Fifteen years ago today, with bipartisan support in Congress and broad endorsements from the civil rights coalition, President George H. W. Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), calling for the "shameful wall of exclusion" to come tumbling down. As we mark this significant anniversary, we celebrate improvements in access to polling places and the secret ballot, government services and programs, transportation, public places, communication and information technology. Parents pushing strollers, workers delivering packages, and travelers pulling roller bags have grown accustomed to curb cuts, ramps, and other accessibility features less common in 1990. Our country is more accessible today thanks to the ADA, and all Americans are better off.
Although substantial progress has been made, we are reminded every day of the significant remnants of the "shameful wall of exclusion" that continue to prevent this great country from realizing the full promise of the ADA.
The majority of Americans with disabilities continue to live in poverty and unnecessary isolation. Most adults with disabilities are either not working or not working to their full potential, robbing the economy of the contributions of tens of millions of would-be workers. Children and youth in special education continue to drop out of school in alarming numbers before obtaining a regular high school diploma. The promises of higher education, accessible and affordable housing and transportation, quality affordable healthcare, and a living wage continue to elude many adults with disabilities and their families.
The ADA is slowly driving policy changes that have enabled more people with significant mental and physical disabilities to live independently in the community, but the ongoing institutional bias in the Medicaid program keeps too many people trapped in nursing homes and other institutions, unable to enjoy the freedoms and personal choices about where and how to live that other Americans take for granted.
New technologies are increasing the independence and productivity of many Americans. Yet, advances in technology alone are not guaranteed to improve the lives of people with disabilities. As we develop applications like Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VOIP) telephony, wireless telecommunications, widespread broadband internet connectivity, new medical devices, new computer applications, and a plethora of new genetic tests, it is critical that these technologies be designed and used in a way that increases the inclusion, independence, and empowerment of Americans with disabilities as well as Americas growing senior population.
The ADA has begun to change the landscape of our cities and towns, but a civil rights law alone does not create the kind of transformation of attitudes that Americans with disabilities, their families, and allies are fighting to achieve. This kind of change requires widespread discussion, education, and consciousness-raising.
In 2005, how do fears, myths, and stereotypes continue to artificially limit understanding and acceptance of disability as a form of human diversity? What role do the mass media and entertainment industries play in forming public perceptions of disability, and how can decision makers in these important fields be influenced to produce more content that depicts the actual life experience and first person perspectives of people with disabilities? What can be done to further improve accessibility at the design stage of new products and programs? How can disability awareness and disability-friendly practices create more productive places of business and learning? What concrete actions can worship communities and sports and recreation programs take to foster full participation of children, youth, and adults with disabilities in these activities? Why do so many Americans continue to view disability as a fate worse than death, and how do these views affect surrogate medical
Widespread social change cannot simply be legislated, and it will not occur without bold leadership from all sectors of American society. Public and private employers, in particular, must make a serious, concerted effort to recruit and advance qualified workers with disabilities within their labor force. Election officials must take the necessary actions to ensure that every adult is able to enter his or her polling place and cast a secret and independent vote. School administrators and university presidents must embrace their responsibility to deliver a world-class education to all their students.
It is time for leaders across America--business owners, little league coaches, moms and dads, sheriffs and clergy--to reject exclusion, paternalism, and segregation and to take personal responsibility for removing barriers to full participation that still exist in every community in this country.
With the aim of making America work better for everyone, the undersigned organizations pledge to build on the progress of the last 15 years and join together to promote the full participation and self-determination of the more than 50 million U.S. children and adults with disabilities. We believe that disability is a natural part of the human experience that in no way should limit the right of all people to make choices, pursue meaningful careers, live independently, and participate fully in all aspects of society. We encourage every American to join us in this cause, so that our country may continue on the path that leads to liberty and justice for all.
Signed:
National Organizations
AAPD (American Association
of People with Disabilities)
AARP
Abilities, Inc.
ABILITY
Awareness/ ABILITY Magazine
ADA Watch/National Coalition for Disability
Rights
AFL-CIO
Alliance for Children and Families
Alliance for
Retired Americans
American Academy of Audiology
American Academy of
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
American Association for Active
Lifestyles and Fitness
American Association of Leisure and Recreation
American Association of Mental Retardation
American Association of
University Women
American Congress of Community Supports and Employment
Services
American Council of the Blind
American Counseling
Association
American Dance Therapy Association
Americans for
Democratic Action (ADA)
American Diabetes Association
American
Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
American Foundation
for the Blind
American Institute o
State and Local Organizations
Alabama
Alabama Advocates, Inc.
