Self-Determination

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Groups and organizations that protect the rights of people who have physical, mental, developmental or learning disabilities.

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 Resource Center

409 Progress Street, Fredericksburg, VA 22401

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Main: (540) 373-2559
Fax: (540) 373-8126
Toll-Free: (800) 648-6324
Center for Independent Living

Disability Rights and Resource Center

300 Pell Avenue, Suite A, 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
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Statewide and Nationwide

Groups and organizations that protect the rights of people who have physical, mental, developmental or learning disabilities.

Advocacy and Information, Down Syndrome

National Down Syndrome Society

1100 H Street NW, Suite 1030, Washington, DC 20005

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Main: (800) 221-4602
Fax: (646) 870-9320
Toll-Free: (800) 221-4602
Advocacy and Information, Down Syndrome

National Down Syndrome Congress

30 Mansell Court, Suite 108, Atlanta, GA 30076

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Main: (770) 604-9500
Fax: (770) 604-9898
Toll-Free: (800) 232-6372
Advocacy and Support, Tourette Syndrome

Tourette Syndrome Association of Greater Washington

4709 Harford Road, Baltimore, MD 21214

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Main: (443) 327-9667
Toll-Free: (888) 486-8738
Advocacy Braille

National Federation of the Blind of Virginia

200 East Wells Street, Jernigan Place, Baltimore, MD 21230

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Main: (410) 659-9314
Fax: (410) 685-5653
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
Fax: (202) 207-0341
Toll-Free: (844) 778-7961
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Organizations providing services and advocacy by and for persons with disabilities.

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: an online interactive system from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Federal Transit Administration Office of Civil Rights: Complaint Form

The Federal Transit Administration has a process that allows people to file complaints against public transit providers who fail to properly implement the Americans with Disabilities Act. This form can be printed, filled out and mailed.
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A Comprehensive Approach to Transition

Members of the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) have produced A Comprehensive Approach to Transition to help people work together to support the self-determined transition of youth to adulthood and community life. Self-determination means that people have a say in the important decisions of their own lives. Transition means moving from one place or stage of life to another. As youth leave school, they face several transitions.

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