Understanding Your Rights

Understanding Your Rights Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)Your Right to Bring a Support Person to Your Doctor's Visit Your Right to be Treated with Respect Your Right to Privacy Your Right to Choose Health Care Your Right to Informed Consent Your Right to Keep Your Health Care Private Your Right to have Copies of Your Health Care Records End-of-Life Care Your Right to Use Advance Directives Your Right to Receive Health Care in a Safe Setting Guardianship Supported Decision Making and Power of Attorney Understanding Your Rights Activity Step by Step Guide for Youth and Their Caregivers or Teachers Resources

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

The Americans with Disabilities Act is also called the “ADA.” The ADA is a law that protects you from being treated differently because of your disability. ADA says that reasonable accommodations should be available to you when going to the doctor.

You can ask for a reasonable accommodation to help you:

Get into or around a health care building and parking areas safely
Communicate and understand things about your health care
Have longer appointment times
Understand information in other formats
- You may ask for different formats like:
- Large print, American sign language, braille, plain language, photos or pictures, videos or audio recordings

A person exiting a van in an accessible parking space using wheelchair to enter a medical building.

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