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• Access Living
  Established in 1980, Access Living (Metropolitan Chicago) is a non-residential Center for Independent Living for people with all types of disabilities. We provide services that promote the independence and the inclusion of people with disabilities in every aspect of community life. We follow the independent living philosophy that calls for community-based, consumer-controlled service and advocacy programs that emphasize a cross-disability and self-help approach.
  www.accessliving.org
  
  
• Action Toward Independence (ATI)
  Action Toward Independence is a not for profit, non residential, peer run, referral and advocacy agency for persons with disabilities in Orange and Sullivan Counties, NY. Our services are aimed at promoting, accessibility, community integration and equal opportunity in all aspects of society for persons with all types of challenges. ATI provides services to individuals with disabilities and assists them in achieving their chosen level of independence, and advocates for their rights when necessary. Our services are aimed at maximizing their potential for independence and are free of charge.
  http://actiontowardindependence.org
  
  
• I'm Adapting to Disabilities
  A directory to individual state Disability services and programs as well as Advocacy & Protection assistance. It also features an art gallery focusing on creativity for people with disabilities.
  www.imadapting.com
  
  
• Beach Center on Families and Disability
  The Beach Center provides parent training, professional and emotional support, education and training materials to assist families who have members with disabilities and to influence national policy regarding the welfare of all persons with developmental disabilities.
  www.beachcenter.org/
  
  
• The Center for Independent Living in Berkeley, California
  The Center for Independent Living (CIL) is a national leader in helping people with disabilities live independently and become productive, fully participating members of society. The staff and board, most of whom have disabilities, are strongly committed to supporting others in their efforts towards self sufficiency. Since 1972 we have opened doors for over 140,000 people, who were traditionally viewed only as "patients", to help them leave institutions, set up independent living situations and hold jobs.
  www.cilberkeley.org/
  
  
• Center for Personal Assistance Services ( PAS Center)
  The PAS Center  provides research, training, dissemination and technical assistance on issues of personal assistance services (PAS) in the United States. PAS users will find on the PAS Center site information on hiring, training and working with a personal assistant that will help you live independently.
  www.pascenter.org
  
  
• Center for Research on Women with Disabilities (CROWD)
  CROWD is a research center that focuses on issues related to health, aging, civil rights, abuse, and independent living. CROWD's purpose is to promote, develop, and disseminate information to expand the life choices of women with disabilities so that they may fully participate in community life.
  www.bcm.tmc.edu/crowd/
  
  
• Centers for Independent Living on the WORLD WIDE WEB
  The source for this list of Centers for Independent Living on the World Wide Web in the U.S. (including territories) is the ILRU Directory of Independent Living Centers and Related Organizations. It includes listings for all Statewide Independent Living Councils.
  www.ilru.org/jump1.htm
  
  
• Coalition For Independence (CFI)
  CFI is a Center for Independent living.  CFI provides independent living services for individuals with disabilities, their families and caregivers in Johnson, Wyandotte and Leavenworth Counties in Kansas as well as the entire Kansas City metro area. Addressing the unmet needs of people with disabilities is CFI's mission.
  www.cfi-kc.org
  
  
• The Design Linc - list of Independent Living Centers
  A listing of Independent Living Centers in the US, Canada, U.K., Scotland, and Sweden which provide assistance to persons with disabilities with resources to enhance life.
  www.designlinc.com/centers3.htm

• DIMENET
  DIMENET provides accessible access to the information infrastructure to people with disabilities through ILC's. Nationwide, ILC's have selected DIMENET as their telecommunications host to provide access to the Internet and to each other. DIMENET is an information source within the Internet, insuring equal access and enabling ILC's to fulfill their Congressional mandate. There are currently eight DIMENET host sites across the nation providing an information infrastructure to ILC's.
  www.dimenet.com/
  
  
• Disability World
  DisabilityWorld is a new web-zine dedicated to advancing an exchange of information and research about the international independent living movement of people with disabilities. The web-zine is the heart of a larger project, IDEAS for the New Millennium, funded in 1999 by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research as a five-year project.
  www.disabilityworld.org/
  
  
• Greeks with Disabilities
  Disability Now is a non profit organization.  The aim of the Disability Now is to produce and distribute all the available information for the disabilities and to empower the Greeks with disabilities with the appropriate technical knowledge and skills to manage their needs and to reconstruct their lives.  Disabled Hellas is the largest collection of disability and rehabilitation related articles and books in Greek language.
  www.disabled.gr/
  
  
• History of Independent Living
  This History of Independent Living is by Gina McDonald and Mike Oxford.
  www.acils.com/acil/ilhistor.html

• ILRU (Independent Living Research Utilization) at TIRR
  ILRU is a program of The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research (TIRR), and is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine. The ILRU program is a national center for information, training, research, and technical assistance in independent living.
  www.ilru.org/ 
  
