Center for Independent Living

Technology and gadgets that increase independence

Resources for the Deaf and Hard of hearing

Disability blogs to follow

Support for people with functional and accessibility services

Prepare for long and short term emergencies

Housing services and resources

resources to help people with disabilities

Links to find Personal Care Attendants

Radio shows focusing on the independent living movement and the lives of people with disabilities

How to get involved in the disability movement

Low cost therapy options for people with disabilities.

How to get around the Bay Area if you have a disability.

2-1-1 is a free, non-emergency, confidential, 3-digit phone number and service that provides easy access to housing information, and critical health and human services. 2-1-1 operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with multi-lingual capabilities.

involving youth in Centers for Independent Living (CILs)

National blog with inspirational stories about disability action

The Official Blog of the Independent Living Resource Center San Francisco

Disabled Radio is for those with disabilities who have reached their road to independence as well as those who are looking for support for their disabled loved ones.

To have a show produced by people with disabilities’s that reflects people with disabilities culture and thought in the Bay Area and beyond.

ECHO's services reach over 7,000 clients per year with housing info and assistance. ECHO's primary service component continues to be equal housing access; however, more recent services have been directed to intervention and prevention of homelessness.

Eden I&R is a nonprofit agency based in Hayward that maintains a computerized database of over 74,500 housing units in Alameda County, and provides free information on housing-related services for property managers and for people seeking housing.

HERA's mission is to ensure that all people are protected from discrimination and economic abuses, especially in the realm of housing.

California's Statewide Organization for Renter's Rights

By building/installing various home modifications and fixtures, CIL helps eligible Berkeley residents with disabilities live as safely and as independently as possible in their own homes.

Mobility Matters Program

Public Transportation Trip Planner

AbleData provides objective information about assistive technology products and rehabilitation equipmen

The Exchange is a free service of the AT Network for consumers and caregivers in California. Here you will find new and used gadgets and devices (assistive technologies) that empower independence.

CIL's Wheelchair Repair and AT Re-use center

CIL maintains a list of qualified and screened Personal Care Attendants

CUHW is a statewide labor organization representing over 20,000 home care workers within California’s IHSS program in 25 counties. We have fought to secure and improve the social, economic and political conditions of those who provide care for California’

Dare to Dream Attendant Services is set up to enhance the lives of people with disabilities by providing in home care, coordination services, as well as Independent Living skills classes and disability awareness training.

Emergency Services provides assistance to the elderly and individuals with disabilities living independently in the City of Berkeley.

The In-Home Supportive Services program is a federal, state, and locally funded program designed to provide assistance to those eligible aged, blind, and disabled individuals who, without this care, would be unable to remain safely in their own home.

Regional Center provides ILS Supportive Services (attendants) to their clients.

Yahoo group for finding attendants.

Thrive Support Services works with Adults with Demental Disabilities in Pleasant Hill.

The UC Berkeley Attendant Referral Advisor screens and interviews prospective attendants for personal care and household chores, and maintains listings which can be consulted by students with physical disabilities.

A advisory committee that works to improve IHHS care.

Dutch researcher designs distinct characters into "Dyslexie" to make it more difficult for dyslexics to rotate, swap and mirror letters and numbers

For residents of Berkeley and Albany or homeless in Berkeley or Albany, 18 years or older. (510) 981-5290

For minors under 18 years of age and their immediate family members. Phone: (510) 981-5280.

Program for Berkeley and Albany residents 18 years of age and older. Phone: (510) 981-5290.

Family Paths strengthens family relationships by providing mental health and supportive services with respect, integrity, compassion, and hope.

The Center for Holistic Counseling provides a safe setting where adults, children, adolescents and seniors can find inner strength and direction through affordable personal counseling. (510) 444-3344.

TLG providers home-based services based up their nationally recognized model program which combines professional expertise in the areas of infant mental health, infant development, family therapy, and peer counseling.

If you have limitations seeing, hearing, speaking, remembering, or moving, specially-trained Communication Assistants can relay telephone conversations for all of your calls.

DCARA's mission is to promote self-determination, independence, and celebration of American Sign Language among a diverse Deaf community, regardless of their communication background, through its services and programs.

Telephone communications for all Deaf and disabled Californias.

Comprehencive website for how to remain self sufficient for at least 72 hours aftera major disaster.

CARD – Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters provides emergency preparedness and disaster response resources for nonprofits, faith organizations and community agencies serving our most vulnerable residents.

Emergency transportation and attendants for Berkeley Residents

How to prepare for an emergency

The East Bay Center for the Blind offers services and social activities to a diverse group of people who are blind or low vision, many of whom are not assisted by other agencies.

Our mission is to empower and enrich the lives of the Blind and Visually Impaired Community. We provide the opportunities and tools through education and training, so those we serve may live full productive lives.

The NFB improves blind people's lives through advocacy, education, research, technology, and programs encouraging independence and self-confidence.

The American Council of the Blind strives to increase the independence, security, equality of opportunity, and quality of life, for all blind and visually-impaired people.