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 Advocacy
American Association of People with Disabilities   www.aapd-dc.org
American Civil Liberties Union  www.aclu.org
Autism Society of Ohio   www.autismohio.org
National Council on Disability  www.ncd.gov
Ohio Legal Rights Service  www.olrs.ohio.gov
People First of Ohio  www.peoplefirstohio.org
The Council for Disability Rights  www.disabilityrights.org
Courage Center  www.couragecenter.org

 

 Aging
Ohio Department of Aging   www.goldenbuckeye.com

 

 Blindness
National Federation of the Blind www.nfb.org 
American Foundation for the Blind www.afb.org
American Council of the Blind www.acbohio.org
Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc www.guidedogs.com
National Alliance of Blind Students www.blindstudents.org
Cincinanati Association for the Blind www.cincyblind.org
Cleveland Sight Center www.clevelandsightcenter.org
Clovernook Center for the Blind www.clovernook.org
The Jewish Guild for the Blind www.jgb.org
Assoc. for Education and Rehab. Of Blind and Visually Impaired (AER) www.aerbvi.org
 The Sight Center for Northwest Ohio  www.sightcentertoledo.org

 

Brain Injury
Ohio Valley Ctr. for Brain Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation www.ohiovalley.org
Traumatic Brain Injury.com www.traumaticbraininjury.com

 

Deafness
National Association for the Deaf  www.nad.org 
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing www.agbell.org
World Federation of the Deaf www.wfdeaf.org
Hearing Loss Association of America www.hearingloss.org
Ohio Association of the Deaf www.oad-deaf.org
Association of Late Deafened Adults www.alda.org
Center for Hearing and Deafness Research (Cincinnait) www.cincinnatichildrens.org
Children of Deaf Adults http://coda-international.org/blog
Helen Keller Foundation www.helenkellerfoundation.org

 

Developmental
Ohio Developmental Disabilities Council www.ddc.ohio.gov
Institute for Community Inclusion www.communityinclusion.org
The Arc of the United States www.thearc.org
Center for Reintegration.com www.reintegration.com
The Arc of Ohio www.thearcofohio.org
National Center for Learning Disabilities www.ncld.org
Center for Reintegration www.reintegration.com

 

Downs Syndrome
National Down Syndrome Society www.ndss.org
National Association for Down Syndrome www.nads.org
Up Side of Downs Greater Cleveland www.theupsideofdowns.org
Down Syndrome Association of Central Ohio www.dsaco.net
Down Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati www.dsagc.com
Down Syndrome Association of Greater Toledo www.dsagt.org
Miami Valley Down Syndrome Association www.mvdsa.org
Down Syndrome Association of the Valley www.dsav.org
Putting Down First www.puttingdownsfirst.org

 

Goodwills in Ohio
Goodwill Industries of Ashtabula www.ashtabulagoodwill.org
Goodwill Industries of South Central Ohio www.gwisco.org
Ohio Valley Goodwill Industries www.cincinnatigoodwill.org
Goodwill Industries of Erie, Huron, Ottawa and Sandusky Counties  www.goodwillsandusky.org
Goodwill Industries of Greater Cleveland & East Central Ohio www.goodwillclevecanton.org
Goodwill Columbus www.goodwillcolumbus.org
Goodwill Easter Seals Miami Valley www.gesmv.org
Goodwill Industries of Lorain County www.goodwillofloraincounty.com
Licking/Knox Goodwill Industries www.goodwillnewark.com
Goodwill Industries of Northwest Ohio www.goodwillnwohio.com
Goodwill Industries of Wayne and Holmes Counties www.woostergoodwill.org
Youngstown Area Goodwill www.goodwillyoungstown.org
 

 

Housing
Rental Housing Locator www.ohiohousinglocator.org
 

 

