Consultants and Services:

• Action Without Borders A global network of individuals and organizations sharing ideas, information and resources to help build a world where all people can live free, dignified and productive lives. Action Without Borders works through the Internet and through local chapters to promote and facilitate collaboration, volunteerism and investment in support of these goals.
• ADA Consultants / Network Consulting LINKS TO ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING ADA RELATED ! ! !
• Administration on Developmental Disabilities What's New, ADD Policy, ADD Programs, ADD Strategy for Results, ADD State Activities, ADD Calendar, ADD Staff Directory, Other Federal Sites, Subscribe/Unsubscribe to ADD Announcements, NICDD Web Site, EDS Notes (Only for ADD Partners).
• Affordable Housing, Pierce County, WA Affordable housing indicators.
• Alternative Dispute Resolution Services Disputes are a normal part of human interaction. Alternative Dispute Resolution Services is here to help you resolve disputes involving people with disabilities or disputes involving disability laws
• Arkansas Support Network "It is our belief that every person has the right to live in a home and in the community as an active and accepted member. Our intent is to support the presence and participation of children and adults with developmental disabilities in their homes and communities. Our Affordable Housing program, established in 1991, assists individuals in locating affordable housing with an emphasis on homeownership. Since its inception, the program has assisted seventeen individuals who have disabilities in becoming homeowners."
• Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law The Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law is a nonprofit legal advocacy organization based in Washington D.C. Our name honors the federal appeals court judge whose landmark decisions pioneered the field of mental health law, and our advocacy is based on the principle that every individual is entitled to choice and dignity. For many people with mental disabilities, this means something as basic as having a decent place to live, supportive services and equality of opportunity.
• Beneficial Designs Welcome to the Beneficial Designs home page. We are an engineering and design firm specializing in technologies that enhance access for people of all abilities. We believe that all individuals should have access to the physical, intellectual, and spiritual aspects of life. To achieve these aims, we develop and market technologies for daily living, vocational, and leisure activities. Working towards universal access through research, design, and education.
• Concrete Change An international effort to make all homes visitable! Includes: What's At Stake, Construction Guidelines, Myths and Facts, Zero-Step Entrance, Construction Costs, Still to Come . . ., 6/98 UK Mandate! 7/98 Housing Laws, 3/99 Austin Ordinance, Make Change! 8/98 Our Products, 12/98 Gingerbread, Guest Book, 2/99 E-Mail List.
• The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA) An independent, nonprofit organization of attorneys, advocates and parents established to improve the quality and quantity of legal assistance for parents of children with disabilities.
• DisabilityGuide DisabilityGuide.org is the Washington, DC metro area's premiere online disability information resource, and it's FREE. Our mission is to create a user-friendly, information-packed resource targeted at helping those with disabilities find the information they need. We strive to give our users useful information in our reviews to help them make educated choices, while also providing an open discussion forum to network and discuss other issues.
• Disability is Natural Kathie Snow is the wife of Mark, the mother of Emily and Benjamin, and a zealous promoter of new ways of thinking about children and adults with disabilities. Her first book, Disability is Natural: Revolutionary Common Sense for Raising Successful Children with Disabilities, is the culmination of over ten years of experience as a public speaker and trainer on disability issues.
• Disability Resource on the Internet Information is power! Most people with disabilities can live, learn, love, work and play independently and in the mainstream of society, but they often need information to achieve their goals: information about legal rights, financial resources, assistive technology, employment opportunities, housing modifications, childrearing and educational options, transportation and mobility services, and more. This information is available from a wide variety of resources - nonprofit organizations, government agencies, books, pamphlets, magazines, videotapes, and online - often at little or no cost. Finding it, however, isn't always so easy. Disability Resources is a nonprofit organization that monitors, reviews, and reports on these resources every day. We disseminate information about them to libraries, disability organizations, health and social service professionals, consumers and family members, through:
• Disabled Hotline Information Page
• Easter Seals Today, 1.5 million Easter Seals clients - children and adults with disabilities and their families - lead improved lives because of one or more Easter Seals services they have received: programs for children, vocational training and employment, and medical rehabilitation. Services that are individualized to meet each client's needs, family-focused to meet each family member's concerns, outcome-oriented with a goal of enhanced physical and financial independence, and cost-effective benefiting from charity support.
