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- Advocacy and Opportunity
- Regional
- State and Federal Services
- Education
- Employment-Related
- Disability-Specific
- Veterans
- Youth
- Sexual Orientation
- Technology
- Other and 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 Awareness in Action: www.daa.org.uk
- Mobility International: www.miusa.org
- National Coalition for Disability Rights: www.adawatch.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
- Oregon Advocacy Center: www.oradvocacy.org
- Independent Living Research Utilization (ILRU): www.ilru.org
- Patchworx — Where Kids With Illness or Disabilities Discover a World Away: www.patchworx.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
- VSA arts: www.vsarts.org
- World Institute on Disability (WID): www.wid.org
Regional
- Umatilla Morrow Alternatives Human Dignity Group: www.umalt.com
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
- Working with Disability Benefits in Oregon: http://workbenefits.org
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
- Self-employment start-up technical assistance, resources and training: www.start-up-usa.biz
- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: www.eeoc.gov
Disability-Specific
- 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
- Autism Society of America: www.autismsource.org
- Brain Injury Association of America: www.biausa.org
- Greater Regional Asperger Syndrome Partnership: www.grasp.org/
- Hearing Loss Association of America: www.hearingloss.org
- HIV Treatment Is Power: www.hivtreatmentispower.com/
- KIDS World Deaf Net: http://clerccenter2.gallaudet.edu/KidsWorldDeafNet/index.html
- Little People of America: www.lpaonline.org
- National Alliance for Mentally Ill: www.nami.org
- Self-Help for Hard of Hearing (Oregon) — (SHHHOR): www.shhhor.org
- Traumatic Brain Injury Center: www.brainandspinalcord.org
- United Cerebral Palsy: www.ucp.org
Veterans
- Blind Veterans Association: www.bva.org
- Disabled American Veterans: www.dav.org
- Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Disabled Veterans: www.geocities.com/Pentagon/1151/enter.html
- Paralyzed Veterans of America: www.pva.org
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
Sexual Orientation
- Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), Pendleton, Oregon, chapter: http://pflag-pendleton.org
- Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Disabled Veterans: www.geocities.com/Pentagon/1151/enter.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
Other and Miscellaneous
- Blanche Fischer Foundation: www.bff.org
- Disability statistics: www.disabilitystatistics.org
- More disability statistics: www.census.gov/hhes/www/disability/disability.html
- Skip's List - online community for people with disabilities: www.skipslist.org
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: www.ushmm.org