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Ann
Arbor Center for Independent Living
A nonprofit organization dedicated to the success of children, youth
and adults with disabilities at home, at school, at work and in
the community.
Alex Gossage
3941 Research Park Drive.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
734-971-0277
Email: agossage@aacil.org
ARC
Services of Macomb, Inc.
An association comprised of people with disabilities, parents, friends
and professionals involved with supporting people with disabilities
in Macomb County, MI.
Assistive
Technology Exchange
A free Michigan classified-ad website to help people with disabilities
get the tools they need.
Brain
Injury Association of Michigan
A non-profit organization that brings together people with brain
injury, their families, friends, and concerned professionals to
improve the quality of life that people experience after brain injury.
Capital
Area Center for Independent Living
"Your disability resource"
Capital
Area Michigan Works
Offers and facilitates workforce development services to prepare
people to become employable, to obtain a job and to progress in
their careers. Also see Lansing
Journal article.
Communities
of Power
A source of information about issues of importance in Michigan's
disability community.
Community
Advocates
Supporting individuals with developmental disabilities and their
families in the Kalamazoo area since 1953.
Community
Housing Network
Looking for a service or program that might help you or someone
you love? Community Housing Network has developed affordable housing
programs throughout Oakland and Macomb counties that have helped
many formerly homeless persons with disabilities and other low-income
families find a place to call home.
Community
Living
A private organization promoting inclusion, full citizenship and
a self-determined life for people with developmental disabilities
in Wayne County.
Peggy Frankie, Executive Director
Liberty Hill Housing Corporation
Metro Place Center
35425 Michigan Avenue W.
Wayne, MI 48184-1687
734-722-6161 and 734-722-4980
Email: pfrankie@comlivserv.com
Deaf
and Hearing Impaired Services, Inc.
Serving deaf and hard of hearing older adults and their families
in southeast Michigan.
Department
of Energy - Commission for Disability Concerns
Advocates on behalf of Michigan's 1.9 million people with disabilities.
Department
of Energy - Commission for the Blind
Providing services to people in Michigan who are blind or visually
impaired.
Detroit
Radio Information Service
A radio reading service for people with disabilities by offering
a simple, cost-effective method of accessing printed news and information
published in hundreds of daily, weekly and monthly periodicals.
Disabilities
Assistance Network
A Michigan based charitable organization that provides information,
referrals, advocacy, programs and services to the entire community
that will enhance the physical, social, emotional and economic well-being
of people with disabilities.
Disability
Network Michigan
A collaborative organization representing 15 Centers for Independent
Living (CILs) throughout the state.
Disability
Network of Oakland & Macomb
A private non-profit, non-residential organization run for and by
people with disabilities.
Excel
Driving School
The newest addition to their Driver Rehabilitation program: the
DriveABLE - DCAT Cognitive Assessment to help determine our students
cognitive abilities as they pertain to driving. Individuals of all
ages whose driving competence is questionable are appropriate referrals.
See the following forms for more info:
Information
Sheet
Referral
for Services
Service
Fees 2008
Referral
for Driving Assessment
Physician's
Resource
Easter
Seals Michigan - Disability Services
Our mission is to create solutions that change lives of children
and adults with disabilities or other special needs and their families.
Independent
Living Program (Michigan Commission for the Blind)
For people age 55 or older who are legally blind and want to continue
living at home as self-sufficiently as possible.
Michigan
Alliance for Families
Provides information, support and education to families of children
and adults with disabilities.
Michigan
Assistive Technology Loan Fund
Allows people with disabilities and seniors (or their family members)
to purchase assistive technology devices or services, including
modification of vehicles and homes.
Michigan
Commission for the Blind
Mission is to provide opportunity to individuals who are blind or
visually impaired to achieve employability and/or function independently
in society.
Michigan
Commission on Disability Concerns
Responds to and advocates on behalf of Michigan's people with disabilities.
Michigan
Disability Rights Coalition (MDRC)
Works to build opportunities for people with disabilities so they
may live fully integrated lives within their chosen communities,
now and in the future.
Michigan
Protection and Advocacy Service
Promotes, expands and protects the human and legal rights of people
by providing them with information and advocacy.
Michigan
Rehabilitation Services (MRS)
MRS partners with individuals and employers to achieve quality employment
outcomes and independence for persons with disabilities.
Michigan
Resource Guide for Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury and their
Familes (8/2007)
Info on available aid and services, along with explanations of syptoms
and the impacts for individuals and families.
Michigan
State University Libraries
Information on assistance the libraries provide to persons with
disabilities.
Michigan
State Animal Response Team
Folks with disabilities that use guide dogs should know about this
organization.
Michigan
Statewide Independent Living Council
An organization of individuals who represent the interests of people
with disabilities across Michigan.
National
Federation of the Blind - Michigan Resources List
NOTA
Acquires 4 Vans to Give Rides
A nonprofit organization has acquired four new vans to provide rides
to seniors and people with disabilities in a 165-mile radius area
of northern Oakland County.
On
My Own of Michigan
A private, non-profit agency in Oakland County that helps adults
with mild developmental disabilities become independent, social
and contributing members of the community.
Peckham
Rehabilitation
Committed to overcoming and eliminating barriers.
QuickRamps
for Kids
A program from United Cerebral Palsy of Metropolitan Detroit that
provides free portable wheelchair ramps to families of children
who experience Cerebral Palsy and other paralysis-causing conditions.
Superior
Alliance for Independent Living
A member of the Disability Network, they help people with disabilities
and their families who live in the Upper Peninsula.
The
Arc Link
Harnessing the power of the internet to provide people with developmental
disabilities the information and resources to exercise informed
choice to live self-determined and fulfilling lives in their communities.
The
Arc Michigan
A newsletter from a state organization on developmental disabilities.
Tri-County
Community Advocates
Part of The Arc Michigan which exists to empower local chapters
to assure that citizens with developmental disabilities are valued
and thay they and their familes can participate fuly in and contribute
to the life of their community.
UCP-Michigan
A non-profit advocacy organization that works for life without limits
for people with cerebral palsy and other disabilities.
Patti's comments: I am on the board of this fine organization.
UCP-Michigan
Unveils Ramps for Independence (Detroit News - 10/28/09)
UCP-Michigan recently started a new program designed to increase
access to the community by providing ramps for homes of individuals
with disabilities.
United
Cerebral Palsy of Metropolitan Detroit
Provides an array of services for people with cerebral palsy and
other disabilities, including advocacy, employment services, assistive
technology, community outreach, person centered advocacy, ramp assistance
and much, much more.
Visions
Unlimited
Through a joint venture with Farmington Public Schools, Oakland
Schools built a new facility located at 22915 Commerce Dr., Farmington,
Michigan. The building houses two programs; Visions Unlimited, a
post-secondary special education program, serving young adults,
18-26, with developmental and physical disabilities, and an alternative
site for Oakland Schools Special Education Department staff.
Washtenaw
Association for Community Advocacy
One of the first grass-roots organizations in Michigan to advocate
for persons with developmental disabilities and their families.
Sherry Fernandez, President
sfernandez@ameritech.net
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