  
• ILRU Directory of Centers, SILCs, & Related Organizations
  www.ilru.org/jump1.htm
  
  
• IMPACT Inc.
  IMPACT Inc. is dedicated to promoting full community participation of persons with disabilities, and, enhancing the prospects of persons with disabilities achieving their fullest human potential. IMPACT (in Alton, IL) is one of twenty-two Centers for Independent Living (CILs) in Illinois.
  www.impactcil.org/
  

• Independence, Inc. (Lawrence Independent Living Resource Center)
  The Lawrence (Kansas) Independent Living Resource Center is committed to empowering people with disabilities to control their own lives and advocate for an integrated and accessible community.
  www.independenceinc.org

• Independent Living USA
  The Independent Living USA Website is a directory of resources for independent living, for individuals with disabilities, their families, providers of services, independent living centers, and professionals.
  www.ilusa.com/

• Independent Living Institute
  The Institute's purpose is to promote the opportunities of persons with disabilities to gain more personal and political power, self-determination, full participation and equality through information, training materials, consultancy and technical assistance. The Institute works in cooperation with other organizations which support these aims at the local, national and international level, including self-help groups in developing countries. The Institute, located in Stockholm-Johanneshov, Sweden, is a not-for-profit private foundation run and controlled by persons with disabilities.
  www.independentliving.org/
  
  
• June Isaacson Kailes, Disaster Preparedness for People with Disabilities
  Includes:
  "Tip Sheets" [English and Spanish] on earthquake safety, but have significant applicability for all types of disaster preparedness for people with disabilities [ power outages, fires, floods, hurricanes, nuclear power plant accidents, tornados, tsunamis, volcanoes, winter storms and very cold or very hot weather]; Tips Cover: collecting emergency documents; creating an emergency health information card; specific issues for people who: use life support systems, service animals or are pet owners, are hearing impaired and people with mobility, visual, hearing, cognitive, psychiatric, communication and speech environmental illness or chemical sensitivities disabilities; and more.
  www.jik.com/disaster.html
  
  
• June Isaacson Kailes, Disability Policy Consultant
  June Isaacson Kailes works as a disability rights advocate and project developer in the independent living movement. June has operated her own full-time consulting business since 1989 and consults for and trains businesses, universities, state associations, government entities, centers for independent living and other not-for-profit organizations.
  www.jik.com

• June Isaacson Kailes Independent Living Sites
  Links to the following Web sites: General Information, State Associations, Statewide Independent Living Councils, State by State listing, Canada, Other Countries.
  www.jik.com/ilcs.html
  
  
• Kansas Association of Centers for Independent Living (KACIL)
  KACIL's mission is to advocate for the independent living needs of disabled citizens of the state of Kansas, and to develop new resources and identify and provide access to existing resources which provide the services needed by disabled Kansans so that they may live independently in the situation and community of their choice.
  www.kacil.org/
  
  
• Kansas Big Tent Coalition
  Kansas Big Tent Coalition members come together as a unified voice for the purposes of supporting the following initiatives: To raise sufficient revenue for the purpose of decreasing the impact of budget cuts and ensure access to the state’s human services to allow choice, dignity and self determination for those Kansans most in need; To restore and protect essential services for Kansas’ most vulnerable citizens; and To ensure continued participation by service providers in fiscal years 2003 and 2004; and To further use this revenue to secure independent living for all Kansas citizens.
  www.bigtentcoalition.org/
  
  

• Kansas Client Assistance Program (CAP)
  The CAP was created by Section 112 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. Kansas CAP provides a number of resources to help you resolve problems with programs funded through Title 1 under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. These programs include services provided through Kansas Rehabilitation Services, Independent Living Centers, Projects With Industries (PWI) Clients, Individuals served by other programs funded under the Rehabilitation Act, and the general public concerning disability issues.
  www.srskansas.org/rehab/text/CAP.htm
  
  

• LINK, Inc. (Living Independently in Northwest Kansas)
  LINK, Inc., is an independent living program for individuals who have physical, mental or emotional disabilities. LINK, Inc. services are available throughout a 21 county area in Northwest Kansas.
  www.linkinc.org/

• Montana Research & Training Center on Rural Rehabilitation Services (RTC: Rural)
  The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) in the U.S. Department of Education funds the Research and Training Center on Rural Rehabilitation Services. Our goal is to use scientific methods to solve problems of access to transportation and housing, employment and self-employment, independent living, health and wellness, community planning, and integration faced by people with disabilities living in rural areas and those who serve them. We offer, or are developing, solutions to problems in a wide variety of areas.
  rtc.ruralinstitute.umt.edu/
  
