Disability Rights Organizations Opposed to Nomination of Judge Terrence Boyle to the Fourth Circuit Court
of Appeals

latest update 5/16/06

NATIONAL GROUPS (15)

˜ ADAPT

˜ADA Watch/ National Coalition for Disability Rights

˜ American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)

˜ Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD)

˜ Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living (APRIL)

˜ Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

˜ Chemical Sensitivity Disorders Association

˜ Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)

˜ National Association of the Deaf (NAD)

˜ National Council on Independent Living (NCIL)

˜ National Coalition on Self Determination, Inc.

˜ Protect All Children’s Environment    

˜ Self Help for the Hard of Hearing (SHHH)

˜ United Spinal Association

˜ World Association of Persons with Disabilities (WAPD)

STATE/ LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS (72)

˜  Disability Rights Center, Inc. [Protection and Advocacy] (AR)

˜  SAILS (Hot Springs, AR)

˜ Arizona Bridge for Independent Living (ABIL) (Phoenix, AZ)

˜ Services Maximizing Independent Living and Empowerment (SMILE) (Yuma, AZ)

˜ New Horizons Independent Living Center (Prescott Valley, AZ)

˜ California Foundation for Independent Living Centers

˜ California Democratic Party Disabilities Caucus

˜ California Disability Alliance

˜ Self Help for the Hard of Hearing, San Jose Chapter (San Jose, CA)

˜ Deaf Counseling, Advocacy and Referral Agency (DCARA) (San Leandro, CA)

˜ Center for Independence of Grand Junction (Grand Junction, CO)

˜ Colorado Statewide Independent Living Council

˜ Disability Center for Independent Living (Denver, CO)

˜ NAMI of Delaware (DE)

˜ Freedom Center for Independent Living (Middletown, DE)

˜ Center for Independent Living of South Florida (Miami, FL)

˜ Disability Action Center NW, Inc (Moscow, ID)

˜ Idaho Statewide Independent Living Council (ID)

˜ Living Independence Network Corporation (LINC) (Boise, ID)

˜ Access Living (Chicago, IL)

˜ Council for Disability Rights (IL)

˜ Illinois Network of Centers for Independent Living   (IL)

˜ Disability Rights Action Network (IL)

˜ Southeast Kansas Independent Living Resource Center (SKIL)  (Parsons, KS)

˜ Prairie Independent Living Resource Center (Hutchinson, KS)

˜ Cherokee County Advocacy Group (KS)

˜ Maine Developmental Disabilities Council (ME)

˜ Eastern Shore Center for Independent Living (Cambridge, MD)

˜ Independence NOW (Riverdale, MD)

˜ Maryland Statewide Independent Living Council (MD)

˜ Making Choices for Independent Living (MCIL) (Baltimore, MD)

˜ The Freedom Center (Frederick, MD)

˜ Southern Maryland Center for LIFE (Charlotte Hall, MD)

˜ Disability Policy Consortium of Massachusetts (MA)

˜ CIL of Mid-Michigan (Midland, MI)

˜ disAbility Connections, Inc. (Jackson, MI)

˜ Mississippi Statewide Independent Living Council (MS)

˜ Mississippi Coalition for Citizens with Disabilities (MS)

˜ Living Independently for Today and Tomorrow (Billings, MT)

˜ Camden City Independent Living Center (Camden, NJ)

˜ DAWN (Wharton, NJ)

˜ Southern Tier Independence Center (Binghamton, NY)

˜ The Genesee Region Independent Living Center (Batavia, NY)

˜ Western New York Independent Living Project, Inc.  (Buffalo, NY)

˜ Alliance of Disability Advocates (Raleigh, NC)

˜ Disability Rights & Resources – formerly known as Programs for Accessible Living (Charlotte, NC)

˜ Western Alliance CIL (Asheville, NC)

˜ Pathways for the Future (Sylva, NC)

˜ The Adaptables (Winston Salem, NC)

˜ Joy A. Shabazz Center for Independent Living (Greensboro, NC)

˜ Ability Center of Toledo (Toledo, OH)

˜ AXIS Center for Public Awareness of People with Disabilities (Columbus, OH)

˜ Independent Living Center of North Central Ohio   (Mansfield, OH)

˜ Fair Housing Resource Center (Painesville, OH)

˜ The Access Center (Dayton, OH)

˜ Tri-County Independent Living Center, Inc. (Akron, OH)

˜ Disability Advocacy for Social and Independent Living (Jackson Cty, OR)

˜ Pennsylvania Statewide Independent Living Council (PA)

˜ Disability Resource Center (North Charleston, SC)   

˜ South Carolina Statewide Independent Living Council

˜ Memphis Center for Independent Living (Memphis, TN)

˜ ABLE Center for Independent Living (Odessa, TX)

˜ The South Plains Post-Polio Network (Lubbock, TX)

˜ Access Independence of Northwestern Virginia (Winchester, VA)
˜ Endependence Center of Northern Virginia (Arlington, VA)

˜ Lynchburg Area Center for Independent Living (Lynchburg, VA)

˜ Virginia Association of the Blind (VA)

˜ Fair Shake Network (Institute, WV)

˜ Mountain State Centers for Independent Living  (Huntington & Beckley, WV)

˜ Northwest Virginia CIL: (Morgantown, WV)

˜ West Virginia Statewide Independent Living Council.

˜ Options for Independent Living (Green Bay, WI)