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An Austin, Texas based non profit organization that represents the disabled community, including
special education.
http://www.advocacyinc.org/
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National Disabled Students Union (NDSU)
Cross-disability organization in the United States working for full participation, full equality,
full justice, and full dignity and respect.
http://www.disabledstudents.org
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Mental Disability Rights International
General information, standards, publications and witness website dedicated to advocacy for the
rights of children and adults with mental disabilities.
http://www.mdri.org/
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Nick's Crusade 2003
A campaign to change the fact that, after age 21, Alabama and many other states do not have a
program to adequately care for people with disabilities. Site includes an introduction to the
issues, a letter-writing campaign, publicity, links, news, and a countdown clock to the moment
Nick's home care ends.
http://nickscrusade.com/
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LRM'S Place: Disability, Health Care, Advocacy...and More
Personal web site of public policy analyst Laura Remson Mitchell. Primary focus is on health-care
reform and disability policy. Includes original articles and commentary as well as advocacy links.
http://www.geocities.com/dhcpolwnk
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Disability Advocacy
Articles and links to help people with disabilities advocate for themselves.
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/disability_advocacy
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Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI)
U.S. organization that advocates for personal choice, self-determination, and social and economic
justice for people with disabilities.
http://www.childrenshospital.org/ici/
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Making Advocacy Work In Your Community
Links to information about advocacy, self-advocacy, self-determination, consumer involvement, and
self-help as it relates to disabilities.
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~thompso/
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Bear's Society
About a self advocate who is currently People First President in Ridgecrest, California, making a
difference.
http://members.tripod.com/todd.clark
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Freedom Clearinghouse
Materials to change the system to home and community based services -- our homes, not nursing
homes.
http://freedomclearinghouse.org/
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Self Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE)
To ensure that people with disabilities are treated as equals and that they are given the same
decisions, choices, rights, responsibilities, and chances to speak up to empower themselves;
opportunities to make new friends; and to learn from their mistakes.
http://www.sabeusa.org/
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Bazelon Center for Mental Health Laws
Legal advocacy for the civil rights and human dignity of people with mental disability.
http://www.bazelon.org/
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Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund Inc.
A national law and policy center dedicated to protecting and advancing the civil rights of people
with disabilities through legislation, litigation, advocacy, technical assistance, and education
and training of attorneys, advocates, persons with disabilities, and parents of children with
disabilities.
http://www.dredf.org
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Auto Workers Press
This site is created to specialize in disabled auto workers rights and to be an advocate for auto
workers who are being discriminated against, on the basis of disability, by their employers.
http://www.angelfire.com/oh3/theautoworkerspress
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Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA)
An independent, nonprofit, tax-exempt organization of attorneys, advocates and parents
established to improve the quality and quantity of legal assistance for parents of children
with disabilities.
http://www.copaa.net.
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Support Coalition International's MindFreedom.org
For the past 30 years, a very special social change movement has been quietly building
internationally despite enormous hurdles: the movement led by survivors of human rights violations
in the psychiatric system.
http://www.mindfreedom.org/
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Justice For All E-Mail Network
Formed to defend and advance disability rights and programs in the 104th Congress. One JFA goal is
to work with national and state organizations of people with disabilities to get the word from
Washington D.C. out to the grassroots.
http://www.jfanow.org/
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TASH - Disability Advocacy Worldwide
An international association of people with disabilities, their family members, other advocates,
and professionals fighting for a society in which inclusion of all people in all aspects of society
is the norm.
http://www.tash.org/
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Council for Disability Rights
Advancing rights and enhancing lives for people with disabilities in Chicago, Illinois. Articles
on advocating for yourself and coping with the system.
http://www.disabilityrights.org/
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Not Dead Yet!
Disability activists opposed to the legalization of assisted suicide.
http://www.notdeadyet.org/
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Families USA Foundation
A national nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the achievement of high-quality,
affordable health and long-term care for all Americans. Working at the national, state and
community levels, we have earned a national reputation as an effective voice for health care
consumers for over 15 years.
http://www.familiesusa.org/
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Disabled Peoples' International
A grassroots,cross-disability network with member organizations in over 110
countries, over half of which are in the developing world.
http://www.dpi.org/
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Disability - on the agenda
Disability rights in the UK.
http://www.disability.gov.uk/
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Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities
A coalition of approximately 100 national disability organizations working
together to advocate for national public policy that ensures the
self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of
children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of
society.
http://www.c-c-d.org/
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Axis Disability Rights Website
Articles, videos, recommended readings on Disability Rights, Inclusive Education,Euthanasia, Abuse,
Injustice and other related topics.
http://www.normemma.com/
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American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (ADAPT)
We are fighting so people with disabilities can live in the community with real supports instead of
being locked away in nursing homes and other institutions.
http://www.adapt.org/
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