PWDF Update

Education Program Update

We are seeking a Program Manager or Program Director for our Public Awareness and Education Program.  We are looking for a proactive individual to continue and develop new activities to increase public awareness and education about mental, intellectual, and developmental disabilities, with particular emphases on civil rights and destigmatization. See the Careers page on our website for more information.

We have made exciting revisions and updates to our website.  The website now includes more information on our homepage, with links to PWDF’s seminar videos on our YouTube Channel.  To make the information on our website more accessible, it includes a new Resources tab, so people can easily find materials about topics of interest.  Topics include autism, disability abuse, education, employment, health care, housing, multiculturalism, parity in advocacy, Social Security Disability, and more.  It also includes a search box, the Google Translator so our site can be seen in many languages, and a new Grant Program page.  We hope you will enjoy looking through the wealth of information on our website and YouTube Channel.

PWDF’s Managing Attorney, Zoya Yarnykh, will be presenting a workshop on Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Overpayments and Appeals at Support for Families of Children with Disabilities on October 18, 2018 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.  See related article for information about attending the workshop.

Members of the PWDF staff will be providing information at resources tables at the 22nd Annual Golden Gate Self-Advocacy Conference at the Milton Marks Conference Center on September 27, 2018 and the Project Homeless Connect (PHC 72) event at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium on October 24, 2018.  If you are at either of these events, please come find us and say hello.

PWDF is available for speaking arrangements and training sessions regarding reasonable accommodations, employment, housing and other issues regarding the mentally, intellectually, and/or developmentally disabled population. We have particular expertise in social security/SSDI and SSI disability post-entitlement/eligibility issues for beneficiaries with mental and/or developmental disabilities. See our website for event updates and subscribe to our contact list for future event notifications.

Be sure to follow us on Facebook and subscribe to our YouTube channel for all the latest information and media updates from PWDF. For inquiries about PWDF’s Public Awareness and Education Program, please contact us at education@pwdf.org.

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Who We Are

People With Disabilities Foundation is an operating 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, California, which focuses on the rights of the mentally and developmentally disabled.

Services

Advocacy: PWDF advocates for Social Security claimant’s disability benefits in eight Bay Area counties. We also provide services in disability rights, on issues regarding returning to work, and in ADA consultations, including areas of employment, health care, and education, among others. There is representation before all levels of federal court and Administrative Law Judges. No one is declined due to their inability to pay, and we offer a sliding scale for attorney’s fees.

Education/Public Awareness: To help eliminate the stigma against people with mental disabilities in society, PWDF’s educational program organizes workshops and public seminars, provides guest speakers with backgrounds in mental health, and produces educational materials such as videos.

Continuing Education Provider: State Bar of California MCLE and Commission of Rehabilitation Counselor Certification.