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Ed Roberts Campus is a nonprofit corporation formed by organizations that share a common history in the Independent Living Movement of People with Disabilities. These well respected organizations have joined together to plan and develop a universally designed, transit-oriented campus located at the Ashby BART Station in south Berkeley. The Ed Roberts Campus will become the world’s foremost disability rights service, advocacy, education, training and policy center. Contact Information: Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program (BORP)'s mission is to improve the health, empowerment and social integration of physically disabled people of all ages through participation in recreational, fitness and sports activities. Contact Information: Center for Independent Living has worked on behalf of people with disabilities since 1972. They set the standard for a host of access issues in public places, work and public transportation. Contact Information: Through the Looking Glass is a nationally recognized center for research, training and intervention services to families in which a parent or child has a disability. Contact Information: Center for Accessible Technology works to enable people to make informed decisions about technology and to provide the support needed to implement its use to create a more accessible world. Contact Information: Founded in 1979 by people with disabilities and parents of children with disabilities, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund carries out its civil rights mission through programs in training, education, research, local and national policy mentoring and development advocacy and litigation to serve its long term goal of the full integration of people with disabilities into the mainstream of American life. Contact Information: Whirlwind Wheelchair International’s mission is to enable people with disabilities to create mobility equipment in a manner that enhances integration into their society. Twenty million disable people in developing countries need wheelchairs, but less than one percent own or have access to them. Using Whirlwind’s design and guidance, over 30 shops in 25 countries have begun producing whirlwind wheelchairs. Contact Information: The World Institute on Disability (WID) is a nonprofit public policy center dedicated to the promotion and full inclusion in society of people with disabilities. Founded in 1983 by leaders of the Independent Living/Civil Rights Movement for people with disabilities, WID is committed to bringing policy into action. Contact Information: ARPCT (Association for Rehabilitation Programs in Computer Technology) ARPCT's mission is to promote communication and support among programs designed to train and place people with disabilities in areas related to computer technology and information processing. For more information, visit ARPCT on the web at www.arpct.org California Department of Rehabilitation The California Department of Rehabilitation works in partnership with consumers and other stakeholders to provide services and advocacy resulting in employment, independent living and equality for individuals with disabilities.
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