Back to Policy NoticesAs and Individual with Developmental Disabilities,
I have the right to:
- Be treated nicely at all times and as a person
- Have a clean safe place to live in and a place to be alone
- Have food that is good for me
- Be able to go, if I want, to any church, temple, mosque
- Be able to go to a doctor or dentist when I am sick
- Be able to have people help me with the way I walk, talk, do things with my hands, act or feel, if I need it
- Be able to have people help and teach me, if I want
- Be able to have time and a place to go to be by myself
- Be able to call, write letters or talk to anyone I want about anything I want
- Be able to have my own things and be able to use them
- Be able to have men and women as friends
- Be able to join in activities and do things that will help me grow to be the best person I can be
- Be able to work and make money
- Be treated like everyone else
- Not be hit, yelled at, cursed at, or called names that hurt me
- Be able to learn new things, make friends, have activities to do, and go out in my community
- Be able to tell people what I want and be part of making plans or decisions about my life
- Be able to ask someone I want to help me, let others know how I feel or what I want
- Be able to use my money to pay for things I need and want with help, if I need it
- Be able to say yes or no before people talk about what I do at work or home or look at my file
- Be able to complain or ask for changes if I don't like something without being afraid of getting in trouble
- Not be given medicine that I don't need, or be held down if I am not hurting myself or others
- To vote and learn about laws and my community
- To say yes or no to being part of a study or experiment.