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Action Alert

STATEMENT OF SOLIDARITY ON 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT

July 26th, 2005

Fifteen years ago today, with bipartisan support in Congress and broad endorsements from the civil rights coalition, President George H. W. Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), calling for the "shameful wall of exclusion" to come tumbling down.  As we mark this significant anniversary, we celebrate improvements in access to polling places and the secret ballot, government services and programs, transportation, public places, communication and information technology. Parents pushing strollers, workers delivering packages, and travelers pulling roller bags have grown accustomed to curb cuts, ramps, and other accessibility features less common in 1990. Our country is more accessible today thanks to the ADA, and all Americans are better off.

Although substantial progress has been made, we are reminded every day of the significant remnants of the "shameful wall of exclusion" that continue to prevent this great country from realizing the full promise of the ADA.

  • The majority of Americans with disabilities continue to live in poverty and unnecessary isolation.

  • Most adults with disabilities are either not working or not working to their full potential, robbing the economy of the contributions of tens of millions of would-be workers.

  • Children and youth in special education continue to drop out of school in alarming numbers before obtaining a regular high school diploma. 

  • The promises of higher education, accessible and affordable housing and transportation, quality affordable healthcare, and a living wage continue to elude many adults with disabilities and their families. 

  • The ADA is slowly driving policy changes that have enabled more people with significant mental and physical disabilities to live independently in the community, but the ongoing institutional bias in the Medicaid program keeps too many people trapped in nursing homes and other institutions, unable to enjoy the freedoms and personal choices about where and how to live that other Americans take for granted. 

New technologies are increasing the independence and productivity of many Americans.  Yet, advances in technology alone are not guaranteed to improve the lives of people with disabilities.  As we develop applications like Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VOIP) telephony, wireless telecommunications, widespread broadband internet connectivity, new medical devices, new computer applications, and a plethora of new genetic tests, it is critical that these technologies be designed and used in a way that increases the inclusion, independence, and empowerment of Americans with disabilities as well as America’s growing senior population.

The ADA has begun to change the landscape of our cities and towns, but a civil rights law alone does not create the kind of transformation of attitudes that Americans with disabilities, their families, and allies are fighting to achieve.  This kind of change requires widespread discussion, education, and consciousness-raising. 

  • In 2005, how do fears, myths, and stereotypes continue to artificially limit understanding and acceptance of disability as a form of human diversity?

  • What role do the mass media and entertainment industries play in forming public perceptions of disability, and how can decision makers in these important fields be influenced to produce more content that depicts the actual life experience and first person perspectives of people with disabilities?

  • What can be done to further improve accessibility at the design stage of new products and programs? 

  • How can disability awareness and disability-friendly practices create more productive places of business and learning?

  • What concrete actions can worship communities and sports and recreation programs take to foster full participation of children, youth, and adults with disabilities in these activities? 

  • Why do so many Americans continue to view disability as a fate worse than death, and how do these views affect surrogate medical decision making and the application of new genetic testing technologies?

These questions form the basis of an American conversation that still needs to take place. Widespread social change cannot simply be legislated, and it will not occur without bold leadership from all sectors of American society. 

  • Public and private employers, in particular, must make a serious, concerted effort to recruit and advance qualified workers with disabilities within their labor force. 

  • Election officials must take the necessary actions to ensure that every adult is able to enter his or her polling place and cast a secret and independent vote.

  • School administrators and university presidents must embrace their responsibility to deliver a world-class education to all their students.

It is time for leaders across America--business owners, little league coaches, moms and dads, sheriffs and clergy--to reject exclusion, paternalism, and segregation and to take personal responsibility for removing barriers to full participation that still exist in every community in this country. 

With the aim of making America work better for everyone, the undersigned organizations pledge to build on the progress of the last 15 years and join together to promote the full participation and self-determination of the more than 50 million U.S. children and adults with disabilities.  We believe that disability is a natural part of the human experience that in no way should limit the right of all people to make choices, pursue meaningful careers, live independently, and participate fully in all aspects of society.  We encourage every American to join us in this cause, so that our country may continue on the path that leads to liberty and justice for all.

Signed (as of July 25, 2005):

