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- Advocacy and Opportunity
- Animal and Pet-Care Assistance
- Disability-Specific
- Domestic Violence
- Education
- Employment-Related
- Housing (accessible)
- Other Oregon Centers for Independent Living (CILs)
- Sexual Orientation
- State and Federal Services
- Statistics
- Technology
- Veterans
- Youth
- Miscellaneous
Advocacy and Opportunity
- American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD): www.aapd-dc.org
- The Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living (APRIL): www.april-rural.org
- Disability Rights Advocates, which pursues class actions on behalf of people with disabilities: www.dralegal.org
- Disability Rights Education Defense Fund (DREDF): www.dredf.org
- Disability Rights Oregon (formerly Oregon Advocacy Center): www.disabilityrightsoregon.org/
- Disability Awareness in Action: www.daa.org.uk
- Mobility International: www.miusa.org
- National Council on Disability: www.ncd.gov/index.html
- National Council on Independent Living (NCIL): www.ncil.org
- National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY): www.nichcy.org/
- National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC): www.naric.com
- Network of Care for Seniors & People with Disabilities: http://oregon.networkofcare.org/home_state2.cfm?productid=1&stateid=43
- Independent Living Research Utilization (ILRU): www.ilru.org
- Research and Training Center on Full Participation in Independent Living (RTC/FPIL): www.rtcfpil.org
- Research and Training Institute on Rural Rehabilitation Services: http://rtc.ruralinstitute.umt.edu/
- U.S. Department of Justice's ADA homepage: www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada
- United Nations Enable: Promoting the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities: www.un.org/disabilities
- VSA arts: www.vsarts.org
- World Institute on Disability (WID): www.wid.org
Animal and Pet-Care Assistance
- IMOM Inc.: http://imom.org/
- Help-A-Pet: http://help-a-pet.org/
- The Pet Fund: http://thepetfund.com/
- United Animal Nations LifeLine Fund: http://www.uan.org
- Brown Dog Foundation: www.browndogfoundation.org/home
- Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program: www.fveap.org/sys-tmpl/door/
- Cody's Club (radiation treatments): http://codysclub.bravehost.com/
Disability-Specific
Asperger's
- Greater Regional Asperger Syndrome Partnership: www.grasp.org/
Autism
- Autism Society of America: www.autismsource.org
Brain Injury
- Brain Injury Association of America: www.biausa.org
- Traumatic Brain Injury Center: www.brainandspinalcord.org
Cerebral Palsy
- United Cerebral Palsy: www.ucp.org
Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Hearing Loss Association of America: www.hearingloss.org
- Raising Deaf Kids: www.raisingdeafkids.org
- Self-Help for Hard of Hearing (Oregon) — (SHHHOR): www.shhhor.org
HIV/AIDS
- AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAP) Advocacy Association (aaa+) promotes and enhances the ADAPs and improves access to care for persons living with HIV/AIDS: www.adapadvocacyassociation.org
- The Body: The Complete HIV/AIDS Resource — www.thebody.com
- HIV Treatment Is Power: www.hivtreatmentispower.com
- Oregon HIV Care and Treatment Program newsletters: www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/hiv/services/news.shtml
Mental Health and Psychiatric
- National Alliance for Mentally Ill: www.nami.org
Mobility-Impaired
- People on Wheels: www.peopleonwheels.org
Short Stature and Dwarfism
- Little People of America: www.lpaonline.org
Spinal Cord Injury
- Apparelyzed — Spinal Cord Information Peer Support: www.apparelyzed.com
- NINDS Spinal Cord Injury Information Page: www.ninds.nih.gov
- The National Spinal Cord Injury Association: www.spinalcord.org
- SPINALCORD — Spinal Cord Injury Information Network: www.spinalcord.uab.edu
- SCI PILOT — Spinal Cord Injury Peer Information on Technology: www.scipilot.com/_g/home_g/index.shtml
- The Spinal Cord Injury Zone: www.thescizone.com
- United Spinal Association: www.unitedspinal.org
Domestic Violence
- Oregon guide to domestic violence services: www.dhs.state.or.us/abuse/domestic/gethelp.htm
Education
- The HEATH Resource Centerat George Washington University; provides online, Web- based resources on postsecondary education for individuals with disabilities: www.heath.gwu.edu
- Institute for Human Centered Design - online orientation to career development in the design professions for people with disabilities: www.adaptiveenvironments.org/index.php?Itemid=132&option=Project
- National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET), which coordinates national resources, offers technical assistance, and disseminates information related to secondary education and transition for youth with disabilities to create opportunities for youth to achieve successful futures: www.ncset.org/default.asp
- The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) (U.S. Department of Education): www.osepideasthatwork.org/index.asp