  
• New York City Consortium for Independent Living
  The New York City Consortium for Independent Living is an umbrella organization that presents a unified voice for disabled New Yorkers and supports the work of the six New York City Independent Living Centers.
  www.nycilc.org
  
  
• Occupational Center of Central Kansas, Inc. (OCCK)
  OCCK (Salina, KS) is a not-for-profit Kansas corporation dedicated to helping people with physical or mental disabilities remove barriers to employment, independent living, and full participation in their communities. 
  www.occk.com/
  

• Parquad
  Parquad is an independent living center in St. Louis, MO. Parquad is committed to empowering people with disabilities to live as full and productive members of society.
  www.paraquad.org/
  
  

• Queens Independent Living Center
  Queens Independent Living Center provides the information and services people with any type of disability need to achieve equal opportunity and rights. We focus on residents of Queens, but residency is not restricted. We also provide information to family, friends and providers; work with families of children with disabilities; and provide technical assistance on access and employment accommodations to businesses and organizations .
  www.qilc.org/
  
  

• The Research and Training Center on Independent Living (RTC/IL)
  The RTC/IL'S (at the University of Kansas) strategic mission is  to enhance Independent Living (IL) for all.  We make IL better by working with consumers, providing quality research, and widely disseminating effective and relevant products.
  www.rtcil.org
  
  
• Resource Center For Accessible Living, Inc. (RCAL,Inc.)
  RCAL is a non-profit, community based service and advocacy organization (in Kingston, New York) run by and for people with any type of disability.  Since 1983, RCAL has been dedicated to assisting and empowering individuals, of all ages, to live independently and participate in all aspects of community life.  RCAL, as an Independent Living Center, has a long tradition of consumer controlled and directed service delivery. 
  www.rcal.org
  

• Resource Center For Independent Living, Inc.
  The mission statement of the Resource Center For Independent Living, Inc. (Osage City, KS) is to assist a person with disabilities, their families and communities to advocate for, access and use the skills and resources necessary to reach the level of independence of their choice.
  www.rcilinc.org/
  
  
• Research Information for Independent Living (RIIL)
  RIIL is funded by a grant from the National Institute on Disability Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR). RIIL is a joint effort of the Research and Training Center on Independent Living (RTCIL) at the University of Kansas and the Independent Living Research Utilization (ILRU) Program of TIRR.
  www.getriil.org/
  
  
• Statewide Independent Living Council of Illinois (SILC of Illinois)
  The mission of SILC of Illinois is to work for the integration, independence, and self-governance of all persons with disabilities through the establishment, development, and enhancement of Centers for Independent Living and independent living services that promote the dignity, worth, rights, responsibilities, and abilities of all persons with disabilities to achieve full participation in society.
  www.silcofillinois.org/
  
  
• Statewide Independent Living Council of Kansas (SILCK)
  State Plan for independent living demands consumer empowerment, control, equal access, and integration. The plan shall insure that there are civil rights in place for total integration. The mission of the SILCK is to: Develop a State Plan through external input, which ensures independent living for Kansans; Advocate for the accomplishment of the State Plan objectives; Monitor, review, and evaluate the implementation of the plan; Be a statewide catalyst for independent living.
  www.silck.org/
  
  
• Three Rivers Independent Living Resource Center
  Our Center (main office in Wamego, Kansas) assists people of all ages, with all types of disabilities, to achieve their personal goals and participate in their community with as great a degree of freedom as possible.
  www.threeriversinc.org
  
  
• Through the Looking Glass (TLG)
  Through the Looking Glass (TLG) is a nationally recognized non-profit agency and first National Resource Center for Parents with Disabilities.  They provide direct services, training, materials and research concerning families in which a child, parent or grandparent has a disability or medical issue.
  www.lookingglass.org/
  
  
• Topeka Independent Living Resource Center(TILRC)
  TILRC is a non-profit consumer controlled center providing services and advocacy by and for persons with all types of disabilities since 1981. Working to assure access to housing, employment, transportation, communities, recreational facilities, and health and social services. We the People is a bi-monthly disability news magazine published in various print formats and now online via RealAudio streaming audio.
  www.tilrc.org/
  
  

• Virtual Center for Independent Living -  Cyberspace
  Here is your resource for information and news. You will find the tools you need to operate a center for independent living and the resources that you would find if you visited your local center for independent living.
  www.virtualcil.com
  
  

• The Whole Person, Inc.
  The Whole Person, Inc., an independent living center, assists people with disabilities to live independently and encourages change within the community to expand opportunities for independent living.
  www.thewholeperson.org/
  
  

• World Institute on Disability (WID)
  The World Institute on Disability (WID) is Located in Oakland, California, WID is an international public policy center dedicated to carrying out cutting-edge research on disability issues and overcoming obstacles to independent living.
  www.wid.org/

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