2017 Red Book (US Social Security Administration): A Summary Guide to Employment Supports for Persons with Disabilities under the SSDI and SSI Programs
One of the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) highest priorities is to support the efforts of disabled beneficiaries who want to work by developing policies and services to help them reach their employment goal. The Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs include a number of employment support provisions commonly referred to as work incentives. The Red Book is a general reference tool designed to provide a working knowledge of these provisions.
The mission at AboutAssistedLiving.org is to help people with disabilities and the elderly maximize their healthy years and age gracefully. There is an online database of tools, references, and articles that cover topics like available care options, financial support, and free resources that are available in every state.
Alliance and its staff help people with disabilities solve day-to-day problems that interfere with independent living. Alliance provides information and referral services, peer support, independent living training, community-based housing transition services and advocating for people with disabilities.
College for Students with Disabilities: A Guide for Students, Families, and Educators
Researching and selecting a college that fits the needs can be daunting, but that challenge can be even greater when you’re a student with disabilities. However, that doesn’t mean your options are limited. As technology has advanced, so has accessibility for all students.
The Center provides advocacy, peer counseling and peer support, independent living skills training, information and referrals, with other related services for persons with disabilities.
Medicaid is the biggest health care program in the country. But a lot of the information out there about Medicaid and attempts to change it can be difficult to understand and navigate. Theis Medicaid toolkit is available in both Easy Read and Plain Text versions. The Easy Read version uses pictures along with text, and has more white space. Both are written in easy-to-understand language and are screenreader-friendly.
The NC Client Assistance Program (CAP) provides assistance and advocacy for several programs that were created under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) related to employment and independent living.
Centers for Independent Living (CILs) are consumer-controlled, community-based organizations that provide programs and services for people with disabilities and their families. The goal of CILs is to promote and support opportunities for people with disabilities to fully participate in an integrated community and search for the possibilities to live as they choose.
NCCDD’s Supported Living: Making the Difference initiative set out to demonstrate how individuals with intellectual and other developmental disabilities (I/DD) can live in a home of their choice in the community with certain supports. The initiative uncovered many of the challenges that individuals with varying levels of needs face in making a successful transition to living in their own home with support. Working with numerous community partners, Vaya Health compiled all of the learning experiences and lessons learned into this guidebook or resource manual titled “It’s My Home.”
The Adaptables encourages independent living for persons with disabilities and is committed to help individuals with disabilities become more fully integrated into society.
