What: The Board of Directors of Disability Rights Wisconsin (DRW) will be hold a Listening Session on Friday, June 25, 2010 from 4:30 p.m. to
6:30 p.m..

The DRW Board wants to hear from people with disabilities, their families, friends, disability activists, service providers and other concerned individuals about your ideas for the future of disability advocacy and the issues that need to be addressed in the areas of special education, developmental disability, mental health and physical disability services and disability rights.

Where: Plaza Hotel & Suites, 1202 W. Clairemont Ave., Eau Claire, WI

Parking: Parking available in the Plaza Hotel & Suites parking lot.

Bus: Bus #7 stops next to the hotel.

Questions: Call toll-free 1-800-928-8778 or 608-267-0214 Voice,
1-888-758-6049 for TTY/Textnet.

Accommodations: Please contact Linda Apple at 1-800-928-8778 or
608-267-0214 or by email at: applel@drwi.org by Wednesday, June 16, 2010 if you need an accommodation or language translation to participate.

Written Comments: If you are not able to attend and/or you would like to submit written comments, you may send them via email to applel@drwi.org or by mail to Disability Rights Wisconsin, 131 West Wilson Street, Suite 700, Madison, WI 53703

More: DRW is the designated protection and advocacy agency for people with developmental, physical, or sensory disabilities and people with mental illness in Wisconsin. DRW engages in a variety of advocacy strategies, including one-on-one advocacy for individuals and their families; systems advocacy (influencing state and county policy, legislative advocacy and coalition building); class action and impact litigation; and providing training to people with disabilities, their family members, human service professionals, attorneys and others on a variety of disability related topics.