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Home / Society / Issues / Disabilities / Advocacy
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- Advocating for People with Disabilities - Three articles on advocacy, lobbying and press relations from Autism Society of Alabama.
autism-alabama.org/articles/advocacy.htm
- American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (ADAPT) - 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.
www.adapt.org
- Auto Workers Press - 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.
www.angelfire.com/oh3/theautoworkerspress
- Axis Disability Rights Website - Articles, videos, recommended readings on Disability Rights, Inclusive Education,Euthanasia, Abuse, Injustice and other related topics.
www.normemma.com
- Bazelon Center for Mental Health Laws - Legal advocacy for the civil rights and human dignity of people with mental disability.
www.bazelon.org
- Bear's Society - About a self advocate who is currently People First President in Ridgecrest, California, making a difference.
members.tripod.com/todd.clark
- Coalition on Human Needs - Disability Issues - CHN is a coalition of major U.S. anti-poverty and disability organizations.
www.chn.org/disabilityissues
- Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities - A coalition of approximately 100 national disability organizations working together to advocate for national public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society.
www.c-c-d.org
- Council for Disability Rights - Advancing rights and enhancing lives for people with disabilities in Chicago, Illinois. Articles on advocating for yourself and coping with the system.
www.disabilityrights.org
- Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA) - 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.
www.copaa.net.
- Disability - on the agenda - Disability rights in the U.K.
www.disability.gov.uk
- Disability Advocacy - Articles and links to help people with disabilities advocate for themselves.
www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/disability_advocacy
- Disability Rights Activist - Information to fight for rights of disabled people. Action alerts on proposed legislation. How to protect our rights and gain our rightful place in society.
www.disrights.org
- Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund Inc. - 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 disabilities, and parents of children with disabilities.
www.dredf.org
- Disabled Peoples' International - A grassroots,cross-disability network with member organizations in over 110 countries, over half of which are in the developing world.
www.dpi.org
- Electronic Activist - Our database currently contains contact information for U.S. senators and representatives, governors, and some state legislatures.
home.berkshire.net/~ifas/activist
- Families USA Foundation - A national nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health and long-term care for all Americans. Working at the national, state and community levels, we have earned a national reputation as an effective voice for health care consumers for over 15 years.
www.familiesusa.org
- Freedom Clearinghouse - Materials to change the system to home and community based services -- our homes, not nursing homes.
freedomclearinghouse.org
- Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) - U.S. organization that advocates for personal choice, self-determination, and social and economic justice for people with disabilities.
www.childrenshospital.org/ici
- Justice For All E-Mail Network - 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.
www.jfanow.org
- LRM'S Place: Disability, Health Care, Advocacy...and More - 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.
www.geocities.com/dhcpolwnk
- Making Advocacy Work In Your Community - Links to information about advocacy, self-advocacy, self-determination, consumer involvement, and self-help as it relates to disabilities.
www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~thompso
- Mental Disability Rights International - General information, standards, publications and witness website dedicated to advocacy for the rights of children and adults with mental disabilities.
www.mdri.org
- National Alliance Of The DisAbled - An online informational and advocacy organization dedicated to working towards gaining equal rights for the disAbled in all areas of life. NAOTD believes that organizations which exist to serve persons with disAbilities, or make policies that affect them, should be governed and guided by persons with disAbilities.
www.naotd.org
- Nick's Crusade 2003 - 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 countdown clock to the moment Nick's home care ends.
nickscrusade.com
- Not Dead Yet! - Disability activists opposed to the legalization of assisted suicide.
www.notdeadyet.org
- Self Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE) - 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 their mistakes.
www.sabeusa.org
- Support Coalition International's MindFreedom.org - 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.
www.mindfreedom.org
- TASH - Disability Advocacy Worldwide - 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.
www.tash.org
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