Project Summary

This project is supported by a grant awarded through the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victims Fund by the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services. The mission of the I-CAN! Accessibility Project is: To promote and facilitate awareness about abuse of people with disabilities and to advocate for equal access to services and legal protections. The project began in 2007 and has successfully received continuation grants since then. The project partners with the Virginia Supreme Court Office of the Executive Secretary (OES) to improve the accessibility of the I-CAN! Virginia program for people with disabilities. This online program assists users to complete forms that are required to file for a protective order in court. The I-CAN! Accessibility Project updates the Understanding Protective Orders in Richmond, Virginia booklet. This booklet is designed to help people understand resources that are available when they are being abused. In addition, the I-CAN! Accessibility Project maintains an online training series: https://sites.google.com/vcu.edu/abusesurvivorswithdisabilities/home. This series is designed to help domestic violence and sexual assault service providers understand how to support people with disabilities who are accessing their services when being abused. The Project also has created videos about abuse and the resources available for support that are available on our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXNzNB4hlC492Q0iVxWaMMw We have an active interdisciplinary Advisory Board that meets twice a year.