Your Life, Your Rights: Safety and Freedom in Life

Everyone deserves to be treated well and feel safe. People have rights to safety and freedom in life that include:

Personal Space and Boundaries
Safety in the Community
Health and Medical Safety
Freedom from Abuse

Personal Space and Boundaries

A person's rights to personal space and boundaries are:

You can take breaks when needed to relax
You decide when you need help and from who
You have safe places you can go
You have people you trust to talk to

Safety in the Community

A person's rights to safety in the community are:

You can ask for space when you need it
Your personal boundaries will be respected
You will have information about travelling safely
You will have information about safe places to go to for help

Health and Medical Safety

A person's rights to health and medical safety are:

You can make decisions about your health
You can make an appointment with your doctor when you need to
You can talk to your doctor about starting or stopping treatment
You can go to the emergency room for serious injuries

Freedom from Abuse

A person's rights to freedom from abuse are:

You will not be harmed physically
You will not be harmed sexually
You will not be harmed verbally
You will not be taken advantage of
You will be treated with dignity and respect
You will get the correct treatment you need
You will get help living a safe and healthy life

To report abuse and serious events call the BHDDH Quality Assurance (QA) Unit hotline at (401) 462-2629. The hotline is open 24-hours a day, seven days per week, 365 days per year.

Resources

To help people learn about their Rights to Safety and Freedom in Life, BHDDH created two resources. The first is a one-page flyer, and the second is a guidebook.

Safety and Freedom in Life Flyer

The Safety and Freedom in Life Flyer is a one-page document. There are two ways to download this flyer:

Safety and Freedom in Life Easy Read Guidebook

The Safety and Freedom in Life easy read guidebook is a longer document. This document explains the information on the one-page flyer in more detail. There are two ways to download this guidebook: