The ACCESS Law Project advocates for people who face barriers in accessing essential government benefits and services due to their mental, developmental and other non-physical disabilities. The Project addresses a basic barrier to stability faced by a substantial number of low-income people. Most low-income individuals must rely upon government benefits and services for their subsistence and stability. Many of these individuals are disabled or otherwise limited in a manner that affects their ability to negotiate the processes required to obtain and secure these benefits and services. And yet, while most of these government agencies have in place plans to accommodate people with physical disabilities, few have even contemplated the barriers faced by an individual with a mental, developmental, or other non-physical disability. Consider the confusion a learning disabled or developmentally disabled or brain injured individual might experience trying to complete an application for public benefits, or the profound difficulty an individual who is severely depressed with agoraphobia or who has paranoid schizophrenia may face keeping an appointment at a crowded welfare office.