National Organizations

  1. AAPD (American Association of People with Disabilities)
  2. AARP
  3. Abilities, Inc.
  4. ABILITY Awareness/ ABILITY Magazine
  5. ADA Watch/National Coalition for Disability Rights
  6. ADAPT
  7. AFL-CIO
  8. ALDA, Inc. (Association of Late-Deafened Adults)
  9. Alliance for Children and Families
  10. Alliance for Public Technology (APT)
  11. Alliance for Retired Americans
  12. American Academy of Audiology
  13. American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  14. American Association for Active Lifestyles and Fitness
  15. American Association of Leisure and Recreation
  16. American Association of Mental Retardation
  17. American Association of the Deaf-Blind (AADB)
  18. American Association of University Women
  19. American Association on Health and Disability
  20. American Congress of Community Supports and Employment Services
  21. American Council of the Blind
  22. American Counseling Association
  23. American Dance Therapy Association
  24. American Diabetes Association
  25. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
  26. American Foundation for the Blind
  27. American Institute on Domestic Violence
  28. American Medical Student Association
  29. American Medical Women's Association (AMWA)
  30. American Music Therapy Association
  31. American Network of Community Options and Resources (ANCOR)
  32. American Occupational Therapy Association
  33. American Psychological Association
  34. American Public Health Association
  35. American Therapeutic Recreation Association
  36. Americans for Democratic Action (ADA)
  37. Amputee Coalition of America (ACA)
  38. APSE:  The Network on Employment
  39. Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA)
  40. Association of Assistive Technology Act Programs (ATAP)
  41. Association of State Independent Living Councils (ASILC)
  42. Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)
  43. Brain Injury Association of America
  44. Campaign for America’s Future
  45. Center for an Accessible Society
  46. Center for Disability Issues and the Health Professions (CDIHP)
  47. Center on Disability and Health
  48. Central Conference of American Rabbis
  49. Chemical Sensitivity Disorders Association
  50. Child Care Law Center
  51. Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation
  52. Coalition of Religious Communities
  53. Common Cause
  54. Consumers Union
  55. Council of Citizens with Low Vision International (CCLVI)
  56. Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)
  57. Disability Service Providers of America (DSPA)
  58. Easter Seals
  59. EIN SOF Communications
  60. Enable America
  61. Epilepsy Foundation of America
  62. Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation, Inc. (ELA)
  63. Exceptional Parent Magazine
  64. Exploding Myths, Inc.
  65. Family Voices
  66. Fannie Lou Hamer Project
  67. Federally Employed Women
  68. Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
  69. Friends Committee on National Legislation
  70. General Federation of Women's Clubs
  71. Gerontological Society of America
  72. Hadassah, The Womens Zionist Organization of America
  73. Inter-National Association of Business, Industry and Rehabilitation (I-NABIR)
  74. Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
  75. Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
  76. Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR)
  77. League for the Hard of Hearing
  78. League of Women Voters of the United States
  79. Legal Momentum
  80. Lift, Inc.
  81. Little People of America
  82. Medicare Rights Center
  83. MindFreedom Support Coalition International
  84. Mobility Golf
  85. Mobility International USA (MIUSA)
  86. NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
  87. National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium (NAPALC)
  88. National Association for Visually Handicapped
  89. National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities
  90. National Association of Social Workers
  91. National Association of State Head Injury Administrators
  92. National Association of the Deaf (NAD)
  93. National Business & Disability Council (NBDC)
  94. National Center for Environmental Health Strategies
  95. National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence
  96. National Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome Foundation (CFIDS), Inc.
  97. National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
  98. National Congress of American Indians
  99. National Consumers League (NCL)
  100. National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW)
  101. National Council of La Raza
  102. National Council on Independent Living (NCIL)
  103. National Council on Rehabilitation Education
  104. National Council on the Aging
  105. National Disability Rights Network
  106. National Down Syndrome Congress
  107. National Down Syndrome Society
  108. National Employment Lawyers Association
  109. National Empowerment Center (NEC)
  110. National Federation of Temple Youth
  111. National Federation of the Blind
  112. National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
  113. National Health Law Program, Inc. (NHeLP)
  114. National Home Visitability Organization
  115. National Indian Telecommunication Institute
  116. National Industries for the Blind (NIB)
  117. National Multiple Sclerosis Society
  118. National Organization For Women
  119. National Organization of Nurses with Disabilities (NOND)
  120. National Organization on Disability
  121. National Recreation and Park Association
  122. National Rehabilitation Association
  123. National Research Center for Women & Families
  124. National Spinal Cord Injury Association
  125. National Women’s Law Center
  126. National Women's Health Network
  127. 9to5, National Association of Working Women
  128. NISH
  129. Not Dead Yet
  130. On a Roll Communications, LLC
  131. Paralyzed Veterans of America
  132. Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy
  133. People for the American Way
  134. People Who
  135. People with Disabilities Broadcasting Corporation
  136. Physically Challenged Bowhunters of America (PCBA)
  137. Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Washington Office
  138. Progressive Coalition
  139. Research and Training Center on Independent Living at the University of Kansas
  140. RESNA (Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America)
  141. Rock the Vote
  142. Screen Actors Guild – Performers With Disabilities Committee
  143. Self Help for Hard of Hearing People (SHHH)
  144. Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF)
  145. Spina Bifida Association of America
  146. Stop Family Violence
  147. TASH
  148. TDI (Telecommunications for the Deaf, Inc.)
  149. Telecommunication Services for the Deaf
  150. The Arc of the United States
  151. The Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation
  152. The National Coalition on Self Determination, Inc.
  153. The National Coalition to Amend the Medicare Homebound Restriction
  154. The National Women’s Conference
  155. The Rolling Rains Report
  156. The Silent Witness Project
  157. Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc.
  158. Union for Reformed Judaism
  159. Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
  160. United Cerebral Palsy
  161. United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW)
  162. United Spinal Association
  163. USAction
  164. Vocational Evaluation and Career Assessment Professionals (VECAP)
  165. WGBH National Center for Accessible Media
  166. Women In Media & News (WIMN)
  167. Women of Reform Judaism
  168. Women’s Committee of 100
  169. Workplace Fairness
  170. World Institute on Disability

State and Local Organizations

Alabama

  1. Alabama Advocates, Inc.
  2. Center for Independent Living of Jasper (Jasper, AL)
  3. Independent Living Center of Mobile (Mobile, AL)
  4. Support for Recovery
  5. The Alabama Disabilities Commission of the Governor’s Office on Disability

Alaska

  1. Access Alaska, Inc.  
  2. Southeast Alaska Independent Living (SAIL), Inc. (Juneau, AK)
  3. State of Alaska ADA Coordinators Office (Juneau, AK)