Center for Independent Living
of Jasper (Jasper, AL)
Support for Recovery
The Alabama Disabilities
Commission of the Governor's Office on Disability
Alaska
Access Alaska, Inc.
Southeast Alaska Independent Living
(SAIL), Inc. (Juneau, AK )
Arizona
ABIL _ Arizona Bridge to Independent Living (Phoenix, AZ)
Arizona Center for Disability Law (Phoenix, AZ)
Arizona Statewide
Independent Living Council (SILC)
DIRECT Center for Independence, Inc.
(Tuscon, AZ)
New Horizons Advocacy Center for Independent Living (Prescott
Valley, AZ)
SMILE (Services Maximizing Independent Living and Empowerment)
(Yuma, AZ)
Arkansas
Arkansas Therapeutic Recreation Society, a chapter of the
American Therapeutic Recreation Association
Delta Resource Center for
Independent Living (Pine Bluff, AR)
California
9to5 Bay Area, NAWW (San Jose, CA)
California NOW
Californians for Disability Rights, Inc.
Disability Resource Agency
for Independent Living (DRAIL)
Diverse Disability Media
EIN SOF
Communications
Independent Living Network
KUSF, 90.3 FM "Disability
and Senior News Report" (San Francisco, CA)
Pacific ADA & IT Center
(Oakland, CA)
The Ed Roberts Campus _ California
The Legal Aid
Society _ Employment Law Center
Colorado
9to5 Colorado (Denver, CO)
American Council of the
Blind of Colorado
Boulder NOW (Boulder, CO)
Center for People With
Disabilities (CPWD)
Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CCASA)
(Denver, CO)
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
Colorado Commission
for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Colorado Springs Independence Center
Colorado Statewide Independent Living Council (SILC)
Community College of
Aurora (Aurora, CO)
Deaf program at the Highlands Ranch High School
(Douglas County, CO)
Denver Commission for People with Disabilities (DCPD)
(Denver, CO)
Disabled Resource Services
Protection and Advocacy
System for Colorado
Resources for Disabled Students, Colorado State
University
Rocky Mountain ADA & IT Center (Colorado Springs, CO)
The Center for Persons with Disabilities at the Community College of Denver
(Denver, CO)
Connecticut
Ability Beyond Disability (Bethel, CT)
Americans
with Disabilities Act Coalition of Connecticut
Center for Disability
Rights (of Connecticut) (West Haven, CT)
Connecticut Legal Rights Project
Independence Unlimited (Hartford, CT)
Delaware
Delaware-Maryland Chapter of the Paralyzed Veterans of
America
SHHH of Delaware
District of Columbia
D.C. Center for Independent Living, Inc.
Help-Your-Self
Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association
(MWELA)
University Legal Services/P&A
Florida
Alliance For Access (Zephyrhills, FL)
Alliance For
Artists (Zephyrhills, FL)
Coalition for Independent Living Options
Deaf Service Center Association of Florida
Disability Independence Group
Florida Association of the Deaf
Gold Coast Recreational Therapy
Association, a chapter of the American Therapeutic Recreation Association
SHHH Fla, Inc. (FLASHHH)
Suncoast Center for Independent Living (Sarasota,
FL)
Georgia
9to5 Atlanta Working Women (Atlanta, GA)
Access Center
for Independent Living (Gainesville, GA)
ALDA Peach Association of Late
Deafened Adults (Lawrenceville, GA)
Atlanta ADAPT
Atlanta Legal Aid
Society
Autism Society of America-Georgia
Brain Injury Resource
Foundation
Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund Commission
Center for
the Visually Impaired (Atlanta, GA)
Disability Law and Policy Center of
Georgia, Inc.
disABILITY LINK
disABILITY LINK NW Center for
Independent Living (Rome, GA)
Down Syndrome Association of Atlanta
Easter Seals Southern Georgia, Inc.
Empowering Challenged Individuals With
Education, Employment And Entrepreneurship (ECIE3) (Decatur, GA)
Endeavor
Freedom, Inc.
Friends of Disabled Adults and Children, Too! (Stone
Mountain, GA)
Georgia ADA Exchange, Inc.
