To request help from the Advocacy Center, call 1-800-960-7705 (Voice or via 711 Relay) or 1-855-861-3577 (TTY) or email advocacycenter@advocacyla.org. Our intake specialist will contact you within 1-2 business days to discuss your issue in detail and determine if AC can help.

Information on AC's Self Determination Work

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In the area of self determination, the Advocacy Center may be able to help Louisiana residents with issues related to:

  • Revocation of continuing tutorships
  • Defense, modification and revocation of Interdictions
  • Other limitations on decision making
  • Drafting, execution and revocation of powers of attorney and living wills*

Call or email for more information or to request help.

Visit our survey page to share your opinion about the work of the Advocacy Center.

*For people over 60 living in Orleans, Plaquemines and St. Tammany Parishes only.

Calendar Icon5/28/13 - 11:54 AM by Pamela Fisher

Partner with the Advocacy Center in Supporting the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities!

The U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (also called the Disability Treaty) is an international agreement to protect and honor the rights of people with disabilities. It is vital that the disability community let Senators know the importance of ratifying the Disability Treaty! Call your Senators today!

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Calendar Icon2/14/11 - 05:31 PM by Stephanie Patrick

The Uncertainties of Continuing Tutorship

Many parents of children with intellectual disabilities choose continuing tutorship to maintain guardianship and legal authority over their child after he/she reaches the age of 18. Due to a revamping of the continuing tutorship laws in Louisiana, those rights are not clearly defined.

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Calendar Icon8/19/10 - 12:14 PM by Stephanie Patrick

Annual Report Published

The 2008-2009 Annual Report is now available.

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