Arizona

  1. ABIL – Arizona Bridge to Independent Living (Phoenix, AZ)
  2. ArchiveXpress (Tuscon, AZ)
  3. Arizona Center for Disability Law (Phoenix, AZ)
  4. Arizona Statewide Independent Living Council (SILC)
  5. DIRECT Center for Independence, Inc. (Tuscon, AZ)
  6. DKA (Dorothy Kret and Associates, Inc.) (Phoenix, AZ)
  7. New Horizons Advocacy Center for Independent Living (Prescott Valley, AZ)
  8. Protecting Arizona’s Family Coalition (Phoenix, AZ)
  9. SMILE (Services Maximizing Independent Living and Empowerment) (Yuma, AZ)
  10. Sun Sounds of Arizona (Tempe, AZ)
  11. The Arc of Tucson (Tuscon, AZ)

Arkansas

  1. Arkansas Therapeutic Recreation Society, a chapter of the American Therapeutic Recreation Association
  2. Delta Resource Center for Independent Living (Pine Bluff, AR)
  3. Spa Area Independent Living Services, Inc. (SAILS) (Hot Springs, AR)

California

  1. Access Center of San Diego, Inc. (San Diego, CA)
  2. California NOW
  3. Californians for Disability Rights, Inc.
  4. Community Access Center (CAC) (Riverside, CA)
  5. Disability Access Technical Assistance & Training Project (Sacramento, CA)
  6. Disability Resource Agency for Independent Living (DRAIL)
  7. Diverse Disability Media
  8. EIN SOF Communications
  9. FREED Center for Independent Living (Grass Valley, CA)
  10. Independent Living Network
  11. Independent Living Resource Center San Francisco
  12. KUSF, 90.3 FM "Disability and Senior News Report”  (San Francisco, CA)
  13. 9to5 Bay Area, NAWW (San Jose, CA)
  14. Pacific ADA & IT Center (Oakland, CA)
  15. Special Parents Information Network of Santa Cruz County
  16. The Ed Roberts Campus – California
  17. The Legal Aid Society – Employment Law Center

Colorado

  1. American Council of the Blind of Colorado
  2. Boulder NOW (Boulder, CO)
  3. Center for People With Disabilities (CPWD)
  4. Center for Rights of Parents with Disabilities at the Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition (Denver, CO)
  5. Cerebral Palsy of Colorado
  6. Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CCASA) (Denver, CO)
  7. Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
  8. Colorado Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
  9. Colorado Springs Independence Center
  10. Colorado Statewide Independent Living Council (SILC)
  11. Community College of Aurora (Aurora, CO)
  12. Deaf program at the Highlands Ranch High School (Douglas County, CO)
  13. Denver Commission for People with Disabilities (DCPD) (Denver, CO)
  14. Disabled Resource Services
  15. 9to5 Colorado (Denver, CO)
  16. Protection and Advocacy System for Colorado
  17. Resources for Disabled Students, Colorado State University
  18. Rocky Mountain ADA & IT Center (Colorado Springs, CO)
  19. The Center for Persons with Disabilities at the Community College of Denver (Denver, CO)

Connecticut

  1. Ability Beyond Disability (Bethel, CT)
  2. Americans with Disabilities Act Coalition of Connecticut
  3. Center for Disability Rights (of Connecticut ) (West Haven, CT)
  4. Connecticut Legal Rights Project
  5. Disabilities Network of Eastern Connecticut Inc. (Norwich, CT)
  6. Independence Unlimited (Hartford, CT)

Delaware

  1. ADAPT Delaware (Newark, DE)
  2. Delaware-Maryland Chapter of the Paralyzed Veterans of America
  3. SHHH of Delaware

District of Columbia

  1. D.C. Center for Independent Living, Inc.
  2. HEART, Inc.
  3. Help-Your-Self
  4. Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association (MWELA)
  5. SOME, Inc. (So Others Might Eat)
  6. University Legal Services/P&A

Florida

  1. Alliance For Access (Zephyrhills, FL)
  2. Alliance For Artists (Zephyrhills, FL)
  3. Caring & Sharing Center for Independent Living (Largo, FL)
  4. Center for Independent Living in Central Florida, Inc.
  5. Coalition for Independent Living Options
  6. Deaf Service Center Association of Florida
  7. Disability Independence Group
  8. Florida Association of the Deaf
  9. Gold Coast Recreational Therapy Association, a chapter of the American Therapeutic Recreation Association
  10. SHHH Fla, Inc.  ( FLASHHH )
  11. Suncoast Center for Independent Living (Sarasota, FL)
  12. The Able Trust (Tallahassee, FL)

