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Air Travel Service Complaints & People with Disabilities
Information from the U.S. Department of Transportation on how to file a complaint if you are a passenger with a disability who has experienced problems while flying. Includes a form to fill out online or to print out and mail in. This information is also available in Spanish.
Civil Rights Commission Information on Filing a Complaint
Assistance in filing complaints on the basis of civil rights violations through the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
Commonly Asked Questions about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) & Law Enforcement
Information from the Department of Justice (DOJ) on suggestions drawn from real-life situations to assist law enforcement agencies in complying with the ADA when enforcing the law. Call the DOJ's toll-free ADA Information Line for additional answers to questions at 1-800-514-0301 (voice) or 1-800-514-0383 (TTY).
Department of Education Discrimination Complaint Form
Online form for filing a complaint that an educational institution or other covered entity has discriminated on the basis of disability.
Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) Multifamily Housing Complaint Line
Enables residents of HUD-insured and -assisted properties and other community members to report complaints with a property's management concerning matters such as poor maintenance, dangers to health and safety, mismanagement and fraud.
Department of Justice ADA Enforcement
Links to U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Status Reports, Settlements and ADA Briefs, as well as information on How to File Complaints, the ADA Mediation Program and the DOJ's Program to Monitor ADA Civil Litigation.
Department of the Interior Office of Civil Rights: Filing a Complaint
Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Field Offices
List of EEOC state field offices where you can file a charge of discrimination or find information about the laws enforced by the EEOC.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Complaint Process
Information on how to file a charge of employment discrimination. Charges can be made at local EEOC offices and one can fill out online the EEOC Assessment System to help you decide if EEOC is the correct agency to assist you.
Fair Housing Discrimination Complaints
Explains how to file a Fair Housing complaint online, by phone or by letter, and provides the list of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development offices.
Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Complaint Processing Procedures
Federal Sector Equal Employment Opportunity Complaint Fact Sheet
Filing a Complaint under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
Filing a Complaint under the Architectural Barriers Act
Filing a Discrimination Complaint with the U.S. Department of Education
Information about filing a complaint about discrimination with the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights.
Filing a Section 255 of the Communications Act Consumer Inquiry or Complaint
Filing a State Complaint Against a School System
Describes the process for reporting a violation or problem to an official state agency to resolve disputes between parents of children with disabilities and the school systems responsible for educating those children. IDEA's final Part B regulations require each state to adopt written state complaint procedures. Learn about how your state's Protection & Advocacy Agency can help you file a complaint.
Filing an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Complaint with the U.S. Department of Transportation
Health Care & Your Civil Rights
Information on how to file a complaint if you have been discriminated against by a state or local social service, by a health services agency or by a hospital receiving federal funds.
How to File a Discrimination Complaint with the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights
Information on filing a discrimination complaint with HHS' Office for Civil Rights, including how to obtain a discrimation complaint form. This link opens a PDF document.
How to File a Federal Contract Compliance Complaint
Information from the Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs on how to file a complaint if an individual believes he or she has been discriminated against by a federal contractor or subcontractor. This program also investigates individual or group complaints filed under disability and Veterans laws. For answers to questions about the complaint process call or visit any OFCCP District or Area Office. Complaint forms are available in Spanish.
Protection & Advocacy Services Directory
Report on Informal Consumer Complaints on Access to Communications for People with Disabilities
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released information about informal consumer complaints received by the Disability Rights Office (DRO) during the second quarter of the calendar year 2009. DRO received the following number of informal complaints, by subject matter, that involved the Commission's disability access rules: 26 informal complaints raised Section 255 issues; 47 informal complaints raised TRS issues; 147 informal complaints raised closed captioning issues; 9 informal complaints raised accessibility of video programming providing emergency information issues; and 3 informal complaints raised hearing aid compatibility issues. Consumers can file complaints online using FCC Form 2000C.
