all!
➡️ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/city-council-candidate-forum-on-disability-issues-tickets-1422390651729?aff=oddtdtcreator

Come be part of the movement. 💬🌟

07/11/2025

July is Disability Pride Month!

At Disability Rights Washington, we proudly celebrate Disability Pride Month — a time to honor the strength, diversity, and leadership of disabled people in our communities.

Disability Pride is about visibility, identity, and power. It’s about reclaiming disability as an important and vibrant part of who we are — not something to be ashamed of or hidden.

This July, we:
✔️ Celebrate the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
✔️ Recognize the barriers still being challenged
✔️ Uplift the voices and experiences of people with disabilities across Washington

07/08/2025

We’re halfway through Haggen’s Inspiring Change Together campaign!

There’s still time to shop, donate, and help us make Washington a better place for people with disabilities.

Campaign runs until August 12 — don’t miss your chance to round up or give at the checkout at the Haggen Olympia location.

Together, we inspire change.

Image: A smiling child is wearing a green and white striped shirt and a beige apron, holds paintbrushes while sitting on an adult’s lap. The adult has black hair, glasses, and an orange-red shirt. The art studio background has warm brown wooden.

07/04/2025

Freedom Means More Than Fireworks

On this Independence Day, we celebrate the values of freedom, equality, and justice.

But for many disabled people, these values remain out of reach due to discrimination and lack of access. At Disability Rights Washington, we’re fighting every day to change that, and we can’t do it without you.

Your donation helps us:

-Provide resources so people with disabilities and their families to advocate for their own rights
- Investigate and stop abuse and neglect wherever people with disabilities live
Advocate for systemic changes to transform health care
- Increase the accessibility of digital spaces through training and educational resources
- Fight to make our cities more accessible

This July 4th, honor the spirit of freedom by supporting our mission:

👉 disabilityrightswa.org/donate

07/01/2025

Did you know?

When you shop at Haggen from July 2 – August 12, you can round up at the register or make a donation to support Disability Rights Washington at the Haggen Olympia location.

Your everyday shopping helps protect rights, expand access, and build a stronger community for people with disabilities.

Thank you for inspiring change with us!

Image: A woman with long black hair, wearing a yellow jacket and a watch, is shopping for fruits and vegetables at a farmer market.

06/25/2025

We’re excited to announce that Disability Rights Washington is a proud beneficiary of Haggen’s Inspiring Change Together campaign!

From July 2 to August 12, shop at your local Haggen store and join us in making Washington more accessible and inclusive for all. DRW has been chosen by the Olympia store location as the beneficiary of their fundraiser. The Olympia store is located at 1313 Cooper Point Rd SW, Olympia, WA 98502.

Every dollar makes a difference. Together, we inspire change!

Image: This Haggen poster promotes a community donation campaign running from July 2 to August 12. It encourages customers to “Inspire Change Together” by donating at any Haggen register.

06/20/2025

🌈 Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈

Pride is a reminder that everyone deserves to live with dignity, safety, and joy — free from discrimination and barriers. We remain committed to advocating for a world where disabled LGBTQIA+ people can thrive and belong.

At Disability Rights Washington, we celebrate and stand with our LGBTQIA+ community, including all disabled LGBTQIA+ people whose voices, leadership, and resilience strengthen our movement for Disability Justice and true equality for everyone.

We wish everyone a joyful, safe, and empowering Pride!

Image: A person with short curly hair smiles outdoors while holding up a rainbow Pride flag behind them. They wear a light top and a patterned scarf. Below the photo is the Disability Rights Washington logo with a blue tree and the organization’s name in blue text

06/16/2025

Disability Rights Washington is aware of concerns about increased ICE activity in Washington. As an organization committed to Disability Justice and community, we stand with immigrants and refugees. We encourage community members to stay informed and prepared. You can find Know Your Rights resources here: ACRS (https://acrs.org/democracy-in-action/immigration-resources/), WAISN (https://waisn.org/kyrice/), NWIRP (https://nwirp.org/resources/kyr/).

Image: Text: "Know your rights to defend your rights" with a line of people linking arms and holding hands. From the Know Your Rights packet from Mijente.

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Seattle, WA
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Tuesday	9am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	9am - 4:30pm
Thursday	9am - 4:30pm
Friday	9am - 4:30pm

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We advance the dignity, equality, and self-determination of people with disabilities

A charge to protect and advocate civil and human rights of people with disabilities: this was the genesis of the protection and advocacy system, enacted by Congress in 1975. This charge has become embedded in all of Disability Rights Washington’s work, be it grassroots leadership development, litigation, public policy, systemic reform, coalition-building, self-advocacy development or community education.

Our name and infrastructure have changed with time. Our advocacy and business strategies have developed. The economy has flourished or languished and politics have swept like a pendulum through the years. But we are steadfast in our disability civil rights movement. While what it takes to promote the civil and human rights of people with disabilities may have changed over the last few decades; what it means to promote these rights has not. We are rooted in rights. Learn more about us and our history on our website.

Image description: Signing House Bill 90, 1970. Janet Taggart, Katie Dolan, Cecile Lindquist, Governor Daniel Evans, Evelyn Chapman, George Breck, and William Dussault 1990 (inset).