Georgia

  1. Access Center for Independent Living (Gainesville, GA)
  2. ALDA – Peach Association of Late Deafened Adults (Lawrenceville, GA)
  3. Atlanta ADAPT
  4. Atlanta Legal Aid Society
  5. Autism Society of America-Georgia
  6. Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund Commission
  7. Brain Injury Resource Foundation
  8. Center for the Visually Impaired (Atlanta, GA)
  9. Disability Law and Policy Center of Georgia, Inc.
  10. disABILITY LINK
  11. disABILITY LINK NW Center for Independent Living (Rome, GA)
  12. Down Syndrome Association of Atlanta
  13. Easter Seals Southern Georgia, Inc.
  14. Empowering Challenged Individuals With Education, Employment And
    Entrepreneurship (ECIE3) (Decatur, GA)
  15. Endeavor Freedom, Inc.
  16. Friends of Disabled Adults and Children, Too! (Stone Mountain, GA)
  17. Georgia ADA Exchange, Inc.
  18. Georgia ADAPT
  19. Georgia Advocacy Office
  20. Georgia Association of the Deaf-Blind
  21. Georgia Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities
  22. Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network
  23. Georgia Rural Urban Summit (Decatur, GA)
  24. Georgia State Rehabilitation Council
  25. Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Program
  26. Handicapped Driver Services, Inc. (Marietta, GA)
  27. Institute for the Study of Disadvantage and Disability
  28. Just For You! Personal Support Services, Inc.
  29. Living Independence for Everyone (LIFE) of Georgia, Inc.
  30. Living Room, Inc.
  31. Multiple Choices Center for Independent Living (Athens, GA)
  32. National Coalition Building Institute (Atlanta, GA)
  33. National Mental Health Association of Georgia (Altanta, GA)
  34. 9to5 Atlanta Working Women (Atlanta, GA)
  35. North Metro Miracle League
  36. People First of Atlanta (Atlanta, GA)
  37. People First of Georgia (Decatur, GA)
  38. PeoplePAC of Georgia
  39. Savannah-Chatham Council on Disability Issues
  40. Shepherd Center (Atlanta, GA)
  41. Sign Language Interpreting Specialists, Inc. (SLIS)
  42. Southeast Disability Business and Technical Assistance Center (DBTAC) (Atlanta, GA)
  43. Statewide Independent Living Council of Georgia, Inc.
  44. The Arc of Georgia (Marietta, GA)
  45. The Lindsey Miller Family Support Project (Atlanta, GA)
  46. U.S. Disabled Athletes Fund/BlazeSports America (Atlanta, GA)
  47. Universal Design Alliance (Suwanee, GA)
  48. Walton Options for Independent Living (Augusta, Georgia)
  49. WinAble, Inc. 

Hawaii

  1. Center on Disability Studies at the University of Hawaii
  2. Disability and Communication Access Board (Honolulu, HI)
  3. Disability Rights Hawaii (Hilo, HI)
  4. Hawaii Centers for Independent Living (Honolulu, HI)
  5. Hawaii Disability Rights Center (Honolulu, HI)
  6. Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities (Honolulu, HI)
  7. Legal Services for Children  (Wai’anae, HI)
  8. Statewide Independent Living Council of Hawaii (HISILC)

Idaho

  1. Comprehensive Advocacy, Inc. (Idaho and Protection Advocacy)
  2. Disability Action Center - NW, Inc. (Moscow, ID)
  3. Families Together for People with Disabilities (Moscow, ID)
  4. Idaho State Independent Living Council
  5. Idaho Task Force on the ADA (Region X DBTAC, Idaho Affiliate)
  6. Living Independence Network Corporation (LINC)
  7. National Native American Families Together Parent Center (Moscow, ID)

Illinois

  1. Access Living
  2. Anixter Center (Chicago, IL)
  3. Chancellor's Committee on the Status of Persons with Disabilities at the
    University of Illinois at Chicago
  4. Chicago NOW PAC
  5. Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities in Illinois (Springfield, IL)
  6. Council for Disability Rights
  7. Equip for Equality (Chicago, IL)
  8. Fox River Valley Center for Independent Living (Elgin, IL)
  9. Great Lakes ADA And Accessible IT Center (Chicago, IL)
  10. Illinois Network of Centers for Independent Living
  11. Illinois NOW
  12. Illinois-Iowa Center for Independent Living (Rock Island, IL)
  13. Jacksonville Area Center for Independent Living (Jacksonville, IL)
  14. Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
  15. Lake County Center for Independent Living (Mundelein, IL)
  16. LIFE Center for Independent Living (Bloomington, Illinois)
  17. LINC, Inc.
  18. Northwest Suburban IL NOW
  19. Opportunities For Access (Mt. Vernon, IL)
  20. Progress Center for Independent Living
  21. STAR Learning Academy of Saint Xavier University (Chicago, IL)
  22. Stone-Hayes Center for Independent Living (Galesburg, IL)
  23. United Cerebral Palsy of Illinois (Springfield, IL)
  24. West Central Illinois Center for Independent Living (Quincy, IL)
  25. Will-Grundy Center for Independent Living (Joliet, IL)

Indiana

  1. ADA Indiana
  2. Council for Community Accessibility, (Bloomington, IN)
  3. FUSE, Inc. (Families United for Support and Encouragement)
  4. Mayors Council for People with Disabilities (Muncie, IN)
  5. New Lease on Life, Inc.
  6. Recreational Therapists of Indiana, a chapter of the American Therapeutic Recreation Association
  7. Southern Indiana Center for Independent Living (SICIL) (Bedford, IN)

Iowa

  1. Conner Center for Independent Living (Iowa City, IA)
  2. Governor's Developmental Disabilities Council
  3. Iowa Association of the Deaf (IAD)
  4. Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault (Des Moines, IA)
  5. Iowa Division of Persons with Disabilities (Des Moines, IA)
  6. Iowa Therapeutic Recreation Association, a chapter of the American Therapeutic Recreation Association
  7. Peer Action Disability Support (PADS)

Kansas

  1. Encouraging Families with Exceptional Children Together (EFECT)
  2. Independence, Inc. (Lawrence, KS)
  3. Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns (Topeka, KS)
  4. OCCK Inc.
  5. Prairie Independent Living Resource Center
  6. Statewide Independent Living Council of Kansas (SILCK)

Kentucky

  1. Access to the Arts, Inc. (Louisville, KY)
  2. Center for Accessible Living (Louisville, KY)
  3. Kentucky Association of the Deaf, Inc.
  4. Metro Disability Coalition (Louisville, KY)
  5. Protection and Advocacy
  6. Seven Counties Services, Inc.

