Metropolitan Area Resources, D.C., MD, VA

Organizations and Information

Aging and Disability Resources in the District of Columbia ADRDC is designed to assist older adults and persons with disabilities in locating supportive services and eldercare resources in order to continue living as they choose in their community.
ARC of D.C. This organization's mission is to improve the quality of life of people with mental disabilities and their families through support and advocacy.
Art Enables This organization runs programs for adults with developmental disabilities throughout the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services This is a link to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Services.
D.C. Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) Part of the Department of Health, this agency provides Home and Community Based Services.
D.C. Center for Independent Living This center provides information, peer counseling, and independent living skills training.
D.C. Housing Authority
D.C. Long Term Care Coalition
D.C. Primary Care Association
D.C. Vocational Rehabilitation Services
D.C. Statewide Independent Living Council This council works to empower people with disabilities and promotes integration into the community.
Department of Health This government department provides health facts, services and programs for Washington, D.C. residents.
Disability Information and ResourcesThis site is non-graphical. It list a plethora of web links to organizations that provide disability related services and information.
Division of Rehabilitation Services (DORS) This organization provides leadership and support in promoting the employment, economic self-sufficiency and independence of individuals with disabilities. They are located in Baltimore, MD.
Endependence Center of Northern Virginia (ECNV) This center provides information, peer counseling, and independent living skills training. They are located in Arlington, VA.
HCBS This organization provides infrastructure development, resources for people with disabilities and describes all home and community based services.
ICAN News for the disability community.
Independence Now This center provides information, peer counseling, and independent living skills training for Montgomery and Prince George Counties in Maryland.
Montgomery County MD These are resources for the disability community.
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) U.S. Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services (OSERS).
National Rehabilitation and Information Center (NARIC) This organization runs a database funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR). They provide information to the disability and rehabilitation communities about research and development projects.
Publications This is a link to disability related magazines.
Social Security Administration This is information on working while disabled.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services This is the office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation for the Office of Disability, Aging, and Long Term Care Policy.
Virginia Association of Personal Care Providers
Washington Ear This is an organization that provides audio-description, training, and services for people who need audio representation of printed material.

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Repairs and Rentals of Equipment in D.C., MD, VA

Area Access (location, Manassas, VA): This company sells and rents scooters and wheelchairs. They sell various staircase and outdoor lifts and modify vehicles with ramps and lifts.
Mobility Solutions (location, Silver Spring, MD): This company offers in home demonstrations, mobility products, and rents ramps, manual wheelchairs, hospital beds, scooters, and power wheelchairs.
Numotion has a location in Baltimore, MD. This company offers mobility devices, cushions, adaptive seating, lifts, and repair services.
Rehab Equipment Professionals (location, Alexandria, VA): This company supplies and repairs wheelchairs. They specialize in pediatric wheelchairs and custom mobility devices for all ages.
ScootAround Wheelchair and Scooter Rentals (location, Washington, D.C.): This company rents scooters in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
Zask Medical (location, Alexandria, VA): This company provides rentals, repairs and sales for all types of wheelchairs both motorized and manual in the D.C. metro area.

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Vehicle Rentals

MobilityWorks (location, DC, MD, VA): This company specializes in customizing vehicles for accessibility including: cars, vans, trailers, and RVs.
Wheelchair Getaways (location, DC, MD, VA): This company rents accessible vehicles throughout the country.

