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* Transportation: Check out CCRTA's Flex route with accessible buses
Publications: |
Read CORD's You've Got Rights!
guidebook for teens and young adults |
Read CORD's Housing
Information You Can Use booklet |
| Read CORD's A Woman's Right to OB/GYN Services and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) brochure |
You may want to contact the CORD if ...
You want to learn more about technology and assistive devices that enhance independence
You want to learn more about your disabled child's educational rights
You are a disabled adult needing information on vocational rehabilitation, Social Security, Medicaid, Section 8 housing, and the Personal Care Attendant (PCA) program
You need to know where to buy a motorized wheelchair or obtain a free telecommunication device
You are an individual, a community agency, or a business in need of training or technical assistance regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
You or a family member want to leave an institution, such as a nursing home, to pursue a more independent life
You want to be part of a grassroots movement fighting for the civil rights of people with disabilities
CORD will provide you with information on ...
- Affordabled and accessible housing
- Social Security
- Welfare benefits
- Medicare
- Medicaid
- Vocational rehabilitation
- Special education
- Home-based services
- Community resources
- Civil rights laws
- Adaptive technology
- Reasonable accommodations for home and employment
- Protective services
- CORD is a member of the Massachusetts Network of Information Providers (MNIP)
CORD will work with you to ...
- Obtain equipment
- Find housing
- Get needed prescriptions
- Improve access to businesses
- End discrimination
- Secure 766 services
- Get home modifications
- Enroll in CommonHealth
- Use an interpreter
- Learn about the ADA
- Use the B-bus
- Know your legal rights
- Hire a PCA
- Apply for SSI
- Obtain emergency aid
