Disability Organizations and Resources
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Center for the Study and Advancement of Disability Policy (CSADP)
The Center for the Study and Advancement of Disability Policy (CSADP) provides public education, leadership development and training, technical assistance and information dissemination, and conducts action-research and analysis of public policy issues affecting individuals with disabilities and their families.
The website is organized by relevant topic areas. The following topics are included:
- Advocacy Training Materials
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Disability Policy in General
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
- Olmstead Supreme Court Case
- Personal Assistance Services (PAS)
- Rehabilitation Act (see Vocational Rehabilitation)
- State Medicaid Buy-In Program and State Work Incentives
- (see also Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act)
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
- Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act
- Vocational Rehabilitation
- Workforce Investment Act
Web: http://www.disabilitypolicycenter.org/
American Foundation for the Blind
Regina Genwright, Director of Information Center
11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300
New York, NY 10001
(212) 502-7600; (212) 502-7662 (TTY)
E-mail: afbinfo@afb.net
Web: www.afb.org
ALLTech: The Spurwink Institute
Libby Cohen, Executive Director
60 Pineland Drive
New Gloucester, ME 04074
(866) 688-4573
E-mail: lcohen@alltech-tsi.org
Web: www.alltech-tsi.org
Brain Injury Association of Maine
Leslie Duval, Director of Operations
325 Main Street
Waterville, ME 04901
(207) 861-9900; (800) 275-1233 (in ME)
E-mail: biaofme@prexar.com
Web: www.biame.org
Bureau of Rehabilitation Services: Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Paul Cote, Program Manager
150 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0150
(207) 624-5959
E-mail: paul.e.cote@state.me.us
Web: www.maine.gov/rehab/
Learning Disabilities Association of Maine
Brenda Bennett, Executive Director
P.O. Box 67
Oakland, ME 04963
(207) 465-7700
E-mail: bbennett@ldame.org
Web: www.ldame.org
Maine Center on Deafness, MCD
68 Bishop Street, Suite 3
Portland, ME 04103
(207) 797-7656 (V/TTY); (800) 639-3884 (V/TTY)
Web: www.mainecenterondeafness.org/index.htm
Maine CITE Coordinating Center
Kathleen Powers, Project Director
Maine Consumer Information and Technology Training Exchange (Maine CITE)
University of Maine System, University College
46 University Drive
Augusta, ME 04330
(207) 621-3195 (V); (207) 621-3482 (TTY)
E-mail: kpowers@maine.edu
Web: www.mainecite.org
Pine Tree Society for Handicapped Children and Adults
Anne Marsh, Executive Director
Erin Rice, Marketing and Communications Director
149 Front Street
Bath, ME 04530
(207) 443-3341 (V/TTY)
E-mail: info@pinetreesociety.org
Web: www.pinetreesociety.org
New England ADA and Accessible IT Center
Valerie Fletcher, Executive Director
Oce Harrison, Project Director
Adaptive Environments Center, Inc.
374 Congress Street, Suite 301
Boston, MA 02210
(617) 695-0085 (V/TTY); (800) 949-4232 (V/TTY)
E-mail: adainfo@newenglandada.org
Web: www.newenglandada.org
New Hampshire Branch of the International Dyslexia Association
(also serving Vermont and Maine)
Mike Angwin and Caryl Patten, Co-Presidents
P.O. Box 3724
Concord, NH 03302
(603) 229-7355
E-mail: referralsMaine@nhida.org
Web: www.nhida.org
Spina Bifida Association of Maine
Wendy Bondeson, Director
P. O. Box 11166
Portland, ME 04104
(207) 675-3589
Telecommunications Relay Services for Individuals who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, or with Speech Impairments
(800) 457-1220 (V)
(800) 437-1220 (TTY); 711 (TTY)
(800) 229-5746 (Speech to Speech-English)
(866) 260-9470 (Speech to Speech-Spanish)
United Cerebral Palsy of Northeastern Maine
Bobbie Yeager, Executive Director
700 Mt. Hope Avenue, Suite 320
Bangor, ME 04401
(207) 941-2885; (207) 941-2952 (V/TTY)
E-mail: office@ucpofmaine.org
Web: www.ucpaofmaine.org