Community Resources

The Chicago Tribune is hosting a live online chat about children with disabilities and ways  their parents can help them thrive at 10:00 a.m. (Pacific time) on Tuesday, June 28.  For more details on the panel of experts and how you can participate, see the Chicago Tribune website here.

If you’ve been wanting to learn about photo editing and/or digital scrapbooking, CTP’s free one-day introductory classes are for you. Intro to Free Photo and Image Editing Software will be held Tuesday, June 14 from 6:00 – 7:30 pm.  Registration is required and seats are limited so be sure to register online.  Topics will include: Review of available free software …

  (We continue our series honoring our intern sponsors.) Renew Computers is the largest independent electronics recycling center (“anything with a chip in it”) in Marin County.  Conveniently located in San Rafael,  they receive used electronic equipment–mostly computers–from individuals, small businesses and large corporations.  The higher quality computers are then refurbished by their team of technicians and are re-sold, providing …

Know any children artists out there?  Specifically children with one or more parents with a disability? Well, The National Center for Parents with Disabilities (a program of Through the Looking Glass) is calling for original art entries from children aged 5-11 depicting their favorite family activity.  Each entry should include an “artist’s statement”, one or two sentences about one thing …

You’ve heard of a win-win situation, right?  Well this is a win-win-win-win situation.  How can you not like it? Let’s back up a minute and start with the need, the gap to be filled, the problem to be solved.  Broadband skills and access are no longer just a nice thing to have.  Rather they are essential to working life in …

Rubicon Programs prepares people with very low income (especially the homeless) to achieve financial independence, and partners with people with mental illness on their journey of recovery.  They provide employment, housing, mental health and other supportive services. Rubicon Programs has just launched a new website providing more in-depth information on their services, including new photos and videos highlighting their participants’ …

The World Institute on Disability (WID) has released a second DVD in the series called Access to Medical Care.   The new release,  Access to Medical Care: People with Developmental Disabilities, is a 25-minute DVD that educates medical providers, families and individuals about health care access and disability sensitivity.  WID is also offering an online training program called MAP to …

Disability Benefits 101 (DB101) helps workers, job seekers, and service providers understand the connections between work and benefits.

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.

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.