Georgia ADAPT
Georgia
Advocacy Office
Georgia Association of the Deaf-Blind
Georgia
Governor's Council
Hawaii
Center on Disability Studies at the University of Hawaii
Disability Rights Hawaii (Hilo, HI)
Hawaii Centers for Independent Living
(Honolulu, HI)
Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities
(Honolulu, HI)
Legal Services for Children (Waianae, HI)
Statewide
Independent Living Council of Hawaii (HISILC)
Idaho
Comprehensive Advocacy, Inc. (Idaho and Protection Advocacy)
Disability Action Center - NW, Inc. (Moscow, ID)
Families Together
for People with Disabilities (Moscow, ID)
Idaho State Independent Living
Council
Idaho Task Force on the ADA (Region X DBTAC, Idaho Affiliate)
Living Independence Network Corporation (LINC)
National Native American
Families Together Parent Center (Moscow, ID)
Illinois
Access Living
Chancellor's Committee on the Status of
Persons with Disabilities at the University of Illinois at Chicago
NOW PAC
Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities in Illinois (Springfield, IL)
Council for Disability Rights
Equip for Equality (Chicago, IL)
Fox
River Valley Center for Independent Living (Elgin, IL)
Great Lakes ADA And
Accessible IT Center (Chicago, IL)
Illinois Network of Centers for
Independent Living
Illinois NOW
Illinois-Iowa Center for Independent
Living (Rock Island, IL)
Jacksonville Area Center for Independent Living
(Jacksonville, IL)
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
Lake
County Center for Independent Living (Mundelein, IL)
LIFE Center for
Independent Living (Bloomington, Illinois)
LINC, Inc.
Northwest
Suburban IL NOW
Opportunities For Access (Mt. Vernon, IL)
Progress
Center for Independent Living
STAR Learning Academy of Saint Xavier
Universi
Indiana
ADA Indiana (Bloomington, IN)
New Lease on Life, Inc.
Recreational Therapists of Indiana, a chapter of the American Therapeutic
Recreation Association
Southern Indiana Center for Independent Living
(SICIL) (Bedford, IN)
Iowa
Conner Center for Independent Living (Iowa City, IA)
Iowa
Coalition Against Sexual Assault (Des Moines, IA)
Iowa Division of Persons
with Disabilities (Des Moines, IA)
Iowa Therapeutic Recreation
Association, a chapter of the American Therapeutic Recreation Association
Peer Action Disability Support (PADS)
Kansas
Encouraging Families with Exceptional Children Together
(EFECT)
Independence, Inc. (Lawrence, KS)
OCCK Inc.
Prairie
Independent Living Resource Center
Statewide Independent Living Council of
Kansas (SILCK)
Kentucky
Center for Accessible Living (Louisville, KY)
Kentucky
Association of the Deaf, Inc.
Metro Disability Coalition (Louisville, KY)
Protection and Advocacy
Seven Counties Services, Inc.
Louisiana
First Unitarian Universalist Church of New Orleans, Social
Justice Committee (New Orleans, LA)
Louisiana Citizens for Action Now
(LaCAN)
Louisiana Democracy Project (Baton Rouge, LA)
Louisiana
Developmental Disabilities Council
New Horizons Independent Living Center
(Shreveport, LA)
Veteran Feminists of America (Lafayette, LA)
Maine
Maine Association of the Deaf
Maine Developmental
Disabilities Council
Maine Statewide Independent Living Council
Speaking Up For Us of Maine
Women's Center for Ethics in Action, Maine
Maryland
Independence Now
Maryland ADAPT
Maryland Area
Guide Dog Users, Inc. (Silver Springs, MD)
Maryland Association of the
Deaf
Maryland Statewide Independent Living Council
Mid-Atlantic ADA
& IT Information Center (Rockville, MD)
SHHH of Maryland
The
Freedom Center (Frederick, MD)
Southern Maryland Center For L.I.F.E.
Massachusetts
Adaptive Environments
Cambridge Commission for
Persons with Disabilities (Cambridge, MA)
Environmental Health Coalition
of Western Massachusetts
Framingham Disability Commission
Institute
for Community Inclusion (University of Massachusetts Boston)
Massachusetts
Developmental Disabilities Council
MetroWest Center for Independent Living
(Framingham, MA)
New England ADA & IT Center (Boston, MA)
Perkins
School for the Blind (Waterton, MA)
Programs in Deaf Studies, Boston
University (Boston, MA)
Resource Partnership
Stavros Center for
Independent Living (Amherst, MA)
Michigan
ADAccess (West Bloomfield,MI)
Blue Water/ Wayne County
Center for Independent Living (Detroit, MI)
Capital Area Center for
Independent Living (CACIL)
Career Alliance, Inc.