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Information and Resources

Mobility Devices, Durable and Disposable Medical Equipment

Activeforever (delivery, web-based): This company offers a variety of durable and disposable medical aids.
Allegro Medical Supplies (location, web-based): This company carries a large variety of disposable and other medical supplies.
Colours (location, web-based): This company manufactures wheelchairs for active users.
Invacare (location, web-based): This company manufactures wheelchairs and provides other mobility products such as lifts, walkers, beds, and respiratory and sleep aids.
MagicWheels(location, web-based): This company makes a wheelchair with gears.
Mobility Solutions (location, Silver Spring, MD): This company offers in home demonstrations, mobility products, and rents ramps, manual wheelchairs, hospital beds, scooters, and power wheelchairs.
Numotion This company offers mobility devices, cushions, adaptive seating, lifts, and repair services.
Permobil (location, Lebanon, TN): This company manufactures power wheelchairs and customizes upon requests.
Pride Mobility Products (location, Exeter, PA): This company manufactures and sells power wheelchairs, scooters, and lift chairs.
Quickie Wheelchairs (delivery, web-based): This company manufactures and sells many types of wheelchairs, portable ramps, bath and toilet aids.
Rehab Equipment Professionals (location, Alexandria, VA): This company supplies and repairs wheelchairs. They specialize in pediatric wheelchairs and custom mobility devices for all ages.
Rifton (delivery, web-based): This company manufacturers wheelchairs and tools designed specifically for children with disabilities.
Sunrise Medical (delivery, web-based): This company offers wheelchairs, durable and disposal medical equipment, lifts, and aids for daily living.
Zask Medical (location, Alexandria, VA): This company provides rentals, repairs and sales for all types of wheelchairs both motorized and manual in the D.C. metro area.

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Ramps, Lifts and Vehicle Modification

Area Access (location, Manassas, VA): This company sells and rents scooters and wheelchairs. They sell various staircase and outdoor lifts, and modify vehicles with ramps and lifts.
BEDCO Mobility (location, College Park, MD): This company offers home stair lifts, ramps, scooters, van lifts, hand controls, and vertical lifts.
Bruno Independent Living Aids, Inc. (location, web-based): This company manufactures and sells stair lifts, vertical platform lifts, vehicle lifts, and Turning Automotive Seating.
Creative Controls (CCI)(location, Troy, MI): This company provides driving and vehicle modification supplies, hand controls and lifts for vehicles.
Eastern Mobility (location, Frederick, MD): This company provides custom vehicle modifications.
Express Ramps (location, web-based): This company provides portable and foldable ramps.
Harmar Mobility (location, Sarasota, FL): This company offers home and vehicle ramps.
MobilityWorks This company specializes in customizing vehicles for accessibility including: cars, vans, trailers, and RVs.
Oneness Mobility Services (location, Forestville, MD): This company provides customized vehicle modifications.
Ricon (location, Panorama City, CA): This company manufactures vehicle ramps and lifts.
Savaria This company makes wheelchair accessible minivans.
Vantage Mobility International (location, Phoneix, AZ): This company customizes accessible vehicles.

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Adaptive Technological Equipment

Assistive Technology Information List This website has a comprehensive list of databases and Assistive Technology Centers.
Assistive Technology Resource Center (ATRC) At Colorado State
Boulevard This company provides adaptive equipment for learning needs, brain injury, augmentative communication, and environmental control units.
Computer Application Specialties Company This company provides Braille producing products.
Duxbury Systems This company provides computer software for Braille devices.
Freedom Scientific Designs This company provides assistive and adaptive technology for individuals who are blind, low vision or have learning disabilities.
Handy Tech Elektronik GmbH This company provides products for Braille output, Braille displays, Braille note takers, and other Braille devices for computers and PDAs.
Independent Living Aids This company provides daily living aids for people with low vision.
Rehabtool This company offers a variety of high-tech, assistive, and adaptive technology products, augmentative communication devices, computer equipment, and voice recognition software. They specialize in building customized software solutions.
Specialty Keyboards This is a site where you can purchase a wide variety of computer keyboards.
Speech Recognition Software Dragon Naturally Speaking is the most widely used speech to text software.
Speech Technology This is a magazine that provides information on speech technology.
Trace Center Resources and Tools This organization is an excellent source for information on all types of accessible technology.

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Universal Design

Access Board These are the complete guidelines for the Federal Agency that regulates accessible design.
IDEA This is a Universal Design research center at Buffalo University. They are dedicated to improving the design of environments.

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Disability Etiquette

Basic disability etiquette advice
Disability Access Symbols Commonly used graphics.
Disability Etiquette A general definition of disability etiquette and overall guidelines.
Etiquette for Mentally Disabled Etiquette tips for approaching individuals with a mental disability.
Wheelchair Etiquette A list of suggestions to improve communication with wheelchair users.

