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 Disability Accommodation Advocacy for Court, College, Work and Community Life 

DrummAdvocacy helps people with visible and invisible disabilities request reasonable accommodations and navigate complex institutions. Attorney and ADA advocate Donna Drumm works with individuals, families, attorneys and healthcare professionals.

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How DrummAdvocacy Can Help

Court Accommodations

Help requesting reasonable accommodations for court appearances, hearings and other legal proceedings.

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College Accommodations

Support navigating college accessibility procedures and requesting accommodations for documented disabilities.

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Workplace Accommodations

Assistance communicating accommodation needs and navigating reasonable accommodation process.

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Older Adults and Families

Advocacy for people with disabilities who encounter barriers in healthcare, housing, assisted living and community settings.

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DrummAdvocacy helps make the invisible, visible.

The Americans with Disabilities Act strives to protect the rights of those disabled by physical or mental disorders. 

Examples of "emotional or mental illness[es]" include

 

  • Anxiety disorders (which include Panic Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)

  • Bipolar Disorder

  • Learning Disabilities

  • Personality Disorders

  • Schizophrenia

DrummAdvocacy is designed to advocate for specific accommodations in the courtroom, college, jail or workplace for clients diagnosed physical or mental disabilities. For example -

  • Autism (ASDs)

  • Bipolar and ADHD

  • Depression

  • Mood Disorders

  • Major Depressive Disorders

  • PTSD

  • Traumatic Brain Injury

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Are you a Student, Employee, Teacher, Plaintiff, Defendant or Pro Se litigant in need of an Advocate?

If you need assistance, DrummAdvocacy can step in to help in the following ways:

  1. Validate diagnosis

  2. Discuss accommodations with client

  3. Prepare accommodations request to college, court, jail, housing authority or workplace

  4. File paperwork advocating for accommodations

Are you a lawyer who needs an Advocate on your litigation team?

If you have a lawyer, DrummAdvocacy works with your lawyer in the following ways:

  1. Lawyer introduces client to DrummAdvocacy

  2. Validate diagnosis

  3. Discuss accommodations with client

  4. Prepare accommodations/ request to college, court, jail or workplace

  5. File paperwork advocating for accommodations

  6. Attend hearing with you

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Serving clients by appointment in New York and remotely where appropriate. Office address: Mercy University | 555 Broadway| Dobbs Ferry, NY| 10522

Donna’s academic position at Mercy University is separate from her work through DrummAdvocacy. Mercy University is not affiliated with or responsible for DrummAdvocacy’s services.