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General Disability Resources
General Legal Information
Abuse and Neglect (Reporting)
Access to Housing and Public Accommodations/Services (ADA info)
Advocacy Organizations for People Care for Children with Disabilities
Assistive Technology Resources
Developmental Disability Resources
Employment Resources
Health Care Resources/Advocacy (Medicaid/Medicare)
Independent Living Centers
Mental Health/Mental Illness Resources/Advocacy
Nursing Home/Assistive Living Information
Special Education Resources
Traumatic Brain Injury Resources

 

 

General Disability Resources

 

National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) – Previously NAPAS
(lists Protection and Advocacy Agencies in every state)

American Association of People with Disabilities
National Council on Disabilities

 

 

General Legal Information

 

AZ LawHelp.org (information on various legal issues, as well as links to every legal aid in Arizona)
Arizona State Bar
Pima County Bar Association  

 

 

Abuse and Neglect (Reporting)

 

Arizona Department of Licensing Services  (general information about abuse and neglect reporting)

Where to report abuse/neglect about:

Assisted Living Facilities

Behavioral Health Services

Group Homes-DDD

Group Homes-Juvenile

Hospitals (Medical)

Nursing Homes

Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs (advocacy for adults living in long term care settings)

Abuse of Adult:  Adult Protective Services (to report abuse of vulnerable adult) 

Abuse of Child: Child Protective Services (to report abuse of a child)

Where to File Health Care Complaint

 

Access to Housing and Public Accommodations / Services (ADA info)

 

U.S. Department of Justice ADA Home Page

U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development Fair Housing

 

 

Advocacy Organizations for People Care for Children with Disabilities

 

Pilot Parents of Southern Arizona

Raising Special Kids

KARE Family Center

MIKID (Mentally Ill Kids in Distress)

 

Assistive Technology Resources

 

Institute for Human Development - Arizona Technology Access

National Assistive Technology Advocacy Project

Let Them Hear Foundation (provides assistance with appeals of denial of assistive technology related to restoring hearing)

Developmental Disabilities Resources

 

Arizona Division of Developmental Disabilities

Developmental Disabilities Planning Council (DDPC)

 

Employment Resources

 

Arizona Rehabilitation Services Administration (Voc Rehab)

TBI Specialist Program of Rehabilitative Services (Voc Rehab)

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

 

Health Care Resources/Advocacy

(Medicaid/AHCCCS and Medicare)

 

Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS)

KidsCare (health insurance for kids under 19 who don’t qualify for
Medicaid/AHCCCS)

Children's Rehabilitative Services

Arizona State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)

(Help with Medicare Questions)

Center for Medicare Advocacy

National Health Law Program (NheLP)

Families USA

FAS/FAE Legal Issues Resource Center

 

 

Independent Living Centers

 

ABIL Arizona Bridge to Independent Living (Phoenix)

Assist! To Independence (Tuba City)

DIRECT Center for Independent Living (Tucson)

New Horizons Independent Living Center (Prescott Valley)

Services Maximizing Independent Living Empowerment (SMILE) (Yuma)

 

 

Mental Health/Mental Illness Resources/Advocacy

 

Arizona Division of Behavioral Health Services (includes links to regional behavioral health authorities (RBHAs) 

Bureau of Consumer Rights, Arizona Division of Behavioral Health Services information about:

  1. Office of Human Rights (advocacy)
  2. Human Rights Committees (statewide; to protect rights of people with mental illness) and
  3. Office of Grievance and Appeals)

NAMI Arizona--National Alliance on Mentally Illness of Arizona  

MIKID (Mentally Ill Kids in Distress)

Mental Health Association of Arizona

Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

Center for Public Representation 

 

 

Nursing Home/Assisted Living Information

 

Arizona Office of Long Term Care Licensing (Nursing Homes)  

Consumer's Guide to Nursing Homes

Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs

 

 

Special Education Resources

 

Arizona Department of Education, Exceptional Student Services

Arizona Parent Networks (EAPN)

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs

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

Parent Advocacy Coalition for Education Rights (PACER)

Family Education Network

 

 

Traumatic Brain Injury Resources

 

Brain Injury Association of Arizona

Governor's Council on Spinal Cord and Head Injuries  

TBI Specialist Program of Rehabilitative Services (Voc Rehab)