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Resources
PHI recommends these links to trusted advocacy resources.
The ADA Collection offers visitors over 3,000 documents
pertaining to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Visit this one-stop, one-shop ADA source at www.adaportal.org.
New Freedom Initiative
On Thursday, July 26, 2007, on the 17th Anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act, President George W. Bush released the 2007 New Freedom Initiative Progress Report.
- www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/newfreedom/newfreedom-report-2007.html
- www.whitehouse.gov/news/freedominitiative/freedominitiative.html
- www.hhs.gov/newfreedom
Online Resource for Americans with Disabilities
www.disabilityinfo.gov
Access to Assets (ATA). Coordinated by World Institute on Disability (WID), ATA is a program that provides training and technical assistance to asset building and disability organizations seeking to improve the inclusion of people with disabilities in poverty reduction programs. ATA also provides information and referral services to individuals with disabilities and conducts federal and state policy analysis on related issues.
EQUITY Toll-Free Technical Assistance Hotline: 866-723-1201
EQUITY e-newsletter
Corporation for Enterprise Development's IDAnetwork
Individual Development Account (IDA) – Information for people with disabilities on disability benefits
Consumer Directed Services, a Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP) advocacy organization. This website has a resource section with a collection of useful links to CDPAP and related organizations. Also links to documents outlining the history of the CDPAP, providing information about program alternatives, offering a scientific assessment of the program, and directing the reader to related topics that may prove useful to a Consumer or a Program Organizer. To assist Consumers (in the New York Metro Area) with their core responsibility, Consumer Directed Services has developed a Consumer/Employment Service program that should help them find the Personal Assistant of their choice.