Louisiana

  1. First Unitarian Universalist Church of New Orleans, Social Justice Committee (New Orleans, LA)
  2. Louisiana Citizens for Action Now (LaCAN)
  3. Louisiana Democracy Project (Baton Rouge, LA)
  4. Louisiana Developmental Disabilities Council
  5. New Horizons Independent Living Center (Shreveport, LA)
  6. Veteran Feminists of America (Lafayette, LA)

Maine

  1. Maine Association of the Deaf
  2. Maine Developmental Disabilities Council
  3. Maine Statewide Independent Living Council
  4. Speaking Up For Us of Maine
  5. Women's Center for Ethics in Action, Maine

Maryland

  1. Independence Now
  2. Making Choices for Independent Living, Inc (Baltimore, MD)
  3. Maryland ADAPT
  4. Maryland Area Guide Dog Users, Inc. (Silver Springs, MD)
  5. Maryland Association of the Deaf
  6. Maryland Statewide Independent Living Council
  7. Mid-Atlantic ADA & IT Information Center (Rockville, MD)
  8. SHHH of Maryland
  9. Southern Maryland Center For L.I.F.E.
  10. The Arc of Anne Arundel (Annapolis, MD)
  11. The Freedom Center (Frederick, MD)

Massachusetts

  1. Adaptive Environments
  2. Associated Advocacy Center – Visions For The Future, Inc. (Sandwich, MA)
  3. Boston Center for Independent Living
  4. Cambridge Commission for Persons with Disabilities (Cambridge, MA)
  5. Cape Organization for Rights of the Disabled (CORD) (Hyannis, MA)
  6. Center for Living and Working (Worcester, MA)
  7. Disability Policy Consortium (Boston, MA)
  8. Environmental Health Coalition of Western Massachusetts
  9. Framingham Disability Commission
  10. Institute for Community Inclusion (University of Massachusetts Boston)
  11. Marlborough Commission on Disabilities (Marlboro, MA)
  12. Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council
  13. MetroWest Center for Independent Living (Framingham, MA)
  14. New England ADA & IT Center (Boston, MA)
  15. Perkins School for the Blind (Waterton, MA)
  16. Programs in Deaf Studies, Boston University (Boston, MA)
  17. Resource Partnership
  18. Service Employees International Union, Local 2020 (Roxbury, MA)
  19. Stavros Center for Independent Living (Amherst, MA)

Michigan

  1. ADAccess (http://www.ADAsmallbusinessinfo) (West Bloomfield,MI)
  2. Blue Water/ Wayne County Center for Independent Living (Detroit, MI)
  3. Capital Area Center for Independent Living (CACIL)
  4. Career Alliance, Inc.
  5. Center for Civil Justice
  6. Community Connections of SW Michigan 
  7. Dearborn Commission on Disability Concerns (Dearborn, MI)
  8. Developmental Disabilities Institute
  9. Disability Resource Center of Southwest Michigan (Kalamazoo, MI)
  10. Legal Services of Eastern Michigan
  11. Michigan Association of Centers for Independent Living (Haslett, MI)
  12. Michigan Commission on Disability Concerns and Division on Deaf and Hard of Hearing
  13. Michigan Disability Rights Coalition
  14. Michigan Rehabilitation Association
  15. Michigan Rehabilitation Council (Lansing, MI)
  16. Michigan SHHH
  17. Michigan Statewide Independent Living Council
  18. Michigan’s Birmingham Area SHHH
  19. Reel Life: A Disability Film Festival (Dearborn, MI)
  20. Sexuality and Disability: Education, Advocacy & Support (http://www.sexsupport.org)
  21. The Disability Network
  22. Triangle Foundation (Detroit, MI)

Minnesota

  1. Community Supports for People with Disabilities Department at South Central College
  2. Minnesota Association of Centers for Independent Living (MACIL)
  3. Minnesota Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities (St. Paul, MN)
  4. Minnesota State Council on Disability
  5. Southern Minnesota Independent Living Enterprises and Services (Mankato, Minnesota)
  6. Southwestern Center for Independent Living (Marshall, MN)

Mississippi

  1. ADAPT of Mississippi
  2. Institute for Disability Studies, The University of Southern Mississippi (Jackson, MS)
  3. Living Independence for Everyone (LIFE) of Mississippi, Inc.
  4. Mississippi Coalition for Citizens with Disabilities
  5. Mississippi Council of The Blind, Inc.
  6. Mississippi Protection And Advocacy System, Inc.
  7. Parents United Together
  8. Southern Echo

Missouri

  1. Cochlear Implant Association, Inc. (CIAI) (St. Louis. MO)
  2. Columbia Area NOW (Columbia, MO)
  3. Delta Center for Independent Living
  4. Gateway Chapter of SHHH (St. Louis, MO)
  5. Midland Empire Resources for Independent Living (St. Joseph, MO)
  6. Missouri Planning Council for Developmental Disabilities
  7. Missouri Statewide Independent Living Council
  8. Paraquad, Inc. (St. Louis, MO)
  9. People First of Missouri
  10. The Starkloff Disability Institute (St. Louis. MO)
  11. The Whole Person, Inc. (Kansas City, MO)
  12. West-Central Independent Living Solutions (Warrensburg, MO)