Center for Civil
Justice
Community Connections of SW Michigan
Dearborn Commission on
Disability Concerns (Dearborn, MI)
Developmental Disabilities Institute
Disability Resource Center of Southwest Michigan (Kalamazoo, MI)
Legal Services of Eastern Michigan
Michigan Commission on Disability
Concerns and Division on Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Michigan Disability
Rights Coalition
Michigan Rehabilitation Association
Michigan
Rehabilitation Council (Lansing, MI)
Michigan SHHH
Michigan Statewide
Independent Living Council
Michigans Birmingham Area SHHH
Reel Life:
A Disability Film Festival (Dearborn, MI)
Sexuality and Disability:
Education, Advocacy & Support
The Disability Network
Triangle
Foundation (Detroit,
Minnesota
Community Supports for People with Disabilities Department
at South Central College
Minnesota Governor's Council on Developmental
Disabilities (St. Paul, MN)
Minnesota Association of Centers for
Independent Living (MACIL)
Southern Minnesota Independent Living
Enterprises and Services (Mankato, Minnesota)
Southwestern Center for
Independent Living ( Marshall, MN)
Mississippi
ADAPT of Mississippi
Institute for Disability
Studies, The University of Southern Mississippi (Jackson, MS)
Living
Independence for Everyone (LIFE) of Mississippi, Inc.
Mississippi
Coalition for Citizens with Disabilities
Mississippi Council of The Blind,
Inc.
Mississippi Protection And Advocacy System, Inc.
Parents United
Together
Southern Echo
Missouri
Cochlear Implant Association, Inc. (CIAI) (St. Louis. MO)
Columbia Area NOW (Columbia, MO)
Delta Center for Independent Living
Gateway Chapter of SHHH (St. Louis, MO)
Midland Empire Resources for
Independent Living (St. Joseph, MO)
Missouri Planning Council for
Developmental Disabilities
Missouri Statewide Independent Living Council
Paraquad, Inc. (St. Louis, MO)
People First of Missouri
The
Starkloff Disability Institute (St. Louis. MO)
The Whole Person, Inc.
(Kansas City, MO)
Montana
ADAPT Montana
Alliance for Disability and Students of
The University of Montana (Missoula, MT)
Missoula Coalition for Disability
Rights (Missoula, MT)
Montana Association of the Deaf (MAD)
Summit
Independent Living Center (Missoula, MT)
Nebraska
ADAPT Nebraska
National Multiple Sclerosis Society,
Nebraska Chapter (Omaha, NE)
Nebraska Statewide Independent Living Council
(NESILC)
Omaha Down Syndrome Parents Network
The Arc of Nebraska
The League of Human Dignity
New Hampshire
Granite State Independent Living (GSIL)
New
England Therapeutic Recreation Association, a chapter of the American
Therapeutic Recreation Association (representing the states of Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut)
New
Hampshire NOW (Bedford, NH)
SHHH New Hampshire
The Institute on
Disability at the University of New Hampshire
New Jersey
Abilities Center of Southern NJ, Inc.
ACCSES
(American Congress of Community Supports and Employment Services) New Jersey
Disabilities Resource Center (Egg Harbor Township, NJ)
Disabled
Advocates Working for Northwest, Inc. (DAWN, Inc.) (Wharton, NJ)
Disabled
American Veterans Chapter 67 (South Amboy, NJ)
Employment Horizons
Monday Morning Network
My Community Care Team
New Jersey Association
of County Disability Services, Inc.
New Jersey Council on Developmental
Disabilities
Occupational Center of Union County (Roselle, NJ)
The
Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities,
UMDNJ-Robert Wood
Johnson Medical School (New Brunswick, NJ)
New Mexico
The Arc Thriftown
New York
Access to Independence of Cortland County, Inc
Action
Toward Independence, Inc. (office at Monticello, NY)
ADA Committee of New
York State
AIM Independent Living Center (Corning, NY)
ARISE (
Syracuse, NY)
Brain Injury Association, NYS
Catskill Center for
Independence (Oneonta , NY)
Center for Independence of the Disabled in New
York
Cerebral Palsy Associations of New York State
Civil Rights and
Disability Law Project of Albany Law School
Consumer Directed Choices,
Inc.