Independent Living
Access Center for Independent Living www.acils.com
Southeastern Ohio Center for Independent Living www.socil.org
The Ohio Independent Living Association www.ohila.org
Ohio Statewide Independent Living Council www.ohiosilc.org
Institute for Independent Living www.independentliving.org
The National Council on Independent Living www.ncil.org
 Linking Employment, Abilities and Potential (LEAP)  www.leapinfo.org

 

Medicaid Buy In and Work Incentives
Person Centered State Work Incentive Initiatives www.uiowa.edu/~lhpdc/work/index.html 
Department of Labor Workforce Community www.doleta.gov/usworkforce
Access for All in Workforce Development www.onestops.info
Ticket to Work www.yourtickettowork.com
SSA: The Work Site www.ssa.gov/work/index.html

 

State Agencies
Ohio Dept. of Alcohol and Drug Addiction www.odadas.ohio.gov 
Ohio Civil Rights Commission www.crc.ohio.gov
Governor's Council on People with Disabilities www.gcpd.ohio.gov
Ohio Department of Health www.odh.ohio.gov
Job and Family Services www.jfs.ohio.gov
Ohio Legal Rights Service www.olrs.ohio.gov
Minority Health Commission www.mih.ohio.gov
Public Safety www.publicsafety.ohio.gov
School for the Deaf www.ohioschoolforthedeaf.org
Speech Language Pathology & Audiology www.slpaud.ohio.gov
State Library's Talking Book Services program www.library.ohio.gov/PCS/tlk_bk
Veteran's Services www.dvs.ohio.gov

 

Transition
Entry Point: Internship Opportunities for Students with Disabilities http://ehrweb.aaas.org/entrypoint/ 
National Transition Network http://ici.umn.edu/ntn/
NCWD for Youth http://www.ncwd-youth.info/

 

Transportation
Community Transportation Association web1.ctaa.org
Project Action projectaction.easterseals.com/
Allen County Regional Transit Authority acrta.com
Ashtabula County Transportation Systems (ACTS) www.co.ashtabula.oh.us
Butler County Regional Transit Authority www.butlercountyrta.com
Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) www.cota.com
Community Action Transit System (CATS) (Pike County) www.pikecac.org
Geauga County Transit www.geaugatransit.org
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority www.gcrta.org
Greater Dayton RTA www.greaterdaytonrta.org
Greene County Transit Board (Greene CATS) www.co.greene.oh.us/greenecats
Harrison County Rural Transit www.harrisoncountyohio.org/ed/demographics/demographics.htm
Huron County Transit www.huroncountytransit.org
LAKETRAN www.laketran.com
Lancaster Public Transit System www.ci.lancaster.oh.us
Lorain County Transit www.LorainCountyTransit.com
Metro Regional Transit Authority (METRO RTA) www.akronmetro.org
Miami County www.co.miami.oh.us
Piqua Taxi www.piquaoh.org/taxi.htm
Portage Area Regional Transit Authority www.PARTAonline.org
Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA) www.sorta.com
Stark Area Regional Transit Authority (SARTA) www.sartaonline.com
Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority (TARTA) www.tarta.com
Western Reserve Transit Authority www.wrtaonline.com

 

Paratransit-Uplift Services Transportation
Allen County Regional Transit Authority acrta.com/uplift.php
Greater Cleveland RTA www.riderta.com/ro_paratransit.asp
LAKETRAN www.laketran.com/dial/ada
Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA) www.go-metro.com/accessibility.html
Stark Area Regional Transit Authority (SARTA) www.sartaonline.com/proline.html
Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority (TARTA) www.tarta.com/rider-services/tarps
Western Reserve Transit Authority www.wrtaonline.com/services_sst.html

 

Veterans
Paralyzed Veterans of America www.pva.org
Buckeye Chapter Paralyzed Veterans of America www.buckeyepva.org
Blinded American Veterans Foundation www.bavf.org
Disabled American Veterans www.dav.org
Wounded Warrior Project www.woundedwarriorproject.org
Blinded Veterans Association www.bva.org