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resources
- Ed Roberts Campus Partners
- Association for Rehabilitation Programs in Computer Technology
- California Department of
Rehabilitation - Disability Benefits 101
- Student resources
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:
Ed Roberts Campus
c/o Center for Independent Living
2539 Telegraph Avenue Berkeley, CA 94704
510.841.4776 (c/o Center for Independent Living)
TTY: 510.644.2555 (c/o DREDF, M-F 9-5pm)
Website: www.edrobertscampus.org
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:
830 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94710
510.849.4663 fax 510.849.4616
Website: www.borp.org
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:
2539 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94704
510.841.4776 fax 510.841.6168 TTY 510.848.3101
Website: www.cilberkeley.org
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:
2198 Sixth Street, Suite 100, Berkeley, CA 94710
510.848.1112 fax 510.848.4445 toll-free 800.644.2666
Website: www.lookingglass.org
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:
2547 Eighth Street 12-A, Berkeley, CA 94710
510.841.3224 fax 510.841.7956
Website: www.cforat.org
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:
2212 Sixth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710
510.644.2555 fax 510.841.8645 TTY 510.644.2525
Website: www.dredf.org
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:
c/o SFSU School of Engineering
1600 Holloway, San Francisco, CA 94132
415.338.6277 fax 415.338.1290
Website: www.whirlwind.sfsu.edu
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:
510 16th Street #100, Oakland, CA 94612-1500
510.763.4100 fax 510.763.4109
Website: www.wid.org
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.
Please visit www.rehab.cahwnet.gov
for information about
- Employment resources
- Disability resources
- Services for employers
- Independent living resources
Please visit
www.disabilitybenefits101.org
for information about working with a disability in California.