Disabled In Action (Metropolitan, NY)
Disability Network of New
York City
ICD (New York , NY)
ilusa.com
Independent Living
Center of the Hudson Valley, Inc. (Troy, NY)
ILUSA
Joint Public
Affairs Committee for Older Adults (JPAC) (New York, NY)
Legal Services of
Central New York, Inc. (Syracuse, NY)
Long Island Center for Independent
Living, Inc. (LICIL) (Levittown, NY)
Mental Health Association in New York
Stat
North Carolina
Autism Society of NC, Guilford County Chapter
National Organization for Women-TRIAD North Carolina Chapter
North
Carolina Council on Developmental Disabilities
North Carolina Governors
Advocacy Council for Persons with Disabilities
North Carolina Recreational
Therapy Association, a chapter of the American Therapeutic Recreation
Association
Protect All Children's Environment
Western Alliance
Center for Independent Living ( Asheville, NC)
North Dakota
Fair Housing of the Dakotas (Bismarck, ND)
North
Dakota Association of the Deaf
North Dakota Protection & Advocacy
Project (Bismarck, ND)
Ohio
ADA-OHIO
Advocates for Ohioans with Disabilities
APRIL (Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living) (Kent, OH)
AXIS Center for Public Awareness of People with Disabilities (Columbus, OH)
Center for Mental Retardation (Cleveland, OH)
Cerebral Palsy
Association of Ohio
Cincinnati-Dayton Area Recreation Therapy Association,
a chapter of the American Therapeutic Recreation Association
Great Plains
ADA/IT Center (Columbia, OH)
Linking Employment, Abilities and Potential
(LEAP)
MOBILE Center for an Independent Living Environment
Ohio
Developmental Disabilities Council
Ohio NOW (Columbus, OH)
Ohio
Statewide Independent Living Council
SEA (Society for Equal Access
Independent Living Center, Inc.) (Dover, OH)
Society for Equal Access
Independent Living Center (Dover, OH)
The Ability Center of Greater Toledo
The Deaf & Deaf-Blind Committee on Human Rights
The Ohio
Coalition of Citizens w
Oklahoma
Cheyenne and Arapaho American Indian Vocational
Rehabilitation (Concho, OK)
Oklahoma Association of Centers for
Independent Living
Oklahoma Association of the Deaf
Statewide
Independent Living Council of Oklahoma
Therapeutic Recreation Association
of Oklahoma, a chapter of the
American Therapeutic Recreation Association
Oregon
Accessible Bend (Bend, OR)
Disability Advocacy for
Social and Independent Living (DASIL) (Medford, OR)
Eastern Oregon Center
for Independent Living (EOCIL) (Ontario, OR)
FIRST SHHH (Portland, OR)
Incight
Independent Living Resources (Portland, OR)
Keen
Mobility
Lane Co. SHHH
Lane Independent Living Alliance (LILA)
(Eugene, OR)
Northwest ADA & IT Center (Portland, OR)
Oregon
Business Leadership Network
Oregon Consumer League
Oregon Ecobuilding
Network (Portland, OR)
Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation
(Portland, OR)
Oregon RehabAction Network (ORAN)
Oregon State
Independent Living Council
Pacific Northwest chapter, a chapter of the
American Therapeutic
SPOKES Unlimited (Klamath, OR)
The Center on
Self-Determination at Oregon Health & Science University's, Oregon
Institute on Disability and Development
Pennsylvania
Center for Advocacy for the Rights and Interests of the
Elderly (CARIE) (Philadelphia, PA)
Center for Spirituality and Disability
(Philadelphia, PA)
City of Pittsburgh/Allegheny County Task Force on
Disabilities
Community College of Allegheny County (Pittsburgh, PA)
Community Resources for Independence
Depression and Bipolar Support
Alliance Pennsylvania
Disabilities Law Project (PA)
Disabilities
Rights Advocacy Group Inc. (DRAG) (Philadelphia, PA)
Epilepsy Foundation
Western/Central PA
FISA Foundation
Inglis Foundation
Liberty
Resources, Inc. (Philadelphia, PA)
Mental Health Association of Allegheny
County
Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania
Northeast Pennsylvania Center for Independent Living
Pennsylvania Council
of the Blind (Harrisburg, PA)
Pennsylvania SHHH (Media, PA)
Pennsylvania Society for the Advancement of the Deaf (PSAD)
Pennsylvania
Statewide Indep
Rhode Island
Environmental Health Coalition, Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Carolina Independent Living Council
Walton
Options South Carolina
South Dakota
