Resources

Rhode Island Parent Information Network (RIPIN)

The RIPIN Call Center offers free support to any Rhode Islander who needs help accessing healthcare, health insurance, or special education for children with disabilities.

The Rhode Island Assistive Technology Access Partnership (ATAP)

ATAP is designed as a statewide partnership of organizations, each with a targeted assistive technology focus, working together to improve access to and acquisition of assistive technology for individuals with disabilities.  ATAP can provide device demonstration, device loans, device recycling, training, public awareness, information, and referral. 

ADA National Network

www.adata.org

V/TTY: 800-949-4232

ADA Information Line

www.ada.gov

V: 800-514-0301

TTY: 800-514-0383

AbleData

www.abledata.com

V: 800-227-0216

TTY: 301-608-8912

Access Board

www.access-board.gov

V: 800-872-2253

TTY: 800-993-2822

Alliance for Technology Access

V: 707-778-3011

TTY: 707-778-3015

American Association of People with Disabilities

V/TTY: 800-840-8844

Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST)

www.cast.org

V/TTY: 781-245-2212

Center for the Study and Advancement of Disability Policy

www.disabilitypolicycenter.org

V/TTY: 202-466-6550

Cerebral Palsy Guide

https://www.cerebralpalsyguide.com/

V/TTY: 1-855-329-1008

Disability Access Symbols—Graphic Artists Guild

V/TTY: 212-791-3400

Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)

www.dredf.org

V/TTY: 510-644-2555

Disability Statistics

www.disabilitystatistics.org

V: 607-255-7727

TTY: 607-255-2891

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

www.eeoc.gov

V: 800-669-4000

TTY: 607-255-2891

Fair Housing Accessibility First

www.fairhousingfirst.org

V/TTY: 888-341-7781

Federal Communications Commission Disability Rights Office

V: 888-225-5322

TTY: 888-835-5322

Federal Transit Administration

www.fta.dot.gov/ada

V/Rel: 888-446-4511

Institute for Human Centered Design

www.humancentereddesign.org

V/TTY: 617-695-1225

Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

www.hud.gov/offices/fheo/disabilities/index.cfm

V: 202-708-1112

TTY: 202-708-1455

Job Accommodation Network (JAN)

www.jan.wvu.edu

V/TTY: 800-526-7234

National Center on Accessibility

www.ncaonline.org

V: 812-856-4422

TTY: 812-856-4421

National Center on Workforce and Disability (NCWD)

www.onestops.info

National Council on Independent Living

http://www.ncil.org/

V: 202-207-0334

TTY: 202-207-0340

National Disability Rights Network

V: 202-408-9514

TTY: 202-408-9521

Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA)

www.resna.org

V: 703-524-6686

TTY: 703-524-6639

Section 508 Information

www.section508.gov

V: 800-827-5722

Small Business Administration

www.sba.gov

TTY: 704-344-6640

Social Security—Benefits for People with Disabilities

800-772-1213

800-325-0778

The ARC

www.thearc.org

800-433-5255

U.S. Department of Education—Office for Civil Rights

www.ed.gov

V: 800-872-5327

TTY: 800-437-0833

U.S. Department of Transportation

www.dot.gov

202-366-4000

Web Accessibility In Mind (WebAIM)

www.webaim.org

V: 435-797-7024

TTY: 435-797-1981