Freedom starts with access-but it doesn’t end there.
We’re transforming survivor advocacy and criminal justice reform so people with disabilities and Deaf people can live safely, freely, and fully.
DISABILITY
SHOULD NEVER DETERMINE
WHETHER SOMEONE LIVES
SAFELY
OR FREELY.
People with disabilities and Deaf people experience some of the highest rates of violence, incarceration, and exclusion in our society because too many systems were never designed with them in mind.
Changing that reality requires more than helping one person at a time. We transform the organizations, communities, and movements that determine who has access to safety, healing, justice, and freedom.
OUR WORK
One mission. Two paths to justice.
Explore the work we’re leading to ensure disability is never a barrier to safety, healing, justice, or freedom.
Advancing Survivor Safety + Healing
Transforming survivor advocacy so people with disabilities and Deaf people have pathways to safety, healing, and justice.
Ending Mass Incarceration
Transforming criminal legal systems so disability is never a pathway to arrest, incarceration, or the loss of freedom.
HOW WE CREATE CHANGE
Creating change that lasts.
Real change happens when disability is no longer an afterthought. It happens when organizations, systems, and movements work differently. These five strategies guide our work toward a future where disability is never a barrier to safety, healing, justice, or freedom.
01 Change the Conversation
02 Strengthen Organizations
03 Build Partnerships
04 Transform Systems
05 Fill Critical Gaps
FILLING CRITICAL GAPS
Some needs can’t wait.
When accessible victim services for Deaf survivors didn’t exist nationwide, we built them.
Today Deaf Survivor Services ensures Deaf survivors anywhere in the United States can receive crisis intervention, advocacy and ongoing support directly in American Sign Language.
“They changed the lens through which we see what we need to do
to close the gap in serving survivors with disabilities.”
- Domestic Violence Program Partner
Let’s build what comes next.
Lasting change begins with people willing to challenge what’s always been done. Partner with us to create a future where disability is never a barrier to safety, justice, or freedom.