Provides advocacy and programs for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families who are seeking to exert their full civil rights in the community. Provides supported recreational opportunities, including art instruction, poetry classes, Lego Team, bowling, game night, dinner and a movie, etc. Monthly Activities Calendar posted on website. Helps individuals practice social skills in a small mixed group. The Employment Training Program hires people with developmental disabilities to work for 90 days in the toy department of our thrift store, learning transferable skills with a job coach.

The Arc provides training, counseling, education, resources, and advocacy. Services include vocational development, representative payee services for individuals, disability rights training, budgeting assistance, and legal guardianship assistance for individuals with developmental disabilities.

Educates members of the medical community, professionals, self-advocates, caregivers, and anyone in the greater community who is interested in making their home or place of business more welcoming for people living with disabilities. The program can be tailored to agency or group needs. Classes combine the real life expertise of families with accurate information on disability. The length of training can vary based on need. Full day trainings are also available. Topics that have been covered include, Creating a Welcoming Environment, Individual Education Plans (IEP), Fine Motor, Speech and Language, Financial Planning for People with Disabilities, Person Centered Planning, and Healthy Eating Habits and Special Diets. All classes provide families with free on-site child care.

Educates members of the medical community, professionals, self-advocates, caregivers, and anyone in the greater community who is interested in making their home or place of business more welcoming for people living with disabilities. The program can be tailored to agency or group needs. Classes combine the real life expertise of families with accurate information on disability. The length of training can vary based on need. Full day trainings are also available. Topics that have been covered include, Creating a Welcoming Environment, Individual Education Plans (IEP), Fine Motor, Speech and Language, Financial Planning for People with Disabilities, Person Centered Planning, and Healthy Eating Habits and Special Diets. All classes provide families with free on-site child care.

Educates members of the medical community, professionals, self-advocates, caregivers, and anyone in the greater community who is interested in making their home or place of business more welcoming for people living with disabilities. The program can be tailored to agency or group needs. Classes combine the real life expertise of families with accurate information on disability. The length of training can vary based on need. Full day trainings are also available. Topics that have been covered include, Creating a Welcoming Environment, Individual Education Plans (IEP), Fine Motor, Speech and Language, Financial Planning for People with Disabilities, Person Centered Planning, and Healthy Eating Habits and Special Diets. All classes provide families with free on-site child care.

Information and referral services to all City of Portland Bureaus, Multnomah County Departments, and other local government services. Also provides information about disability rights and resolves issues about ADA accessibility for the City of Portland.

Provides advocacy and limited legal services to people with disabilities. DRO's individual advocacy focuses on providing callers with information and materials about their rights to help them advocate for themselves. Occasionally, Disability Rights Oregon will engage in litigation to protect the rights of Oregonians under applicable federal and state laws.

DRO DOES NOT provide the following services:
-Representation in criminal or family law matters
-Help finding employment, housing, or financial assistance
-Case management
-Assistance for short term disability issues
-Transportation to doctor's office
-Applying for or appealing denial of Social Security disability benefits
-Estates and trusts
-Becoming the guardian of a person with a disability
-Out-of-state issues
-Workers' compensation
-Medical malpractice or personal injury
-Consumer or bankruptcy issues
-Anything that is not the wish of the person with the disability

Works to advance the dignity, equality, and self-determination of people with disabilities. Program pursues justice on matters related to human and legal rights and provides advocacy services to people with disabilities. DRW responds to requests for:
- Disability rights information and referrals
- Problem solving strategies for disability issues
- Community education and training
- Legal services for disability discrimination or violation of rights for systemic issues
DRW's legal resources are focused on major cases which will improve service systems for people with disabilities.

Assists veterans and their families in obtaining benefits and services earned through military service and provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and other government agencies. Provides outreach concerning its program services to the public, as well as to disabled veterans and their families specifically.

Represents the interests of disabled veterans, their families, their widowed spouses, and their orphans before Congress, the White House, and the Judicial Branch, as well as state and local government. Extends DAV's mission of hope in communities in which veterans and their families live, through a network of state-level departments and local chapters.

Provides a structure through which disabled veterans can express their compassion for fellow veterans through a variety of volunteer programs. The Disabled American Veterans' website includes links to listings of available jobs and job search resources for veterans.

