Resources
LINKS
Link to Aging and Disability Resources is a collaborative effort among community agencies and the Office of Long Term Living (OLTL) to provide INFORMATION about services and supports to individuals over the age of 60 and to persons 18 to 59 with disabilities. (Information about additional Links coming soon!)
Click here for information about services and supports for seniors and people with disabilities in Mercer County.
Click here for information about services and supports for seniors and people with disabilities in Butler County.
Advocacy
ADAPT: www.adapt.org
Inclusion Daily Express: www.inclusiondaily.com
“and Justice for all”: www.andjusticeforall.org
Disability Rights Network of PA: www.drnpa.org
Assistive Technology
AbleData: www.abledata.com
The Alliance for Technology Access (ATA): www.ataccess.org
Assistive Technology Product Videos: http://www.valdosta.edu/access/AssistiveTechnology.shtml
Axistive Assistive Technology News Portal: www.axistive.com
Convert Text to Large Print: www.thrall.org/largeprint/
Emp Tech: Empowering Access for all Through Technology: www.emptech.info/about_us.php
Get REAL-Regional Education Assisting Life Long Learning: http://disabilities.temple.edu/programs/assistive/real/
Home Modifications in Pennsylvania: http://homemods.jevs.org/
National Assistive Technology: www.assistivetech.net
Pennsylvania Assistive Technology Foundation (PATF): www.patf.us
Pennsylvania’s Initiative on Assistive Technology (PIAT): www.temple.edu/instituteondisabilities/piat
Reused and Exchanged Equipment Partnership: http://disabilities.temple.edu/programs/assistive/reep/
Sports and Manual Wheelchairs: http://www.sportaid.com
Telecommunications Device Distribution Program (TDDP): http://disabilities.temple.edu/tddp
Centers for Independent Living (CIL’s)
National Directory: www.ilru.org/html/publications/directory/index.html
Pennsylvania Directory: www.ilru.org/html/publications/directory/pennsylvania.html
Disability Organizations and Resources
American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD): www.aapd-dc.org
Disability News & Views Radio Show: www.disabilitynewsradio.com
Disability Resources: www.disabilityresources.org
National Council on Disability (NCD): www.ncd.gov
National Council on Independent Living (NCIL): www.ncil.org
National Organization on Disability (NOD): www.nod.org
PA Mental Health Consumers’ Association: www.pmhca.org/
The Pennsylvania Council on Independent Living (PCIL): www.pcil.net
Education and Employment
Job Accommodation Network (JAN): www.jan.wvu.edu
Working Order: www.workingorder.org
Government
Federal GovernmentDisabilityInfo.gov: www.disabilityinfo.gov
U.S. House of Representatives: www.house.gov
State GovernmentU.S. Senate: www.senate.gov
The White House: www.whitehouse.gov
Emergency Preparedness for People with Disabilities (PEMA): www.pema.state.pa.us
Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare (DPW): www.dpw.state.pa.us
PA PowerPort: www.state.pa.us
Legal Rights/Civil Rights
Disability Rights Guide: www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/cguide.html
ADA Watch: www.adawatch.org
Erie County ADA Information:
http://www.erie.pa.us/Departments/ADACoordinator/tabid/512/Default.aspx
http://www.eriecountygov.org/ada/Office of Attorney General: www.attorneygeneral.gov
Polling Places in Allegheny County: http://apps.county.allegheny.pa.us/VoteDistricts/
Local Resources
Accessibility Development Associates (ADA Inc.): www.adaconsults.com
Carlow University Office on Students with Disabilities: http://www.carlow.edu/disab-services/index.html
Carnegie Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped: www.clpgh.org/locations/lbph
Carnegie Mellon University Equal Opportunity Service: http://www.cmu.edu/hr/eos/index.html
Chatham University PACE Learning Center: http://www.chatham.edu/academics/support.cfm
Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) Allegheny Campus Disabilities Support Services: www.ccac.edu/default.aspx?id=137533
Disability Rights Network (DRN): www.drnpa.org
Duquesne University Freshman Development & Special Student Services: http://www.sites.duq.edu/freshman-development/
Free or Low-Cost Health Care Clinics in Allegheny County: http://trcil.myfastsite.net/resources/help-for-the-underinsured-and-uninsured/
HUD-Approved Housing Counseling Agencies in Pennsylvania: http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/hcc/hcs.cfm?webListAction=search&searchstate=PA
Mon Valley Providers Council (MVPC): www.hscc-mvpc.org
PA Connecting Communities: www.paconnectingcommunities.org
PA Relay: www.parelay.net
Pennsylvania Department of Aging: www.aging.state.pa.us
Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA)- PA Affordable Apartment Locater: www.phfa.org/pal
Pittsburgh Rehabilitation Counselor: www.pittrehabcounselor.com
University of Pittsburgh Disability Resources & Services Office: www.drs.pitt.edu
Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf: www.wpsd.org
Wounded Warriors: https://www.nationalresourcedirectory.gov/state/Pennsylvania
Parenting and Children
Emerging Leaders Program: www.hscc-mvpc.org/elp.htm
Autism: www.aboard.org
Through the Looking Glass: www.lookingglass.org
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities: www.nichcy.org
Religious
Interfaith Specialty Services: http://issinc.org/aboutus.htm
National Organization on Disability: Religion and Disability Program: www.nod.org/
Transportation
RERC on Wheelchair Transportation Safety, University of Pittsburgh: http://www.rercwts.org
Is there a link that you don’t see here and would like to add to the list? Please email it along with a brief description to sholbrook@trcil.org.
Three Rivers Center for Independent Living endeavors to maintain the accuracy of the information on its official electronic publications. Links from official pages may go to information that is not directly approved by the center and does not necessarily reflect the views of Three Rivers Center for Independent Living, its employees, or its affiliates.