Access 2 Advocate LLC

Specialties

Special Education Advocacy

ADA Accessibility Compliance

Civil Rights/​Access Issues for Persons with Disabilities

Advocacy, Consulting, and Coaching Services for Families of Children with Disabilities and Adults with Disabilities, Self-​Advocacy Training and Resource Navigation and Coordination. Assistance with Accessing In Home Supportive Services, Regional Center, Social Security, Patient Advocacy Specializing in Medically Fragile and In Home Nursing and Home Health Supports. Public and Private Insurance Navigation.

History

Established in 2014.

Twenty-​five years of experience advocating for persons with disabilities in both personal and professional capacities. Fellow parent of a now adult child with disabilities. Legal Training, J.D. degree and Certified in Special Education Advocacy.

See access2ad​vo​cate​.com and click on About the Advocate Link.

Meet the Business Owner

Tara L.

Business Owner

Tara Lindhardt, J.D. has experience representing families of children on the spectrum, with mental health issues, physical disabilities, behavior issues, medical fagility and more. Her practice covers both San Diego, Riverside, Orange and Imperial counties in California.

In addition to her law degree, she is certified in Special Education Advocacy. She has worked for Compass Family Center, Exceptional Family Resource Center, Disability Rights California, for the Public Utilities Commission as a Communication Device Trainer, for North County Transit District as the Americans with Disabilities Act Administrator and Civil Rights Officer and she has worked for Pacific Coast Advocates and in private practice for Access2Advocate LLC.

Besides Special Education Advocacy she also has years of experience in patient advocacy and has successfully represented both children with disabilities and adults who are medically fragile. Transition planning is a specialty area as is mediation.