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Workplace Accommodations and Employment Issues

ACCESS Board These are U.S. guidelines and requirements for building, transportation and communication.
Department of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy.
Disability Employment 101 This is published by the U.S. Department of Education.
Emergency Preparedness Helpful information on emergency preparedness for people with disabilities.
Employer Assistance and Recruiting Network (EARN)
Employment Guide This is a guide for people with disabilities seeking employment published by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Equal Opportunity Publications (EOP) Diversity recruitment publications.
HIRE This organization's mission is to give all people who want a chance to succeed, the opportunity to succeed.
IBM This site describes IBM's model vision about disability, accessibility and employment.
Institute for Community Inclusion This organization offers training and employment services to promote inclusion of people with disabilities in school, work, and community activities.
Job Accommodation Network (JAN) This agency is supported by the Office of Disability Employment Policy at the U.S. Department of Labor.
National Council on Disability An independent federal agency committed to disability policy leadership.
ODEP U.S. Department of Labor employment policy.
Open Doors Organization This company teaches businesses how to succeed in the disability market, while simultaneously empowering the disability community.
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act General Service Administration website
"No otherwise qualified individual with a disability in the United States, as defined in section 7(20), shall, solely by reason of her or his disability, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance or under any program or activity conducted by any Executive agency or by the United States Postal Service."
Section 508 Regulations General Service Administration website
This is a link to Federal requirements governing electronic information. This act requires Federal agencies to make their electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities. The law applies to all Federal agencies when they develop, procure, maintain, or use electronic and information technology. Under Section 508 (29 U.S.C. 794d), agencies must give disabled employees and members of the public, access to information that is comparable to the access available to others.
Social Security Administration
Solutions Marketing Group This company assists with marketing to people with disabilities and understanding employees with disabilities.
TransCen This organization is dedicated to improving educational and employment outcomes for people with disabilities.
VCU Rehabilitation Research and Training Center Virginia Commonwealth University RRTC provides resources for professionals, individuals with disabilities, and their representatives.

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Legal and Advocacy Issues

Abilities Magazine.
Ability Magazine.
ACCESS Board These are U.S. guidelines and requirements for building, transportation and communication.
ADA Best Practices Tool Kit Issued by the U.S. Department of Justice.
ADA Portal This is a search engine for information on the ADA.
ADA Regulations Issued by the U.S. Department of Justice
ADAPT This is a national advocacy group.
ADA Watch.org This is a project of the National Coalition for Disability Rights.
American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)
Bazelon Center Information on and assistance with mental health law.
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD)
D.C. Long Term Care Coalition
D.C. Primary Care Association
Disability Resources Directory Can search disability resources by state.
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
Equal Rights Center
Families USA This organization is dedicated to achieving high quality, affordable healthcare for all Americans. They are an advocacy and networking group that provides a wealth of information on healthcare issues.
Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights (LCCR) This is a civil rights organization.
National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD)
National Council on Independent Living (NCIL)
National Disability Rights Network This is a link to Protection and Advocacy, and Client Assistance Program sites.
National Family Caregiver Association
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation (NIDRR) U.S. Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services (OSERS)
National Organization on Disability (NOD)
On a Roll This is a radio talk show about disability issues.
Partners in Policymaking
Quality Trust for Individuals With Disabilities
Ragged Edge This is disability news online.
TASH
University Legal Services (ULS)
World Institute on Disability

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Travel, Sports, Recreation

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Web Accessibility Resources

Nielson Norman Group This website describes how to make the Internet easy to use for users with disabilities.
Wave This is a tool that allows you to validate your web pages to test if they are in compliance with accessibility guidelines.
Web Accessibility Initiatives, WAI (part of w3c Standards) This link provides rules and regulations for creating web pages that are accessible to audiences with disabilities.
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (W3C) These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with disabilities and offers all the necessary tools.

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Spinal Cord Injuries

National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center
North American Spinal Cord Injury Consortium (NASCIC)
New Mobility Magazine for wheelchair users.
Paralyzed Veterans of America
SCI Info Pages
Spinal Cord Anatomy
Spinal Cord Injury Information Network
Spinal Cord Injury Resources, Rehabilitation and Research at Ohio State
The Spinal Cord Injury Zone
United Spinal Association This is an organization that provides information on spinal cord injuries.

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Traumatic Brain Injury

Brain Injury Association of America This organization provides a vast amount of information on traumatic brain injuries.
Brain Injury Association of Maryland
BrainLine
Center for Neural Skills
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control This is part of the Center for Disease Control and offers information on traumatic brain injuries.

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Rehabilitation Information

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