Montana

  1. ADAPT Montana
  2. Alliance for Disability and Students of The University of Montana (Missoula, MT)
  3. Missoula Coalition for Disability Rights (Missoula, MT)
  4. Montana Association of the Deaf (MAD)
  5. Summit Independent Living Center (Missoula, MT)

Nebraska

  1. ADAPT Nebraska
  2. National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Nebraska Chapter (Omaha, NE)
  3. Nebraska Association of the Deaf (NEAD)
  4. Nebraska Statewide Independent Living Council (NESILC)
  5. Omaha Down Syndrome Parents Network
  6. The Arc of Nebraska
  7. The League of Human Dignity

Nevada

  1. Nevada Assistive Technology Collaborative
  2. Nevada Office of Disability Services (Carson City, NV)
  3. Nevada Personal Assistance Services Advisory Council
  4. Nevada Statewide Independent Living Council
  5. Nevada Traumatic Brain Injury Council

New Hampshire

  1. Center for Housing and New Community Economics (CHANCE) (Durham, NH)
  2. Granite State Independent Living (GSIL)
  3. New England Therapeutic Recreation Association, a chapter of the American Therapeutic Recreation Association (representing the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut)
  4. New Hampshire NOW (Bedford, NH)
  5. SHHH New Hampshire
  6. The Institute on Disability at the University of New Hampshire

New Jersey

  1. “Monday Morning" Advocacy Network of Middlesex County (South Amboy, NJ)
  2. Abilities Center of Southern NJ, Inc.        
  3. ACCSES (American Congress of Community Supports and Employment Services) New Jersey
  4. Disabilities Resource Center (Egg Harbor Township, NJ)
  5. Disabled Advocates Working for Northwest, Inc. (DAWN, Inc.) (Wharton, NJ)
  6. Disabled American Veterans Chapter 67 (South Amboy, NJ)
  7. Employment Horizons
  8. My Community Care Team
  9. New Jersey Association of County Disability Services, Inc.
  10. New Jersey Council on Developmental Disabilities
  11. Occupational Center of Union County (Roselle, NJ)
  12. The Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (New Brunswick, NJ)

New Mexico

  1. The Arc Thriftown

New York

  1. Access to Independence of Cortland County, Inc
  2. Action Toward Independence, Inc. (office at Monticello, NY)
  3. ADA Committee of New York State
  4. Advocates for Better Communication (a.b.c.)
  5. AIM Independent Living Center (Corning, NY)
  6. ARISE  (Syracuse, NY)
  7. Brain Injury Association, NYS
  8. Brooklyn Center for Independence of the Disabled (BCID)
  9. Catskill Center for Independence (Oneonta, NY)
  10. Center for Independence of the Disabled in New York
  11. Center on Human Policy at Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY)
  12. Cerebral Palsy Associations of New York State
  13. Civil Rights and Disability Law Project of Albany Law School
  14. Consumer Directed Choices, Inc.
  15. Disability Network of New York City
  16. Disabled In Action (Metropolitan, NY)
  17. Epilepsy Coalition of New York State, Inc.
  18. Housing Works, Inc. (Brooklyn, NY)
  19. ICD (New York, NY)
  20. ilusa.com
  21. Independent Living Center of the Hudson Valley, Inc. (Troy, NY)
  22. Joint Public Affairs Committee for Older Adults (JPAC) (New York, NY)
  23. Legal Services of Central New York, Inc. (Syracuse, NY)
  24. Long Island Center for Independent Living, Inc. (LICIL) (Levittown, NY)
  25. Mental Health Association in New York State, Inc. 
  26. Mental Patients Liberation Alliance
  27. New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services
  28. New York Association on Independent Living, Inc.
  29. New York State Association of SHHH
  30. New York State Rehabilitation Association
  31. New York Vision Rehabilitation Association
  32. Niagara Frontier Center for Independent Living, Inc. (Niagara Falls, NY)
  33. Northeast ADA & IT Center (Ithaca, NY)
  34. Northeast Career Planning
  35. NYSID (New York State Institute on Disability, Inc.)
  36. Regional Center for Independent Living (RCIL) (Rochester, NY)
  37. Rose F. Kennedy University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research and Service (Yeshiva University)
  38. Southern Tier Independence Center (Binghamton, NY)
  39. Staten Island Center for Independent Living
  40. Suffolk Independent Living Organization (SILO)
  41. The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (New York, NY)
  42. The Queens Chapter of SHHH at Lex (Queens, NY)
  43. Westchester Disabled On the Move Inc. (Yonkers, NY)
  44. Westchester Independent Living Center Inc.
  45. Women's WORLD (New York, NY)

North Carolina

  1. Alliance of Disability Advocates Center for Independent Living (Raleigh, NC)
  2. Autism Society of NC, Guilford County Chapter
  3. National Organization for Women-TRIAD North Carolina Chapter
  4. North Carolina Council on Developmental Disabilities
  5. North Carolina Governor’s Advocacy Council for Persons with Disabilities
  6. North Carolina Recreational Therapy Association, a chapter of the American Therapeutic Recreation Association
  7. North Carolina Statewide Independent Living Council
  8. Protect All Children's Environment
  9. Statewide Independent Living Council of North Carolina
  10. Western Alliance Center for Independent Living (Asheville, NC)

North Dakota

  1. Fair Housing of the Dakotas (Bismarck, ND)
  2. North Dakota Association of the Deaf
  3. North Dakota Protection & Advocacy Project (Bismarck, ND)

