Advocacy

Do You Know Your Rights?

The following organizations can help individuals who are blind or visually impaired and their families understand vision loss. Additionally, these organizations can serve as the individual's advocate for equality.

Wisconsin

• The Alumni Association - Wisconsin School for the Visually Handicapped  (AAWSVH) (exit DHFS)
• Badger Association of the Blind and Visually Impaired, Inc. (exit DHFS)
• Statutory Council on Blindness - membership roster (PDF, 59 KB) 
  (appointed by DHFS)
  • Meeting Minutes - September, 2007 (MS Word, 46 KB)
  • Meeting Minutes - June, 2007 (MS Word, 46 KB)
  • Meeting Minutes - June, 2006 (MS Word, 43 KB)
  • Meeting Minutes - March, 2006 (MS Word, 31 KB)
• Midwest Association of the Blind, 414-476-0409
• National Federation of the Blind of Wisconsin (exit DHFS)
• Wisconsin Business Enterprises Program, managed by the Randolph-Shepherd Vendors of Wisconsin (exit DHFS)
• WI Council of the Blind & Visually Impaired (non-profit agency) (exit DHFS)

National

• AAPD - American Association of People with Disabilities
    (exit DHFS)
  • The AAPD is a non-profit, non-partisan, cross-disability organization whose goals are unity, leadership, and impact. If you need information and support, this is a good place to start.

• American Council of the Blind 

• American Foundation for the Blind  

  • American Foundation for the Blind Senior site

• Blinded Veterans Association (exit DHFS)

• Great Lakes Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center (exit DHFS)
  • The Great Lakes Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center (Great Lakes DBTAC) is one of 10 federally-funded regional resource centers of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
  • They provide information, problem solving assistance, and referrals for implementing the ADA.
  • Great Lakes DBTAC serves Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.

• National Federation of the Blind  

• Office for Civil Rights  - student issues
• Wrightslaw: Special Education Law (exit DHFS)
  • Parents, advocates, educators, and attorneys come to Wrightslaw for accurate, up-to-date information about effective advocacy for children with disabilities.

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Last Revised: March 06, 2008