For nearly 30 years, the Equal Rights Center has been working to ensure that people with disabilities enjoy the same rights, choices and opportunities as everyone else. The ERC approaches civil rights from multiple perspectives, using communication, partnerships and encouragement and, when necessary, resorting to the courts. Its comprehensive approach creates lasting positive change. The […]
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United Spinal Association: Life Where It’s Lived
March 7, 2013
United Spinal Association’s (www.unitedspinal.org) mission is to improve the quality of life for everyone with a spinal cord injury or disease (SCI/D). The association believes that even with a spinal cord injury or disease, a full, productive and rewarding life is within the reach of anyone with the strength to believe it and the courage […]
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February 22, 2012
Program providing advocacy, support, case management, vocational services, and chemical dependency treatment for people with disabilities who are concurrently experiencing alcohol or other drug-use problems. Visit Website
Read More »»Public Policy Advocacy: The Year in Review
September 1, 2011
AAHD has worked with numerous national colations during 2011 to promote the health and wellness of people with disabilities. The association has been busy advocating for appropriate implementation of the Affordable Care Act for people with disabilities: Securing essential health benefits Ensuring access to health insurance exchanges and to accountable care organizations Using health information […]
Read More »»Evolving views of disability and public health: The roles of advocacy and public health.
January 1, 2011
Promoting health, quality of life, and participation of persons with disabilities is a relatively recent development in public health. Its brief history reflects three distinct public health perspectives toward disability—a traditional approach that focuses on preventing disability, a contemporary approach that regards disability as a minority group experiencing disparities relative to people without disabilities, and an […]
Read More »»Resources for Native Americans with Disabilities: Advocacy
February 20, 2006
American Indian Choices: Culture and Context Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities, Montana Format Model When disability programs and services for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people are planned and developed, tribal needs are often forgotten or ignored. Although tribal members are eligible for the same services available […]
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