Ohio

  1. ADA-OHIO
  2. Advocates for Ohioans with Disabilities
  3. APRIL (Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living) (Kent, OH)
  4. AXIS Center for Public Awareness of People with Disabilities (Columbus, OH)
  5. Buckeye Chapter of Paralyzed Veterans of America
  6. Center for Mental Retardation (Cleveland, OH)
  7. Cerebral Palsy Association of Ohio
  8. Cincinnati-Dayton Area Recreation Therapy Association, a chapter of the American Therapeutic Recreation Association
  9. Great Plains ADA/IT Center (Columbia, OH)
  10. Linking Employment, Abilities and Potential (LEAP)
  11. MOBILE Center for an Independent Living Environment
  12. Ohio Developmental Disabilities Council
  13. Ohio NOW (Columbus, OH)
  14. Ohio Olmstead Task Force (OOTF)
  15. Ohio Statewide Independent Living Council
  16. SEA (Society for Equal Access Independent Living Center, Inc.)  (Dover, OH)
  17. Society for Equal Access Independent Living Center (Dover, OH)
  18. The Ability Center of Greater Toledo
  19. The Deaf & Deaf-Blind Committee on Human Rights
  20. The Ohio Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities (Delaware, OH)
  21. The Ohio State University
  22. The Southeastern Ohio Center for Independent Living (Lancaster, OH)

Oklahoma

  1. Cheyenne and Arapaho American Indian Vocational Rehabilitation (Concho, OK)
  2. Oklahoma Association of Centers for Independent Living
  3. Oklahoma Association of the Deaf
  4. Statewide Independent Living Council of Oklahoma
  5. Therapeutic Recreation Association of Oklahoma, a chapter of the American Therapeutic Recreation Association

Oregon

  1. Accessible Bend (Bend, OR)
  2. Disability Advocacy for Social and Independent Living (DASIL) (Medford, OR)
  3. Eastern Oregon Center for Independent Living (EOCIL) (Ontario, OR)
  4. FIRST SHHH (Portland, OR)
  5. Incight
  6. Independent Living Resources (Portland, OR)
  7. Keen Mobility
  8. Lane Co. SHHH
  9. Lane Independent Living Alliance ( LILA) (Eugene, OR)
  10. Northwest ADA & IT Center (Portland, OR)
  11. Oregon Business Leadership Network
  12. Oregon Consumer League
  13. Oregon Ecobuilding Network (Portland, OR)
  14. Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation (Portland, OR)
  15. Oregon RehabAction Network (ORAN)
  16. Oregon State Independent Living Council
  17. Pacific Northwest chapter, a chapter of the American Therapeutic Recreation Association
  18. SPOKES Unlimited (Klamath, OR)
  19. The Center on Self-Determination at Oregon Health & Science University's, Oregon Institute on Disability and Development

Pennsylvania

  1. Center for Advocacy for the Rights and Interests of the Elderly (CARIE) (Philadelphia, PA)
  2. Center for Spirituality and Disability (Philadelphia, PA)
  3. City of Pittsburgh/Allegheny County Task Force on Disabilities
  4. Community College of Allegheny County (Pittsburgh, PA)
  5. Community Resources for Independence
  6. Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance Pennsylvania
  7. Disabilities Law Project (PA)
  8. Disabilities Rights Advocacy Group Inc. (DRAG) (Philadelphia, PA)
  9. Epilepsy Foundation Western/Central PA
  10. FISA Foundation
  11. Inglis Foundation
  12. Liberty Resources, Inc. (Philadelphia, PA)
  13. Mental Health Association of Allegheny County
  14. Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania
  15. Northeast Pennsylvania Center for Independent Living
  16. Pennsylvania Council of the Blind (Harrisburg, PA)
  17. Pennsylvania NOW, Inc.
  18. Pennsylvania SHHH (Media, PA)
  19. Pennsylvania Society for the Advancement of the Deaf (PSAD)
  20. Pennsylvania Statewide Independent Living Council (PA SILC)
  21. Peoples Oakland
  22. Philadelphia and Bucks County Pink and Blues
  23. Philadelphia NOW
  24. S. June Smith Center (Lancaster County, PA)
  25. Southwestern Pennsylvania Alliance of HUD Tenants
  26. The Center for Independent Living of South Central Pennsylvania
  27. The Center For Victims of Violence and Crime (Pittsburgh, PA)
  28. United Cerebral Palsy of Pennsylvania
  29. United Cerebral Palsy of Pittsburgh
  30. Vision for Equality, Inc.
  31. Voices for Independence
  32. VSA arts of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)
  33. Western Pennsylvania Area Therapeutic Recreation Association, a chapter of the American Therapeutic Recreation Association
  34. Women’s Law Project (Philadelphia, PA)

Rhode Island

  1. Environmental Health Coalition, Rhode Island
  2. Rhode Island Association of the Deaf
  3. Rhode Island Governor's Commission on Disabilities

South Carolina

  1. South Carolina Independent Living Council
  2. Walton Options South Carolina (Aiken, SC)

South Dakota

  1. Center for Disabilities at the University of South Dakota
  2. National MS Society, Dakota Chapter
  3. South Dakota Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities

Tennessee

  1. disABILITY Resource Center (Knoxville, TN)
  2. Greater Knoxville Civil LIberties Alliance (CLA)
  3. Middle Tennessee Chapter of TASH (MTASH)
  4. Nashville NOW
  5. Orange Grove Center (Chattanooga, TN)
  6. Statewide Independent Living Council of Tennessee
  7. Tennessee AIDS Support Services, Inc. (TASSI)
  8. Tennessee Disability Coalition
  9. Tennessee Health Care Campaign
  10. Tennessee NOW