• Emerging Horizons The Accessible Travel Newsletter.
• Families USA A national nonprofit organization, advocates high-quality, affordable health and long term care for all Americans. Families USA works at the national, state, and grassroots levels with organizations and individuals to help them participate constructively in shaping health care policies in the public and private sectors. We issue reports and analyses, and work extensively through a variety of media, to educate the public, opinion leaders, and policymakers about problems consumers experience in the health care marketplace and what should be done to solve them.
• Fannie Mae America's largest source of home mortgage funds.
• Great Lakes Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center Topics include: What's New, Region V News, Distance Learning Program, ADA Document Center, TA Coordinator Publications, Federal Agencies, National Resources, Regional DBTAC's, Relay Services, Guest Book, Subscribe to Listserv.
• Healthy and Ready to Work Promoting a comprehensive system of family centered, culturally competent, community-based care for children with special health care needs who are approaching adulthood and may need assistance in making the transition from pediatric to adult health care and to post-secondary education and/or employment.
• Ideal Lives Project The Ideal Lives Project believes in bringing together current, practical information on disability issues with those who need it most -- the people in the disabiity community. We strive to meet the need & will make every effort to individualize OUR EFFORTS to meet YOUR NEEDS!
• The Injury Disability Law Page Contains links to: Evaluate My Case | 10 Secrets | Do I Need A Lawyer? | News and Updates | Newsletter | Workers Comp FAQs Social Security FAQs | Legal Links | Medical Links | Community Links | Government Links
• Iowa Department for the Blind This web site is part of the Department's commitment to providing information and services to Iowans who are blind. It is also intended to educate the public that with a positive attitude about blindness, proper training, and opportunity anyone can reduce blindness to a physical nuisance. | Aids and Devices. | ASSIST With Windows. | Business Enterprises Program. | Independent Living. | Library. | Laws & Proclamations. | Orientation Center. | Vocational Rehabilitation. | Volunteering. | F A Qs | Upcoming Events. | Related Internet Sites. | Web Accessibility Features & Tips.
• JOB access The goal of JOB access is to enable people with disabilities to enhance their professional lives by providing a dedicated system for finding employment. Due to real or perceived discrimination, these job seekers feel they have encountered a closed door policy. By posting job opportunities with JOB access, employers not only exhibit an open door policy but also demonstrate their responsiveness to affirmative action by genuinely recruiting qualified persons with disabilities.
• The Job Accommodation Network (JAN) An international toll-free consulting service that provides information about job accommodations and the employability of people with functional limitations. The Job Accommodation Network provides information about the employability of individuals with disabilities and about job accommodation techniques to employers, rehabilitation professionals, and people with disabilities throughout the United States and Canada. JAN also provides other helpful information, such as names, addresses, and phone numbers of individuals and organizations experienced in the modification of work environments for persons with disabilities.
• LawGuru.com Disability Discrimination. Legal Questions and Answers about Disability Discrimination and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
• The National Arts and Disability Center (NADC) The National Arts and Disability Center (NADC) is an information, resource and training center. The NADC is funded by the Administration on Developmental Disabilities and supported by the University of California, at Los Angeles. The NADC is dedicated to promoting the full inclusion of children and adults with disabilities into the visual-, performing-, media-, and literary- arts communities. The NADC is the administrative home for The Association for Theatre and Accessibility.
• National Center on Accessibility (NCA) Located at Indiana University's Bradford Woods, NCA is a dynamic and innovative leader in the movement to include people with disabilities in recreation, parks, and tourism. The NCA provides technical assistance to organizations of all sizes who are designing and retrofitting their leisure areas and programs for accessibility. The NCA conducts, promotes, and facilitates research on issues essential to accessibility. This research shapes instruction for the nationally renowned NCA education programs conducted at the Center and throughout the United States.
• National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center The National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center supports the implementation of the early childhood provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Our mission is to strengthen service systems to ensure that children with disabilities (birth through five) and their families receive and benefit from high quality, culturally appropriate, and family-centered supports and services.
• National Guardianship Association The mission of the National Guardianship Association is .... to provide educational, training, and networking opportunities for guardians and surrogates; to promote the highest levels of values, standards and ethics; and to ensure a nationally recognized standard of excellence.
