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