Resources

Arts and Accessibility

NADC http://nadc.ucla.edu/
National Arts &Disability Center
The mission of the NADC is to promote the full inclusion of audiences and artists with disabilities into all facets of the arts community.

VSA http://www.vsarts.org/
VSA arts is an international, nonprofit organization founded in 1974 by Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith to create a society where all people with disabilities learn through, participate in and enjoy the arts.

NEA http://www.nea.gov/resources/Accessibility/index.html
NEA Office for AccessAbility
The National Endowment for the Arts’ Office for AccessAbility is the advocacy-technical assistance arm of the Arts Endowment to make the arts accessible for people with disabilities, older adults, veterans, and people living in institutions.

Kennedy Center http://www.kennedy-center.org/accessibility/lead/lead06.html
LEAD – Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability.  LEAD’s work is focused on: exploring practical methods for implementing accessibility in cultural environments; communicating information about arts and accessibility, and; sharing resources and knowledge among professionals in the field of accessibility.

LEAD accomplishes its objectives through an annual conference, an active communications network, and resources generated by the LEAD network and maintained by the Kennedy Center.

Advocacy

DREDF http://www.dredf.org/
The Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, founded in 1979, is a leading national civil rights law and policy center directed by individuals with disabilities and parents who have children with disabilities. The mission of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund is to advance the civil and human rights of people with disabilities through legal advocacy, training, education, and public policy and legislative development.

NOD http://www.nod.org/         
The mission of the National Organization on Disability (N.O.D.) is to expand the participation and contribution of America’s 54 million men, women and children with disabilities in all aspects of life.

AAPD http://www.aapd.com/
American Association of People with Disabilities
The largest national nonprofit cross-disability member organization in the United States, dedicated to ensuring economic self-sufficiency and political empowerment for the more than 56 million Americans with disabilities. AAPD works in coalition with other disability organizations for the full implementation and enforcement of disability nondiscrimination laws, particularly the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

WID http://www.wid.org/
World Institute on Disability
WID is a nonprofit research, training and public policy center promoting the civil rights and the full societal inclusion of people with disabilities.

NCIL http://www.ncil.org
National Center on Independent Living
 As a membership organization, NCIL advances independent living and the rights of people with disabilities through consumer-driven advocacy. NCIL envisions a world in which people with disabilities are valued equally and participate fully.

ADA info

http://www.dbtac.vcu.edu/
ADA Technical Assistance Program
The ADA & IT Technical Assistance Centers (DBTACs*) are your comprehensive resource for information on the Americans with Disabilities Act and accessible information technology. Call toll free at 1-800-949-4232 (V/TTY) for the MOST complete and experienced services available to American businesses, government entities and the public.

http://www.ada.gov/ Information and technical assistance on the Americans with Disabilities Act

Other Disability Related Organizations:
http://www.access-board.gov/links/disability.htm

Scholarships

Fastweb http://www.fastweb.com FastWeb is the nation’s largest source of local national and college-specific scholarships.

BrokeScholar http://www.brokescholar.com/

College.net http://www.collegenet.com

Scholarship information can be found under scholarship search engines on the Internet as well as with the office of financial aid or the office of students with disabilities on college campuses.

Funding sources

Disability Funders Network (DFN)
http://www.disabilityfunders.org/
Disability-inclusive grantmaking is the mission of DFN: inclusion of disability in grantmaking programs and inclusion of people with disabilities in grantmaking organizations.

Foundation Center
http://foundationcenter.org/
The Foundation Center's mission is to strengthen the nonprofit sector by advancing knowledge about U.S. philanthropy.
Foundation Center is the nation's leading authority on philanthropy, connecting nonprofits and the grantmakers supporting them to tools they can use and information they can trust. The Center maintains the most comprehensive database on U.S. grantmakers and their grants—a robust, accessible knowledge bank for the sector.

Center for Nonprofit Management
The Center has fostered healthy neighborhoods and communities by improving the performance of nonprofit organizations addressing critical issues and serving underserved populations. Centers for NonProfit Management are located across the United States.  Here are several websites
http://www.cnmsocal.org/
http://www.cnmdallas.org/
http://www.cnm.org/

 
Have fun researching the web and remember,
 “She who researches wins the prize!!”
 
Onward and upward to total inclusion for all
 people with disabilities.