- The Venture Program at Bellevue (WA) Community College offers Associate in Occupational Life Skills (AOLS) Degree for students with learning, cognitive and intellectual disabilities: http://bellevuecollege.edu/venture/
Employment-Related
- Leadership for the Employment of Americans with Disabilities (LEAD): http://www.eeoc.gov/initiatives/lead/
- Job Accommodation Network (JAN), a service of the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) of the U.S. Department of Labor. Provides information on job accommodations, self-employment and small business opportunities as well as on the Americans with Disabilities Act: www.jan.wvu.edu
- Oregon Department of Human Services - Employment services for adults, seniors and people with disabilities: www.oregon.gov/DHS/employment.shtml
- Self-employment start-up technical assistance, resources and training: www.start-up-usa.biz
- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: www.eeoc.gov
- Work Incentives Network — Oregon (WIN-Oregon): www.win-oregon.com
Housing (accessible)
- Home Access Program: www.homeaccessprogram.org
Other Oregon Centers for Independent Living
- Central Oregon: www.coril.org
- Portland: www.ilr.org
- Klamath Falls: www.spokesunlimited.org
- Lane County: www.lilaoregon.org
- Grants Pass: www.haslonline.org
- Roseburg: www.uvdn.org
Sexual Orientation
- Equity Foundation: www.equityfoundation.org
- Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Disabled Veterans: American Veterans for Equal Rights - http://aver.us/aver/
- Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), Pendleton, Oregon, chapter: http://pflag-pendleton.org
- Umatilla Morrow Alternatives Human Dignity Group: www.umalt.com
- United States Holocaust Museum: http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/focus/homosexuals/
- Vista Youth Center: www.vistayouthcenter.org
State and Federal Services
- Oregon County Health Departments: http://oregon.gov/DHS/ph/lhd/index.shtml
- Oregon Department of Human Services: www.oregon.gov/DHS/index.shtml
- Oregon Health Division HIV Case Management and Support Services: www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/hiv/services/index.shtml
- Oregon State Independent Living Council (SILC): www.orsilc.org
- Oregon Telecommunications Relay Service: www.oregon.gov/PUC/rspf/otrs/
- Social Security: www.ssa.gov
- STEPS (Self-Empowerment Training for individuals who Employ homecare workers and who are People with disabilities or Seniors: www.orsteps.org
Statistics
- Annual Disability Statistics Compendium 2009: http://disabilitycompendium.org
- Disability statistics: www.disabilitystatistics.org
- Disability statistics (more!): www.census.gov/hhes/www/disability/disability.html
Technology
- ADA & IT Technical Assistance Centers (aka DBTACs), comprehensive resources for information on the Americans with Disabilities Act and accessible information technology. Also toll free at 1-800-949-4232 (V/TTY). www.adata.org
- Assistive Technology News: www.atechnews.com
- COAT (Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technologies), a coalition of over 200 national, regional, state, and community-based disability organizations advocatinge for legislative and regulatory safeguards to ensure full access by people with disabilities to evolving Internet technologies: www.coataccess.org
- TecAccess.net - comprehensive accessible technology programs and disability employment services: www.tecaccess.net
Veterans
- ADA: Know Your Rights — Returning Service Members with Disabilities (publication)
www.ada.gov/servicemembers_adainfo.pdf - Blind Veterans Association: www.bva.org
- Disabled American Veterans: www.dav.org
- Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Disabled Veterans: American Veterans for Equal Rights - http://aver.us/aver/
- National Resource Directory ("an online partnership for wounded, ill and injured service workers, veterans, their families and those who support them"): http://www.nationalresourcedirectory.gov/
- Paralyzed Veterans of America: www.pva.org
- Veterans and mesothelioma: www.asbestos.com/veterans/
Youth
- National Youth Leadership Network (for young people with disabilities): www.nyln.org
- National Consortium on Leadership and Disability for Youth - a youth-led resource, information and training center for youth and emerging leaders with developmental disabilities, housed at the Institute for Educational Leadership and funded by the Administration on Developmental Disabilities: www.ncld-youth.info
- National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth - information on employment and youth with disabilities: www.ncwd-youth.info
Miscellaneous
- Blanche Fischer Foundation: www.bff.org
- Malheur County Commission on Children and Families: http://ccf.malheurco.org
- Mobility Unlimited: www.mobilityunlimited.org
- Tri-County United Fund (serving Washington and Payette [Idaho] and Malheur [Oregon] counties): www.unitedfund.camp9.org
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (persecution of people with disabilities): http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/focus/disabilities/