Links for National Issues

• ADA Watch
  The ADA Watch is a coalition of 75 national disability organizations and over 300 state and local organizations dedicated to protecting the civil rights granted under the Americans with Disabilitites Act (ADA).
• ADAPT
  ADAPT is an organization of people with a variety of disabilities who are steadfast in their advocacy efforts to make the community the place of entitlement instead of institutions. Find out everything you wanted to know about MiCASA at this site
• Association of University Centers on Disabilities
  Tracks issues on a federal level and offers easy ways to communicate with your congressmen
• Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law - Action Alerts
  Legal advocacy for the civil rights and human dignity of people with mental disability
• Disability Rights and Education Defense Fund
  A national law and policy center dedicated to protecting and advancing the civil rights of people with disabilities.
• Justice For All E-Mail Network Web Page
  This weekly newsletter from the American Association for People with Disabilities provides timely and informative reading for the disability advocate on a variety of topics. It works to defend and advance disability rights and programs in the 104th Congress. One JFA goal is to work with national and state organizations of people with disabilities to get the word from Washington D.C. out to the grassroots. Archives of old newsletter
• Washington Watch
  The national Arc publishes a weekly report on issues and events of importance to disability advocates happening on the national scene.
• The Capitol Insider - The Arc
  This is a weekly news and information e-newsletter from our Nation's Capital published by the national Arc.