• National Institutes of Health National Institutes of Health today is one of the world's foremost biomedical research centers, and the Federal focal point for biomedical research in the U.S. Includes: Snapshots of Medicine & Health, Research and Training Opportunities, Search for NIH Personnel, NIH Maps and Photos (Images), NIH Scientific Directory (1994) & Annual Bibliography (1993), News, Health, Grants, Science, Institutes, Employees.
• National Low Income Housing Coalition Established in 1974, the National Low Income Housing Coalition/LIHIS is the only national organization dedicated solely to ending America's affordable housing crisis. The NLIHC is committed to educating, organizing, and advocating to ensure decent, affordable housing within healthy neighborhoods for everyone. NLIHC provides up-to-date information, formulates policy, and educates the public on housing needs and the strategies for solutions.
• National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness: A CMHS Technical Assistance Center. The National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness provides technical assistance, identifies and synthesizes knowledge, and disseminates information. The National Resource Center links policy makers, service providers, researchers, consumers and other interested parties to findings from Federal demonstration and Knowledge Development and Application (KDA) projects and research on homelessness and mental illness.
• Paradigm Paradigm is a consultancy and development agency with a difference - formed by people with a wealth of real current experience in inclusion, health, social services, community care and organisational development. Everyone has demonstrated clear leadership in their line of work - always ensuring that we have the most relevant and up-to-date knowledge to offer.
• Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network (PLAN) PLAN has developed a unique future planning process for people with disabilities. It is a seven step process that families can follow to create a safe and secure future for their loved one. Each future plan is tailor-made to meet your family's needs. It begins with your wishes and dreams for the future and addresses any issues and concerns you may have. Each future plan covers the following key areas:
  • Will, Estate and Financial Planning
  • Long Term Housing Security
  • Maintaining Government Benefits
  • Personal Relationships
  • Making a Contribution
  • Alternatives to Guardianship
  • Monitoring Quality of Life
• Solutions for Humans We strive to improve the human condition in lasting ways by using innovative technology and resources. Since 1989 the staff of Solutions for Humans has implemented solutions for: Return-to-work Return-to-school Return-to-life We remain the premier source of solutions, consulting, training, evaluation and implementation of solutions for individuals and organizations addressing sight loss, physical impairment, ergonomic issues, communication and hearing disorders
• Southeast Disability & Business Technical Assistance Center (SE DBTAC) The SE DBTAC, a project of UCP, is one of ten regional resource centers established in 1991 to help implement the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990. Funded for ten years by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), the project is actually a network of organizations who provide ADA Information and Referral services to the southeast region. Our collaborative partners are: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee.
• RehabTeam Site Very informative on line handbooks for patients with SCI and TBI and their families. Also, manuals for Providers of SCI and TBI.
• The Texas Home of Your Own (HOYO) Coalition A new initiative working to advance homeownership opportunities for persons with disabilities. The Coalition has established an innovative housing program designed to address the range of barriers to homeownership encountered by persons with disabilities. The program offers home buyer counseling, down payment assistance, funds for accessibility modifications and HomeChoice^tm, a new loan product sponsored by Fannie Mae. A member of the National Home of Your Own Alliance, the Coalition is part of nationwide efforts to make home ownership a reality for persons with disabilities.
• Toward Independent Living and Learning (TILL), Inc. Toward Independent Living and Learning (TILL), Inc., is a private, not-for-profit human service agency established in 1980. Its mission is to develop and operate innovative programs and services to meet the needs of individuals of all ages who have unique needs, including mental retardation, mental health needs, physical handicaps, learning disabilities, emotional problems, brain injury and other developmental disabilities. TILL is a multi-service agency which provides a comprehensive range of services throughout Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
• The Troubleshooters We are The Troubleshooters, civil and human rights workers for people with developmental disabilities including people diagnosed "mentally ill". We specialize in serving those with the most severe disabilities of mental retardation, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism and related disorders of the brain. We provide information, referral and training to citizens of the world who need help solving disability messes.
• Utah's Project for Inclusion Promoting Quality Inclusive Education for All.
• YAI National Institute for People with Disabilities, New York YAI offers one of the nation's most comprehensive networks of direct services. These encompass day and evening services, children's services; family support services; job training and job placement; residential services; recreation and camping; primary health care, specialty services, and certified home health care. Programs and services are provided in a variety of community settings and at home.