Disability Law Colorado

What Disability Law Colorado does

Disability Justice, formerly known as Disability Law Colorado, is a nonprofit civil rights organization founded in 1975 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado. The organization operates as Colorado's designated Protection and Advocacy (P&A) system under federal law, providing free legal advocacy, information, and direct representation to Coloradans with disabilities across physical, intellectual and developmental, serious mental illness, and traumatic brain injury categories. Its service portfolio includes Know Your Rights educational resources across ten domains (education, employment, healthcare, housing, independent living, institutions, public places, representative payees, transportation, and voting), a Request Assistance intake, a Report Harm channel for institutional abuse, statewide phone hotlines, and systemic impact work through federal litigation and legislative advocacy.

The organization is staffed by 39 advocates, attorneys, and investigators and maintains a publications program that has produced investigative reports such as "Unsafe and Unheard" (October 2025, on Southern Peaks Regional Treatment Center) and "Breaking Point" (March 2026, on the Colorado Division of Youth Services). Its mission is executed through direct service, class-wide systemic advocacy, and research-driven policy change. Disability Justice is a member of the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN), holds a Charity Navigator four-star rating, and rebranded from Disability Law Colorado to Disability Justice in 2025 while preserving its core mandate.

Name

Disability Law Colorado

Legal name

Disability Justice

Website

https://disabilitylawco.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Disability Justice is a Denver-based nonprofit civil rights organization serving as Colorado's federally designated Protection and Advocacy system for people with physical, intellectual and developmental, mental health, and traumatic brain injury disabilities. It provides free legal advocacy, abuse reporting, and systemic litigation across the state.

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akta.pro rank

Product category

Disability Rights Legal Advocacy

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Offices of Lawyers (54111), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Disability Rights & Accessibility Advocacy (BPAGAFAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGACAG), Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGAEAG)

Keywords

• Disability rights advocacy
• Civil rights legal services
• Protection and advocacy
• Disability legal assistance
• Abuse neglect investigations

Headquarters

HQ city

Denver

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations: The organization accepts public donations through its website to support its mission of fighting discrimination and protecting disability rights in Colorado.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Disability Justice (formerly Disability Law Colorado) is a nonprofit civil rights organization that provides free legal advocacy, representation, information, and protective services to people with disabilities in Colorado. Operating as the state's designated Protection and Advocacy system, the organization fights discrimination, exposes abuse and neglect in facilities, and enforces disability rights laws through direct services, federal litigation, legislative advocacy, and published research.

Product overview

Disability Law Colorado (now Disability Justice) is a nonprofit civil rights organization offering a suite of advocacy and legal services for people with disabilities. The organization operates as Colorado's Protection and Advocacy system, providing Know Your Rights education, legal advocacy and representation, assistance request services, and harm reporting channels. These services are supported by tracking programs including Legal Victories and Legislative Priorities, along with research Publications documenting findings on disability-related issues. The portfolio is unified under the organization's mission to fight discrimination, expose abuse and neglect, and enforce disability rights laws.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Legal Advocacy and Representation
• Request Assistance
• Report Harm
• Know Your Rights Education

Quantifiable outcome

• Served 2,957 individuals with disabilities in 2025 across multiple disability categories.
• +2 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDisability Justice is a member of the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN), a nonprofit organization that provides legal support and advocacy for people with disabilities. As Colorado's Protection and Advocacy system, the organization is affiliated with NDRN's national network of disability rights agencies.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law: National legal-advocacy organization focused on disability rights with emphasis on mental health and institutional settings. Adjacent rather than directly competing — provides federal litigation, policy advocacy, and research on disability rights that intersects with several of Disability Justice's priority areas (institutional abuse, community-based services).

Broad incumbents

• National Disability Rights Network (NDRN): The umbrella nonprofit membership organization of which Disability Justice (and all other state P&As) are members. While not a direct competitor, NDRN provides shared legal, training, and federal advocacy infrastructure and is the closest institutional analog to a parent/industry-body peer.

Direct peers

• Disability Rights Washington: Washington State's P&A organization. Provides legal advocacy, abuse investigation, and systemic litigation for people with disabilities across the state, sharing Disability Justice's federal P&A mandate and multidisciplinary service model.
• Disability Rights Florida: Florida's federally designated P&A system. Mirrors Disability Justice's mix of individual advocacy, systemic litigation, and institutional-abuse investigation under the Protection and Advocacy Act.
• Disability Rights New York: New York State's designated P&A system. Provides direct legal representation, systemic advocacy, and abuse investigation under the same federal P&A framework, making it a structural and operational peer to Disability Justice.
• Disability Rights California: California's P&A system and one of the largest state disability rights organizations in the U.S. Operates an identical federal mandate covering legal advocacy, systemic litigation, and abuse investigation, with a comparable multidisciplinary team model.
• Disability Rights Maine: Maine's P&A organization. Smaller-scale but structurally comparable: designated P&A mandate, legal advocacy, abuse and neglect investigation, and systemic-impact work for people with disabilities.
• Equip for Equality: Illinois's statewide P&A organization. Comparable in scope, federal mandate, and service portfolio (individual advocacy, class litigation, abuse investigation, public policy); operates under the same federal funding architecture as Disability Justice.
• Disability Rights Texas: Texas's federally designated Protection & Advocacy system, providing legal advocacy and representation for people with disabilities across a different state. Directly comparable mission, federal mandate, and service mix (individual advocacy, systemic litigation, abuse investigation) to Disability Justice.
• Disability Rights New Jersey: New Jersey's designated P&A system. Operates under the same federal statutory authority as Disability Justice, providing legal advocacy and systemic enforcement on behalf of people with disabilities in the state.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@disabilitylawcolorado9285
• Facebookfacebook.com/disabilityjustice
• Instagraminstagram.com/disabilityjusticeco
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/disabilitylawcolorado

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