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