Westchester Independent Living Center (WILC) is a not-for-profit, community-based, consumer-directed advocacy, resource, and training center that services people of ALL ages with ALL types of disabilities...
Search Results "Disability"
2010 ADA Definition
Disability: Disability means, with respect to an individual, a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of such individual; a record of such an impairment; or being regarded as having such an impairment.
(1) The phrase physical or mental impairment means – (i) Any physiological disorder or condition, cosmetic disfigurement, or anatomical loss affecting one or more of the following body systems: neurological; musculoskeletal; special sense organs; respiratory, including speech organs; cardiovascular; reproductive; digestive; genitourinary; hemic and lymphatic; skin; and endocrine; (ii) Any mental or psychological disorder such as mental retardation, organic brain syndrome, emotional or mental illness, and specific learning disabilities; (iii) The phrase physical or mental impairment includes, but is not limited to, such contagious and noncontagious diseases and conditions as orthopedic, visual, speech, and hearing impairments, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, mental retardation, emotional illness, specific learning disabilities, HIV disease (whether symptomatic or asymptomatic), tuberculosis, drug addiction, and alcoholism; (iv) The phrase physical or mental impairment does not include homosexuality or bisexuality.
(2) The phrase major life activities means functions such as caring for one´s self, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning, and working.
(3) The phrase has a record of such an impairment means has a history of, or has been misclassified as having, a mental or physical impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.
(4) The phrase is regarded as having an impairment means – (i) Has a physical or mental impairment that does not substantially limit major life activities but that is treated by a private entity as constituting such a limitation; (ii) Has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits major life activities only as a result of the attitudes of others toward such impairment; or (iii) Has none of the impairments defined in paragraph (1) of this definition but is treated by a private entity as having such an impairment.
(5) The term disability does not include – (i) Transvestism, transsexualism, pedophilia, exhibitionism, voyeurism, gender identity disorders not resulting from physical impairments, or other sexual behavior disorders; (ii) Compulsive gambling, kleptomania, or pyromania; or (iii) Psychoactive substance use disorders resulting from current illegal use of drugs.
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Westchester Independent Living Center (WILC) - White Plains, NY
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Putnam Independent Living Services (PILS) - Brewster, NY
WILC is a not-for-profit, community-based advocacy and resource center that serves people of all ages with all types of disabilities....
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Society's Assets - Kenosha, Elkhorn, Racine, WI
Our Mission To ensure the rights of all persons with disabilities to live and function as independently as possible in the community of their choice, through supporting individuals' efforts...
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Independent Resources, Inc. (IRI) - Wilmington, Dover, Seaford, DE
(IRI) is a Federally funded, private non-profit, non-residential organization providing services to persons with disabilities....
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Able South Carolina
Able South Carolina is a Center for Independent Living (CIL)– a consumer-controlled, community-based, cross-disability nonprofit that provides an array of independent living services to...
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Access for All
We are a group of professionals from all over Europe that have worked for many years in the field on disability, with focus towards full inclusion of people with disabilities....
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Lynchburg Area Center for Independent Living (LACIL) - Lynchburg, VA
The Lynchburg Area Center for Independent Living (LACIL) has been bringing smiles to people with disabilities throughout the region since 1998 serving over 7,000 people....
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DIAL, Inc. - Clifton, NJ
DIAL, Inc. is a Center for Independent Living, which is part of a statewide network of non-residential centers designed and operated to provide services to individuals with significant disabilities...
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Center for Independent Living for Western Wisconsin Inc. - Menomonie, Eau Claire, Rice Lake, Osceola, WI
Information, assistance, and support may be provided to assist a consumer dealing with issues related to their disability. ...
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Tri-County Center for Independent Living (TCIL) - Rolla, MO
Independent Living is having the opportunity to make decisions that affect your life - limited only in the same manner as a person without a disability....
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Coalition For Barrier Free Living, Inc. - Houston, Angleton, and Sugar Land, TX
Location: Houston, Angleton, and Sugar Land, TX HCIL, BCCIL, and FBCIL promote the full inclusion, equal opportunity and participation of persons with disabilities in every aspect of...
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Community Resources for Independence (CRI) - Allentown, Indiana, Erie, Altoona, Bradford, Clearfield, Hermitage, Lewisburg, Lewiston, McConnellsburg, Seneca, Warren, Wellsboro, and Somerset, PA
Community Resources for Independence (CRI) is a community based, non-residential, non-profit corporation that provides services to individuals with disabilities in order to maximize their...
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Southern Nevada Center for Independent Living (SNCIL) - Las Vegas and North Las Vegas, NV
Differing from most organizations that serve people with disabilities, SNCIL is founded on the belief that independent living is about consumer control....
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On My Own, Inc. - Nevada and Collins, MO
Mission To empower people with disabilities to live as full and productive members of society....
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Access Alaska - Fairbanks, Anchorage, Kenai, Mat-Su, AK
Disability and age should not limit that freedom. ...
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Center for Independence (CFI) - Lakewood, Marysville, and Bellingham, WA
Location: Lakewood, Marysville, and Bellingham, WA Mission The Center for Independence is a 501 (C) (3) organization serving as a resource for individuals with disabilities to fully...
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Community Access Center - Riverside, Desert Hot Springs, Menifee, Palm Desert, CA
Our Mission The mission of Community Access Center is to empower persons with disabilities to control their own lives, create an accessible community and advocate to achieve complete...
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Southern California Resource Services for Independent Living (SCRS-IL) - Downey, Alhambra, CA
About Us SCRS develops comprehensive programs, responding to the needs of the disability community, enabling them to lead healthy, independent, and productive lives....
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DISABILITY LAW GUIDANCE: Paratransit Requirements for §5311-Funded Fixed-Route Service Operated by Private Entities
Where a state provides Federal Transit Administration §5311 funds to a private entity to operate a fixed route service, the requirement of the Department’s disability nondiscrimination regulations...
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RISE Center - Beaumont, TX
People with disabilities have absolute control over their lives....
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Resource Center for Accessible Living, Inc. (RCAL) - Kingston, NY
(RCAL) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, community based service and advocacy organization run by and for people with any type of disability. ...
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Three Rivers Center for Independent Living (TRCIL) - Pittsburgh, PA
Our purpose is to assist people with disabilities to lead self-directed and productive lives within the community. ...
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Junction Center for Independent Living - Wise and Duffield, VA
Our mission is to assist people who have significant disabilities to live independently in the least restrictive and most integrated environment possible....
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Superior Alliance for Independent Living (SAIL) - Marquette, MI
About Us Based in Marquette, Michigan, we've been serving people with disabilities, their families, and the wider Upper Peninsula community since 1998....
