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The nonprofit works to transform systems, policies, and practices to give more people the opportunity to reach their full potential. For more than 40 years, the organization has served as Oregon’s Protection and Advocacy System.
Lawsuit: Washington County Denies People with Mental Illness Equal Access to Emergency Response Services
Current System Violates Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Lawsuit: Woman with Psychiatric Disabilities Sexually Abused for Months, Punished by Prison for Reporting
Coffee Creek Correctional Facility Officers Severely Retaliating in Violation of the U.S. Constitution and Prison Rape Elimination Act
Patients and Clinicians Call for Restoration of Hope at the Oregon State Hospital
DRO captured first-person accounts on camera from patients and clinicians regarding the conditions within the State Hospital in a newly released exposé,