Self-Advocacy and Self-Determination

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Centers for Independent Living

Organizations providing services and advocacy by and for persons with disabilities.

Administration, Center for Independent Living

New River Valley Disability Resource Center

53 West Main Street, Suite A, Christiansburg, VA 24073

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Main: (540) 266-1435
Fax: (540) 251-3451
Center for Independent Living

Valley Associates for Independent Living, Inc. (VAIL)

3210 Peoples Drive, Suite 220, Harrisonburg, VA 22801

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Main: (540) 433-6513
Fax: (540) 433-6313
Toll-Free: (888) 242-8245
Center for Independent Living

Disability Rights and Resource Center

5 East Court Street, Suite 201, Rocky Mount, VA 24151

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Main: (540) 482-0752
Fax: (540) 482-0640
Center for Independent Living

Lynchburg Area Center for Independent Living (LACIL)

500 Alleghany Avenue, Suite 520, Lynchburg, VA 24501

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Main: (434) 528-4971
Fax: (434) 528-4976
Center for Independent Living

Insight Enterprises, Peninsula Center for Independent Living

2021 A Cunningham Drive Suite 2, Hampton, VA 23666

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Main: (757) 827-0275
Fax: (757) 827-0655
Toll-Free: (800) 339-3269
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Disability Rights & Advocacy

Groups and organizations that support the passage and enforcement of laws or other social measures that protect the rights of people who have physical, mental, developmental or learning disabilities and maximize their ability to enjoy the same opportunities, resources and privileges as the mainstream population.

Advocacy

Smart One, Inc.

787 Wilderness Way, Newport News, VA 23608

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Main: (757) 686-2540
Advocacy & Education | Mental Health

National Alliance on Mental Illness Central Virginia (NAMI CVA)

1904 Byrd Avenue, Suite 103, Richmond, VA 23230

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Main: (804) 285-1749
Fax: (804) 285-8464
Toll-Free: (888) 486-8264
Advocacy & Information | Autism

Autism Society Central Virginia

PO Box 29364, Richmond, VA 23242

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Main: (804) 257-0192
Fax: (804) 290-0286
Advocacy & Referral | Disability

Alexandria Commission on Persons With Disabilities

2525 Mt. Vernon Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22301

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Main: (703) 746-3148
Fax: (703) 746-5974
Advocacy & Referral | Physical and Sensory Disabilities

Loudoun County Disability Services Board

c/o Housing Svcs., 102 Heritage Way NE, #202, Leesburg, VA 20176

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Main: (703) 771-5718
Fax: (703) 737-8411
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Disability Rights & Advocacy

Advocacy and Support | Tourette Syndrome

Tourette Syndrome Association of Greater Washington

5851 Deale Churchton Road, Suite 4, Deale, MD 20751

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Main: (410) 867-1151
Fax: (301) 681-4183
Advocacy for People with Disabilities

National Council on Independent Living (NCIL)

2013 H St. NW, 6th Floor, Washington , DC 20006

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Main: (202) 207-0334
Toll-Free: (877) 525-3400
Advocacy | NAD Law & Advocacy Center

National Association of the Deaf (NAD)

8630 Fenton Street, Suite 820, Silver Spring, MD 20910

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Main: (301) 587-1788
Fax: (301) 587-1791
Advocacy | Visually Impaired and Blind

American Council of the Blind

2200 Wilson Blvd, Suite 650, Arlington, VA 22201

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Main: (202) 467-5081
Fax: (202) 467-5085
Toll-Free: (800) 424-8666
Advocacy, Developmental Disabilities

Arc of Virginia

2147 Staples Mill Road, Richmond, VA 23230

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Main: (804) 649-8481
Fax: (804) 649-3585
Toll-Free: (888) 604-2677
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Centers for Independent Living

Organizations providing services and advocacy by and for persons with disabilities.

Advocacy for People with Disabilities

National Council on Independent Living (NCIL)

2013 H St. NW, 6th Floor, Washington , DC 20006

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Main: (202) 207-0334
Toll-Free: (877) 525-3400
Centers for Independent Living

Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services: Centers for Independent Living

8004 Franklin Farms Drive, Richmond, VA 23229

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Main: (800) 552-5019

Articles

Centers for Independent Living

An overview of the vital role of Centers for Independent Living (CIL's) in the lives of people with disabilities and their families. Although CIL's vary, most provide advocacy, information and referral, independent living skills training and peer support.
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Communicating With and About People with Disabilities

This brief article is a good primer on how to relate to people with disabilities and communicate with them in a way that allows everyone to feel comfortable.
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Disability and Health Data System (DHDS)

Learn more about the Disability and Health Data System: a new online interactive system from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Self-Advocacy

Self-Advocacy is involvement in your own life. It is standing up for what matters to you. On behalf of yourself, you identify an unmet need, promote change, or remove a barrier. Read this fact sheet to learn more.
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