ADVOCACY

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Advocacy Sites

Advocating Change Together: Tools for Change

Capabilities Unlimited, Inc.

DAWWN: Disability Advocacy Work With Networking

Disability Awareness & Advocacy

Disability Rights Activist

Disable Hotline
718-439-0257

Disabled People International

Enable: A Documentary

Justice for All

National Center for Accessible Media

National Head Injury Foundation
Toll Free 1-800-444-6443

New Horizons Un-Limited, Inc.

The Western Law Center for Disability Rights


CALIFORNIA

Disability Rights Advocates
449 15th Street
Suite 303
Oakland, CA 94612
Phone 510-451-8644
Fax 510-451-8511
TTY 510-451-8716

<>Disability Rights Education Defense Fund
3075 Adeline Street, Suite 210
Berkeley, CA 94703
510.644.2555 V/TTY
510.841.8645 fax
info@dredf.org

Program Access Services for People with Disabilities
Access Media
3702 High Street
Oakland, California 94619
Voice/TTY/Fax 510-530-6213
E-Mail: access@human.com

Through the Looking Glass
2198 Sixth Street, Suite 100
Berkeley, CA 94710-2204
Phone: 1-800-644-2666
Local: 510-848-1112
Fax: 510-848-4445
Email: TLG@lookingglass.org


COLORADO

Invisible Disabilities Association
PO Box 4067
Parker, CO  80134


DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)
1819 H Street NW, Suite 330
Washington DC, 20006
Toll Free 1-800-840-8844
202-457-8168
Fax 202-457-0473
Email: aapd@aol.com

American Bar Association for Disabilities
Washington, DC
202-662-1570
Fax: 202-662-1032
TTY: 202-662-1012
Email: mpdl@abanet.org

Children's Defense Fund
25 E Street N.W.
Washington, DC 20001
202-662-3590
fax 202-662-3530
Email: ereynolds@childrensdefense.org

National Association of Protection and Advocacy (NAPAS)
900 Second Street NE, Suite 211
Washington, D.C. 20002
202-408-9514
202-408-9521 (TDD)
202-408-9520 (fax)

National Disability Rights Network
900 Second Street, NE, Suite 211
Washington, DC 20002
P: 202-408-9514
F: 202-408-9520
TTY: 202-408-9521

Self Advocates Becoming Empowered
P.O. BOX 105CI
New Fairfield, CT  06812


FLORIDA

EasyTalk Computers
4128 Kreisch Way
Tallahassee, FL 32310
Voice: 850-942-9821
Fax: 850-656-9203

The National Alliance OF The DisAbled, Inc.
1352 Sioux Street
Orange Park, FL 32065
Email: naotd@aol.com


ILLINOIS

Council for Disability Rights
205 West Randolph, Suite 1650
Chicago, IL 60606
312-444-9484
TDD: 312-444-1967
Fax: 312-444-1977

National Steering Committee of Self-Advocates
U.A.P.
1640 W. Roosevelt Rd.
Chicago, IL 60608
312-413-3104

Society for Disability Studies
Carol Gill, Executive Officer
Department of Disability and Human Development
University of Illinois at Chicago (MC 626)
1640 W. Roosevelt Rd. #236
Chicago, IL 60608-6904
312-355-0550
TTY: 312-413-0453
Fax: 312-413-2918
Email: bar@uic.edu


MARYLAND

Empowerment Zone
Access Success
1400 East-West Highway, #602
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301-589-8899
Email: 74444.1076@compuserve.com

TASH: Disability Advocacy Worldwide
29 W. Susquehanna Avenue
Suite 210
Baltimore, MD 21204
410-828-8274
Fax 410-828-6706
Email: info@tash.org


MASSACHUSSETTS

National Head Injury Foundation
617-879-7473


MICHIGAN

Advocacy & Resource Center
665 136th Ave., Suite 10
Holland, MI 49424
616-738-8570
Fax: 616-738-9340
Email: arcottawa@novagate.com


MINNESOTA

Institute on Community Integration
University of Minnesota
Minnesota

Poomote Awareness
1300 Hennepin Avenue
Suite M205
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403
612-339-2279
Email: cohnm@juno.com


MONTANA

Coalition of Montanans Concerned with Disabilities: CMCD
125 South 9th Street
Suite 700
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-627-7255 voice/tty
215-627-3183 fax
Email: diaofpa@op.net


PENNSYLVANIA

Disabled in Action of PA, Inc.
125 South 9th Street
Suite 700
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-627-7255 v/TTY
215-627-3183 fax
Email: diaofpa@op.net


TEXAS

Knowability, Inc.
PO Box 684671
Austin, Texas 78701


WISCONSIN

ABC for Public Representation
121 S. Pinckney St.
Madison, WI 53703
Toll Free 1-800-369-0388

The Arc-Wisconsin
121 S. Hancock
Madison, WI 53703
608-251-9272
Email: arcwger@itis.com

Center for Public Representation
121 S. Pinckney Street
Madison, WI 53703
608-251-400
FAX: 608-251-1263

Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups
5900 Monona Drive -- Suite 400
Madison, WI 53716-3561
608-224-0606
FAX 608-224-0607
Email: cwag@midplains.net

Patient Advocacy in Wisconsin
State Medical Society of Wisconsin
330 E. Lakeside Street
P.O. Box 1109
Madison, WI 53701-1109
Toll Free 1-800-362-9080

Wisconsin Client Assistance Program (CAP)
1 West Wilson St., Room 558
PO Box 7850
Madison, WI 53707-7850
Toll Free 1-800-362-1290 [voice & TDD]
608-267-7422

Disability Rights Wisconsin
Lynn Breedlove, Executive Director
16 N. Carroll Street, Suite 400
Madison, WI 53703
608-267-0214
1-800-928-8778  for consumers and their families only
Fax 608-267-0368
Email: hn7060@handsnet.org

Disability Rights Wisconsin (Milwaukee)
6737 West Washington St., Suite 3230
Milwaukee, WI 53214
414-773-4646
1-800-708-3034  for consumers and their families only
FAX: 414-342-7900

Disability Rights Wisconsin (Rice Lake)
801 Hammond Ave
Rice Lake, WI  54868
714-736-1232
1-800-338-3724  for consumers and their families only
FAX  715-736-1252

The Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities
201 West Washington Avenue, Suite 110
Madison, WI 53703
Toll free number: 1-888-332-1677
Voice: 608-266-7826
TTY/TDD 608-266-6660 Fax: 608-267-3906
E-Mail: bpddhelp@wi-bpdd.org
Website:  http://www.wi-bpdd.org/
   
Disability Advocates:Wisconsin Network (D.A.W.N.)
    Website:  http://www.dawninfo.org/
     The Wisconsin Council on Developmental Disabilities funds DAWN as part of the State Plan on Developmental Disabilities

Wisconsin Family Ties
16 North Carroll Street, Suite 640
Madison, WI 53703
608-267-6888
Toll Free 1-800-422-7145 (parents only)
Fax 608-267-6801
E-mail: info@wifamilyties.org

Wisconsin Family Voices
c/o Linda Rowley
PO Box 226
Mineral Point WI 53565
E-mail: linda@wfv.org


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