Center for Disabilities at the University of South
Dakota
National MS Society, Dakota Chapter
South Dakota Coalition of
Citizens with Disabilities
Tennessee
disABILITY Resource Center (Knoxville, TN)
Greater
Knoxville Civil LIberties Alliance (CLA)
Nashville NOW
Orange Grove
Center (Chattanooga, TN)
Statewide Independent Living Council of Tennessee
Tennessee AIDS Support Services, Inc. (TASSI)
Tennessee Disability
Coalition
Tennessee Health Care Campaign
Tennessee NOW
Texas
ABLE Center for Independent Living (Odessa, TX)
Accessibility Coalition of the Coastal Bend (Corpus Christi, Texas)
ARCIL
(Austin, TX)
Blind Mice, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Brazoria County Center
for Independent Living (Angleton, TX)
Center For People With Disabilities
(Houston, TX)
Coalition of Texans with Disabilities
Disability Law
Resource Project (DLRP)
Disability Policy Consortim (DPC) of Texas
(Austin, TX)
Fort Bend Center for Independent Living (Sugarland, TX)
Grupo Dignidad, Igualdad, y Oportunidad
Houston Center for Independent
Living (Houston, TX)
LIFE/RUN Center for Independent Living (Lubbock, TX)
RISE Center for Independent Living (Beaumont, TX)
San Antonio
Independent Living Services (SAILS) (San Antonio, Texas)
Texas Association
of Centers for Independent Living (TACIL)
Texas Mental Health Consumers
(Austin, TX)
Texas Rehabilitation Association (Sugardland, TX)
Texas
SHHH
Utah
Accessible Homes Foundation (Salt Lake City, UT)
ALDA Salt
Lake Valley Group
Center for Persons with Disabilities at Utah State
University
Disabled Rights Action Committee (Salt Lake City, UT)
Options for Independence (Logan, UT)
Salt Lake SHHH
Utah Assistive
Technology Foundation (Logan, UT)
Utah Association for the Deaf
Vermont
Center on Disability and Community Inclusion at the
University of Vermont
Vermont Association of Business, Industry &
Rehabilitation
Vermont Center for Independent Living
Vermont
Coalition for Disability Rights (Montpelier, VT)
Vermont Protection &
Advocacy, Inc. (Montpelier, VT)
Virginia
Appalachian Independence Center, Inc. (Abingdon, VA)
Blue Ridge Independent Living Center (Roanoke, VA)
Brain Injury Services,
Inc.
Disabled Action Committee (VA)
Down Syndrome Association of
Northern Virginia (DSANV)
Eastern Shore Center for Independent Living
(ESCIL) (Exmore, VA)
ENDependence Center of Northern Virginia (ECNV)
Junction Center for Independent Living, Inc. (Norton, VA)
Resources for
Independent Living (Richmond, VA)
The Arc of the Piedmont
The Get
Lost MD (Muscular Dystrophy) Foundation (Richmond, VA)
The Positive Vibe
Cafi (Richmond, VA)
VAIL (Valley Associates for Independent Living)
Virginia Statewide Independent Living Council
Washington
Edmonds Institute
Washington State Clubhouse
Coalition (WSCC)
Washington State Governor's Committee on Disability
Issues and Employment
Washington State Special Education Coalition
Washington State Therapeutic Recreation Association, a chapter of the American
Therapeutic Recreation Association
West Virginia
Appalachian Center for Independent Living, Inc.
(Spencer, WV)
Mountain State Centers for Independent Living of West
Virginia (Sistersville, WV)
West Virginia Community Supports Disability
Forum (WVCSDF)
West Virginia Statewide Independent Living Council
Wisconsin
Access to Independence, Inc.
Grassroots Empowerment
Project (GEP)
IndependenceFirst
Madison Area Community Land Trust
Midstate Independent Living Consultants, Inc. (Stevens Point, WI)
North Country Independent Living, Inc (Superior, WI)
Options for
Independent Living (Green Bay, WI)
People First (Oshkosh, WI)
Wisconsin Coalition for Advocacy (Madison, WI)
Wisconsin Coalition of
Independent Living Centers
Wisconsin Council on Developmental Disabilities
(Madison, WI)
Wisconsin Council on Mental Health
Wisconsin SHHH
Association (WISHHH)
Wyoming
Wyoming Institute for Disabilities (WIND)
International Organizations
Council for Learning Disabilities
International Association of Assistance Dog Partners
International
Association of Jewish Vocational Services
International Ventilator Users
Network
Post-Polio Health International
Special Olympics
International
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