By June Isaacson Kailes, Associate Director Center for Disability Issues and the Health Professions Western University of Health Sciences jik@pacbell.net 2008...
Search Results "Independent Living"
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5 “G’s” Getting Access to Health Care for People with Physical Disabilities
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Equality of Opportunity: The Making of the Americans with Disabilities Act
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY JULY 26, 1997 JULY 26, 2010 In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the ADA EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY The Making of the...
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Local Resources To Assist Your Planning Efforts
Centers for Independent Living(link is external) (CILs) are widespread in the United States and many have staff with significant expertise in ensuring accessibility through an array of services...
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4.Other Funding Sources
For example, some Independent Living Centers provide transportation service to the workplace for people with disabilities....
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State and local vocational rehabilitation agencies
State and local vocational rehabilitation agencies Independent Living Centers in some 400 communities around the country provide technical assistance to employers and people with...
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Independence
Independence ADA will empower people to control their own lives. It will result in a cost savings to the Federal Government....
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Growth of the Disability Rights Movement
The goal of the program was independent living....
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Grass Roots Activism
Independent living centers drew on the learning experiences of other centers....
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Chapter 2: Putting the ADA on the Legislative Agenda: The National Council on Disability
Kingdon contends that at any given moment three independent “policy streams” are active: problems (conditions that demand corrective attention), policies (proposals made by various academics...
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National Council on the Handicapped
Issued in August, 1983, the National Policy on Disability built on the independent living philosophy: pursuit of “maximum independence, self-reliance, productivity, quality of life potential...
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Toward Independence and The ICD Survey of Disabled Americans
Chairperson Parrino explained that NCD’s recommendations were “designed to improve the ability of persons with disabilities to live with dignity and as independently as possible within their...
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Independent Living Movement
Independent Living Movement ________________________________________________________________ 1972 Ed Roberts and other University of California, Berkeley, students found the Berkeley...
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Epilogue
Centers for independent living built systems of community support and helped people with disabilities understand and exercise their rights....
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Looking to the Twenty-First Century
We have begun shifting disability policy in America from exclusion to inclusion; from dependence to independence; from paternalism to empowerment. But our work is far from finished....
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ABLE Center for Independent Living - Odessa, TX
for Independent Living, we are dedicated to the idea that everyone should be living life to its fullest potential. ...
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ACCESS to Independence, Inc. - Madison, WI
Location: Madison, WI ACCESS to Independence, Inc. is a non-profit, consumer controlled Independent Living Center (ILC) that provides an array of services to people of all ages with all...
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AIA An Architect's Story: Chris Downey
The American Institute of Architects presents a short documentary about Chris Downey, an inspiring architect in San Francisco who is pioneering design for the blind. Visit...
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AIM Independent Living Center - Corning, Bath, Belmont, Elmira, Hornell, and Montour Falls, NY
About AIM Independent Living Center is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities lead independent lives....
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ARCIL, Inc. - Austin, Round Rock, San Marcos, TX
ARCIL, Inc. of Austin, Texas provides independent living services to persons with disabilities, their families and communities throughout Travis and surrounding counties....
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ARISE - Syracuse, Auburn, Chittenango, Fulton, Oneida, Oswego, and Pulaski, NY
Since 1979, we have provided opportunities so that people with disabilities can live freely and independently in the community. ...
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Abilities in Motion (AIM) - Reading, PA
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Abilities In Motion (“AIM”) is a non-profit Center for Independent Living whose purpose is to help individuals living with a disability to determine their own individual lifestyle from a...
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Abilitree - Bend, OR
Abilitree has been in the Central Oregon community for 30 years and operated as CORIL (Central Oregon Resources for Independent Living) before its rebrand to Abilitree in 2011....
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Ability Center for Independent Living (TACIL) - Las Cruces, NM
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Established in 1989, The Ability Center for Independent Living (TACIL) is a Consumer-controlled 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization funded through Part C of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973...
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Ability Center of Greater Toledo - Toledo, OH
United by a vision of supporting equitable and inclusive communities for people living with disabilities, The Ability Center is one of nearly 550 Independent Living Centers across the country...