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http://www.advocacyinc.org/
Advocacy, Inc. Open in a new browser window
   An Austin, Texas based non profit organization that represents the disabled community, including special education.
   http://www.advocacyinc.org/
http://www.adapt.org/
American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (ADAPT) Open in a new browser window
   We are fighting so people with disabilities can live in the community with real supports instead of being locked away in nursing homes and other institutions.
   http://www.adapt.org/
http://aacvisions.org
Associated Advocacy Center-Visions For The Future, Inc. Open in a new browser window
   We are a nonprofit organization offering educational advocacy, consultation, training, and advocate referrals to parents of children with special needs ages 3-22.
   http://aacvisions.org
http://www.angelfire.com/oh3/theautoworkerspress
Auto Workers Press Open in a new browser window
   This site is created to specialize in disabled auto workers rights and to be an advocate for auto workers who are being discriminated against, on the basis of disability, by their employers.
   http://www.angelfire.com/oh3/theautoworkerspress
http://www.normemma.com/
Axis Disability Rights Website Open in a new browser window
   Articles, videos, recommended readings on Disability Rights, Inclusive Education,Euthanasia, Abuse, Injustice and other related topics.
   http://www.normemma.com/
http://www.bazelon.org/
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Laws Open in a new browser window
   Legal advocacy for the civil rights and human dignity of people with mental disability.
   http://www.bazelon.org/
http://members.tripod.com/todd.clark
Bear's Society Open in a new browser window
   About a self advocate who is currently People First President in Ridgecrest, California, making a difference.
   http://members.tripod.com/todd.clark
http://home.bellsouth.net/p/s/community.dll?ep=16&groupid=156387&ck=
Center For Education Advocacy Open in a new browser window
   Special education advocate in Miami, Florida with emphasis on individualized services.
   http://home.bellsouth.net/p/s/community.dll?ep=16&groupid=156387&ck=
http://home.earthlink.net/%7emmjournal/cfpwd/
Center For People With Disabilities, Inc. - a 501-c-3 not-for-profit Open in a new browser window
   The Center For People With Disabilities, Inc. website (dba: Center For People With Disabilities)is an Education and Resource website focusing on the areas addressed by the Center, which is a 501-c-3 not-for-profit organization incorporated in Texas, USA.
   http://home.earthlink.net/%7emmjournal/cfpwd/
http://www.c-c-d.org/
Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Open in a new browser window
   A coalition of approximately 100 national disability organizations working together to advocate for national public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integ
   http://www.c-c-d.org/
http://www.disabilityrights.org/
Council for Disability Rights Open in a new browser window
   Advancing rights and enhancing lives for people with disabilities in Chicago, Illinois. Articles on advocating for yourself and coping with the system.
   http://www.disabilityrights.org/
http://www.copaa.net.
Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA) Open in a new browser window
   An independent, nonprofit, tax-exempt organization of attorneys, advocates and parents established to improve the quality and quantity of legal assistance for parents of children with disabilities.
   http://www.copaa.net.
http://www.negotiatingthemaze.org
Dana Lear, Ph.D. Open in a new browser window
   Berkeley special education advocate.
   http://www.negotiatingthemaze.org
http://www.disability.gov.uk/
Disability - on the agenda Open in a new browser window
   Disability rights in the UK.
   http://www.disability.gov.uk/
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/disability_advocacy
Disability Advocacy Open in a new browser window
   Articles and links to help people with disabilities advocate for themselves.
   http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/disability_advocacy
http://www.dredf.org
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund Inc. Open in a new browser window
   A national law and policy center dedicated to protecting and advancing the civil rights of people with disabilities through legislation, litigation, advocacy, technical assistance, and education and training of attorneys, advocates, persons with disabilit
   http://www.dredf.org
http://www.b4business.info/
Disability and Business Open in a new browser window
   Works with disabled entrepreneurs toward business owned and managed by them, using various services and raising disability awareness. News and information on transcription services.
   http://www.b4business.info/
http://www.dpi.org/
Disabled Peoples' International Open in a new browser window
   A grassroots,cross-disability network with member organizations in over 110 countries, over half of which are in the developing world.
