Protection & Advocacy Project

North Dakota Protection & Advocacy Project (P&A) is concerned with asserting the human, civil and legal rights of people with disabilities, especially those who cannot articulate and act to protect deprivations. P&A operates in a manner which is consistent with the belief that people with disabilities have the same legal and constitutional rights and guarantees as every other American citizen. P&A subscribes to a “self-actualization” view which stresses that every person be given the greatest possible opportunity to shape his or her personal destiny. P&A subscribes to belief in the least restrictive conditions necessary to achieve the purposes of treatment, leaving the person as much personal freedom as possible.

P&A believes that people with disabilities should be empowered to advocate on their own behalf to the extent possible. Services provided by P&A shall promote consumer control in decision making and focus on the empowerment of people with disabilities in order to foster independence, productivity, and integration into the community.