As North Carolina’s Protection and Advocacy (P&A) organization, Disability Rights North Carolina (DRNC) advances and defends the rights of people with disabilities through advocacy, education, monitoring, investigations, public policy work, and strategic legal action.
Because our resources are limited, we cannot provide legal representation in every case or respond to every request for help. Instead, we focus our advocacy on the issues that affect the greatest number of people and work to create broad, lasting change for people with disabilities across North Carolina.
Many people who contact DRNC receive information, resources, self-advocacy support, referrals, or educational materials that can help them understand and exercise their rights.
Learn more about the disability rights issues that we work on. Get helpful information about subjects like education, housing and employment so you can advocate for yourself. See some examples of our work, find links to resources, and learn more about the teams advancing disability rights across North Carolina.