   http://www.dpi.org/
http://freedomclearinghouse.org/
Freedom Clearinghouse Open in a new browser window
   Materials to change the system to home and community based services -- our homes, not nursing homes.
   http://freedomclearinghouse.org/
http://www.futuresinc.org
Futures, Inc. Open in a new browser window
   Futures, Inc. is an agency providing educational supports and services to individuals with disabilities. Based in Middletown, CT.
   http://www.futuresinc.org
http://www.childrenshospital.org/ici/
Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) Open in a new browser window
   U.S. organization that advocates for personal choice, self-determination, and social and economic justice for people with disabilities.
   http://www.childrenshospital.org/ici/
http://www.jfanow.org/
Justice For All E-Mail Network Open in a new browser window
   Formed to defend and advance disability rights and programs in the 104th Congress. One JFA goal is to work with national and state organizations of people with disabilities to get the word from Washington D.C. out to the grassroots.
   http://www.jfanow.org/
http://www.geocities.com/dhcpolwnk
LRM'S Place: Disability, Health Care, Advocacy...and More Open in a new browser window
   Personal web site of public policy analyst Laura Remson Mitchell. Primary focus is on health-care reform and disability policy. Includes original articles and commentary as well as advocacy links.
   http://www.geocities.com/dhcpolwnk
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~thompso/
Making Advocacy Work In Your Community Open in a new browser window
   Links to information about advocacy, self-advocacy, self-determination, consumer involvement, and self-help as it relates to disabilities.
   http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~thompso/
http://www.mdri.org/
Mental Disability Rights International Open in a new browser window
   General information, standards, publications and witness website dedicated to advocacy for the rights of children and adults with mental disabilities.
   http://www.mdri.org/
http://www.nichcy.org/
NICHCY Open in a new browser window
   NICHCY is a national information center that provides information on disabilities and disability related issues, focusing on children and youth, birth to age 22.
   http://www.nichcy.org/
http://www.disabledstudents.org
National Disabled Students Union (NDSU) Open in a new browser window
   Cross-disability organization in the United States working for full participation, full equality, full justice, and full dignity and respect.
   http://www.disabledstudents.org
http://nickscrusade.com/
Nick's Crusade 2003 Open in a new browser window
   A campaign to change the fact that, after age 21, Alabama and many other states do not have a program to adequately care for people with disabilities. Site includes an introduction to the issues, a letter-writing campaign, publicity, links, news, and a c
   http://nickscrusade.com/
http://www.notdeadyet.org/
Not Dead Yet! Open in a new browser window
   Disability activists opposed to the legalization of assisted suicide.
   http://www.notdeadyet.org/
http://www.sabeusa.org/
Self Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE) Open in a new browser window
   To ensure that people with disabilities are treated as equals and that they are given the same decisions, choices, rights, responsibilities, and chances to speak up to empower themselves; opportunities to make new friends; and to learn from t
   http://www.sabeusa.org/
http://www.sprint.com/community/communities_across/spc.html
Sprint Project Connect Open in a new browser window
   A wireless phone donation and recycling program, to raise money and support for people with disabilities.
   http://www.sprint.com/community/communities_across/spc.html
http://www.mindfreedom.org/
Support Coalition International's MindFreedom.org Open in a new browser window
   For the past 30 years, a very special social change movement has been quietly building internationally despite enormous hurdles: the movement led by survivors of human rights violations in the psychiatric system.
   http://www.mindfreedom.org/
http://www.tash.org/
TASH - Disability Advocacy Worldwide Open in a new browser window
   An international association of people with disabilities, their family members, other advocates, and professionals fighting for a society in which inclusion of all people in all aspects of society is the norm.
   http://www.tash.org/
http://www.blindchildrensfund.org/
The Blind Children's Fund Open in a new browser window
   Resources to aid in the care and education of blind children.
   http://www.blindchildrensfund.org/
http://www.wslha.org/
Washington Speech and Hearing Association Open in a new browser window
   Advocates for the communicatively impaired, speech-language pathologists and audiologists.
   http://www.wslha.org/

Last Updated: 2004-12-21 17:04:56