Assists veterans and their families in obtaining benefits and services earned through military service and provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and other government agencies. Provides Disability transport, Support groups, short term financial assistance, job searching assistance, and medicare information to disabled veterans and their families specifically.

Individual advocacy is delivered through direct services as described in a client's Independent Living Plan or self-directed goals. May include assisting a person who feels they have been discriminated against by identifying action steps to follow to resolve the issue, training on self-empowerment and responsibility, or requesting an accommodation that enhances participation and independence.

Systems advocacy is provided by staff, volunteers, and the board of directors. Issues include, but are not limited to, equal opportunities for housing, transportation, employment, and access to community activities and public services.

Provides technical assistance, training modules, and dissemination of disability-related information for individuals, groups and Centers for Independent Living that focus on the advancement of the global Independent Living Movement.

Individual advocacy is delivered through direct services as described in a client's Independent Living Plan or self-directed goals. May include assisting a person who feels they have been discriminated against by identifying action steps to follow to resolve the issue, training on self-empowerment and responsibility, or requesting an accommodation that enhances participation and independence.

Systems advocacy is provided by staff, volunteers, and the board of directors. Issues include, but are not limited to, equal opportunities for housing, transportation, employment, and access to community activities and public services.

Provides technical assistance, training modules, and dissemination of disability-related information for individuals, groups and Centers for Independent Living that focus on the advancement of the global Independent Living Movement.

Individual advocacy is delivered through direct services as described in a client's Independent Living Plan or self-directed goals. May include assisting a person who feels they have been discriminated against by identifying action steps to follow to resolve the issue, training on self-empowerment and responsibility, or requesting an accommodation that enhances participation and independence.

Systems advocacy is provided by staff, volunteers, and the board of directors. Issues include, but are not limited to, equal opportunities for housing, transportation, employment, and access to community activities and public services.

Provides technical assistance, training modules, and dissemination of disability-related information for individuals, groups and Centers for Independent Living that focus on the advancement of the global Independent Living Movement.

Individual advocacy is delivered through direct services as described in a client's Independent Living Plan or self-directed goals. May include assisting a person who feels they have been discriminated against by identifying action steps to follow to resolve the issue, training on self-empowerment and responsibility, or requesting an accommodation that enhances participation and independence.

Systems advocacy is provided by staff, volunteers, and the board of directors. Issues include, but are not limited to, equal opportunities for housing, transportation, employment, and access to community activities and public services.

Provides technical assistance, training modules, and dissemination of disability-related information for individuals, groups and Centers for Independent Living that focus on the advancement of the global Independent Living Movement.

Provides support to families who have children with disabilities. Offers social events and trainings, as well as connections to resources and advocacy.

Consumer organization of blind people working together to improve opportunities for the blind and the understanding of blindness by the general public. Helps blind and visually impaired individuals achieve independence and equality by providing information and referral, employment information, literature, scholarship programs, and a blindness-related adaptive equipment store. The Free White Cane Program provides rigid fiberglass canes.

Provides vocational rehabilitation, independent living skills training, career exploration and general counseling for legally blind adults. Also provides independent living services for visually impaired individuals. Includes orientation and mobility training, techniques of daily living, Braille, counseling, support groups, vocational training, job development, and transition services for blind high school students. Also offers a selection of adaptive items for people with visual impairments.

The Oregon Disabilities Commission identifies and hears the concerns of individuals with disabilities and uses the information to prioritize public policy issues which should be addressed, educates and advises the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS), the Governor, the Legislative Assembly and appropriate state agency administrators on how public policy can be improved to meet the needs of individuals with disabilities.

The purpose of the Oregon State Rehabilitation Council is to provide the Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) with an external, consumer-oriented perspective. The Council advises VR on the needs of Oregonians with disabilities concerning programs, policy, services and other issues.

Provides support, training, information, and resources to empower youth, families, and individuals with disabilities. Assists with educating families and individauls on rights and responsibilities within education systems as well as obtaining evaluations or meetings with schools concerning special education.

Through individual advocacy, teaches individuals with disabilities to become effective advocates for themselves and others. Staff members provide systems advocacy by working to effect changes in the public and private sectors. Does not provide legal advice.