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The Legal Clinic for the Disabled is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower low-income people with disabilities and the deaf and hard of hearing in the Philadelphia region to achieve inclusion, independence, and justice by providing free legal representation to overcome legal obstacles that would otherwise affect their independence, health, or quality of life. We advise and represent clients in Southeastern Pennsylvania in most areas of civil law.
As part of our work, we assist victims of domestic violence with getting legal protection from their abusers. We represent victims of identity theft and consumer fraud. We help parents and caregivers access healthcare for their children. We write wills, powers of attorney and living wills. Most of the clients we serve experience physical limitations in their daily activities, and many have suffered catastrophic injuries or illnesses like stroke, spinal cord or brain injury, multiple sclerosis, cancer, advanced diabetes, glaucoma, AIDS, amputation or epilepsy. Our services help them overcome legal barriers that impact their ability to live safely and independently in their communities.
Our attorneys are based across nine Medical-Legal Partnership sites within the Philadelphia area; we train nurses, doctors, residents, social workers and health care staff to identify social determinants to health that are legal in nature and impact positive health care outcomes. Through our Housing and Habitability Initiative, LCD also partners in the Philadelphia Eviction Prevention Program and the City's Right to Counsel.