Texas

  1. ABLE Center for Independent Living (Odessa, TX)
  2. Accessibility Coalition of the Coastal Bend (Corpus Christi, Texas)
  3. ARCIL (Austin, TX)
  4. Austin Mayor's Committee for People with Disabilities (Austin, TX)
  5. Blind Mice, Inc. (Houston, TX)
  6. Brazoria County Center for Independent Living (Angleton, TX)
  7. Center For People With Disabilities (Houston, TX)
  8. Coalition of Texans with Disabilities
  9. Disability Law Resource Project (DLRP)
  10. Disability Policy Consortim (DPC) of Texas (Austin, TX)
  11. Fort Bend Center for Independent Living (Sugarland, TX)
  12. Grupo Dignidad, Igualdad, y Oportunidad
  13. Houston Center for Independent Living (Houston, TX)
  14. LIFE/RUN Center for Independent Living (Lubbock, TX)
  15. Rehab Engineering Inc. (San Antonio, TX)
  16. RISE Center for Independent Living (Beaumont, TX)
  17. SafePlace (Austin, TX)
  18. San Antonio Independent Living Services (SAILS) (San Antonio, Texas)
  19. Texas Association of Centers for Independent Living (TACIL)
  20. Texas Mental Health Consumers (Austin, TX)
  21. Texas Paralyzed Veterans Association
  22. Texas Rehabilitation Association (Sugardland, TX)
  23. Texas SHHH
  24. Texas State Independent Living Council
  25. Volar Center for Independent Living (El Paso, TX)

Utah

  1. Accessible Homes Foundation (Salt Lake City, UT)
  2. ALDA Salt Lake Valley Group
  3. Center for Persons with Disabilities at Utah State University
  4. Disabled Rights Action Committee (Salt Lake City, UT)
  5. Options for Independence (Logan, UT)
  6. Salt Lake SHHH
  7. Utah Assistive Technology Foundation (Logan, UT)
  8. Utah Association for the Deaf

Vermont

  1. Center on Disability and Community Inclusion at the University of Vermont
  2. Vermont Association of Business, Industry & Rehabilitation
  3. Vermont Center for Independent Living
  4. Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights (Montpelier, VT)
  5. Vermont Protection & Advocacy, Inc. (Montpelier, VT)

Virginia

  1. Appalachian Independence Center, Inc. (Abingdon, VA)
  2. Blue Ridge Independent Living Center (Roanoke, VA)
  3. Brain Injury Services, Inc.
  4. disAbility Resource Center (Fredericksburg, VA)
  5. Disabled Action Committee (VA)
  6. Down Syndrome Association of Northern Virginia (DSANV)
  7. Eastern Shore Center for Independent Living (ESCIL) (Exmore, VA)
  8. ENDependence Center of Northern Virginia (ECNV)
  9. Junction Center for Independent Living, Inc. (Norton, VA)
  10. Lynchburg Area Center For Independent Living, Inc. (Lynchburg, VA)
  11. Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons
  12. Organization for Autism Research (Arlington, VA)
  13. Resources for Independent Living (Richmond, VA)
  14. The Arc of the Piedmont
  15. The Get Lost MD (Muscular Dystrophy) Foundation (Richmond, VA)
  16. The Positive Vibe Café (Richmond, VA)
  17. VAIL (Valley Associates for Independent Living)
  18. Virginia Statewide Independent Living Council

Washington

  1. Edmonds Institute
  2. National Rehabilitation Association, Inland Empire Chapter (Spokane, WA)
  3. Payne & Associates, Inc. (Olympia, WA)
  4. Washington State Clubhouse Coalition (WSCC)
  5. Washington State Governor's Committee on Disability Issues and Employment
  6. Washington State Special Education Coalition
  7. Washington State Therapeutic Recreation Association, a chapter of the American Therapeutic Recreation Association

West Virginia

  1. Appalachian Center for Independent Living, Inc. (Spencer, WV)
  2. Fair Shake Network (Institute, WV)
  3. Mountain State Centers for Independent Living of West Virginia (Sistersville, WV)
  4. West Virginia Community Supports Disability Forum (WVCSDF)
  5. West Virginia Statewide Independent Living Council

Wisconsin

  1. Access to Independence, Inc.
  2. ADA Wisconsin Partnership (Madison, WI)
  3. Grassroots Empowerment Project (GEP)
  4. IndependenceFirst
  5. Madison Area Community Land Trust
  6. Midstate Independent Living Consultants, Inc. (Stevens Point, WI)
  7. Milwaukee County Commission on Aging Advocacy Committee
  8. North Country Independent Living, Inc (Superior, WI)
  9. Options for Independent Living (Green Bay, WI)
  10. People First (Oshkosh, WI)
  11. Wisconsin Coalition for Advocacy (Madison, WI)
  12. Wisconsin Coalition of Independent Living Centers
  13. Wisconsin Council of the Blind (Madison, WI)
  14. Wisconsin Council on Developmental Disabilities (Madison, WI)
  15. Wisconsin Council on Mental Health
  16. Wisconsin Council on Physical Disabilities
  17. Wisconsin SHHH Association (WISHHH)

Wyoming

  1. Wyoming Institute for Disabilities (WIND)

International Organizations

  1. Council for Learning Disabilities
  2. International Association of Assistance Dog Partners
  3. International Association of Jewish Vocational Services
  4. International Ventilator Users Network
  5. Post-Polio Health International
  6. Special Olympics International
 
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