Phone/TTY: (906)228-5744
Toll Free: (800)379-7245
Toll Free: (800)379-7245
"Underneath it all, we are all the same. No one makes the choice to look different or be different. We do, however, all deserve respect - disability or not."
- Maureen Gray
Links
Disability Network
- Disability Network/Michigan
www.dnmichigan.org - National Council on Independent Living
www.ncil.org
General Disability
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm - The National Council on Independent Living
www.ncil.org - National Organization on Disability
www.nod.org
Accessibility
- Access To Recreation
www.accesstorecreation.org - Great Lakes ADA
www.adagreatlakes.org - MI ADA Steering Committee
www.adamich.org - Michigan Disability Resources
www.michigan.gov/disabilityresources/0,1607,7-223--150211--,00.html - Michigan Pump Guide
www.thepumpguide.com - U.S. Department of Justice ADA Home Page
www.ada.gov
Community Support
- Area Agency on Aging of West Michigan
www.aaawm.org/index.shtml - Women Center / Domestic Violence
www.wcmqt.org
Assistive Technology:
- Used/Trade/Free
www.atxchange.org - Web search for Assistive Medical Devices, major pharmacies, home improvement stores
- Michigan Loan Funds
www.michiganloanfunds.org - Michigan Long-Term Care Connection
www.michltc.com - Michigan Rehabilitation Services
www.michigan.gov/mdcd - Social Security Administration
www.ssa.gov - West Michigan Long Term Care Connection
www.michltc.com/west/index.html - Wright and Fillipis
UPAIR www.firsttoserve.com - UCP AT Center
www.ucpatcenter.org - Michigan Disability Rights Coalition
www.copower.org/mdrc/MDRC.htm
Education/Transition
- America's Career Resource Network
www.acrnetwork.org/parents.aspx - Council for Exceptional Children
www.cec.sped.org - Job Accommodation Network
www.jan.wvu.edu - National Center on Secondary Education and Transition
www.ncset.org - NWREL's National Mentoring Center
www.nwrel.org/mentoring/index.php - U.S. Department of Labor
www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm
Employment
- DBTAC: Great Lakes ADA Center
www.adagreatlakes.org/ProgramsAndServices - Job Accommodation Network (JAN)
www.jan.wvu.edu - Michigan Career Portal
www.michigan.gov/jobs - Michigan's Freedom to Work Program
www.ucp.org/ucp_localdoc.cfm/87/13133/13133/1313313133/6360 - Michigan Rehabilitation Services (MRS)
www.michigan.gov/mdcd/0,1607,7-122-25392---,00.html - Michigan Talent Bank
www.michworks.org/mtb/user/MTB_EMPL.EntryMainPage - Michigan Works!
www.michiganworks.org/ - Social Security Administration Office (SSA)
www.ssa.gov - U.S. Department of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy
www.dol.gov/odep/ - U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
www.eeoc.gov - United States Small Business Administration (SBA)
www.sba.gov
Housing
- Greenridge Realty
www.greenridge.com - UPCAP-211, Long-term care, Housing, Community Services
www.upcap.org - Lutheran Social Services
www.lsswis.org
Health Care
- Medical Care Access Coalition (MCAC)
www.upmcac.org - Veteran's local regional offices and Health Care Facilities
www.visn12.med.va.gov/ironmountain
Mental Health
- Great Lakes Recovery
www.glrc.biz - Alger-Marquette National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
namiam.org - Pathways
www.pathwaysup.org - Northcare
www.northcare-up.org/contact.html
Legal Services
- Michigan Protection and Advocacy Services
www.mpas.org/HomePage.asp - Northern Michigan Legal Services
www.lsnm.org
Transportation
- Easter Seals Project Action
projectaction.easterseals.com/site/PageServer?pagename=ESPA_homepage - Marq-tran
www.marq-tran.com - Michigan Transportation Options
www.apta.com/gasprices/MI.htm
Volunteering
- Volunteering
www.1-800-volunteer.org
