Other Disability-Related Services

ARCHITECTURAL ACCESS BOARD
Massachusetts Department of Public Safety
One Ashburton Place, Room 1310
Boston, MA 02108
(617) 727-0660
(800) 828-7222
(617) 727-0019 (TTY)
Fax: (617) 727-0665
Website: www.mass.gov/aab

The Architectural Access Board (AAB) is a regulatory department with the legislative mandate to develop and enforce regulations to make public buildings accessible to, functional for, and safe for use by persons with disabilities.

BOSTON CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING
95 Berkley Street
Suite 206
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 338-6665
Fax: (617) 338-6661
(617) 338-6662 (TTY)
E-mail: SKelley@BostonCIL.org
Website: www.bostoncil.org

The Boston Center for Independent Living is a private nonprofit organization which is governed and administered by persons with disabilities. BCIL empowers people with disabilities to advocate and take control over their lives, and become active members of the communities in which they live. As a center they work to promote the civil rights of all people with disabilities and to respond to the needs of persons with many disabilities.

CULTURAL ACCESS CONSORTIUM (CAC)
50 Franklin Street
Boston, MA 02110
(617) 357-1864
(617) 338-8548 (TTY)
Fax: (617) 357-1870

Cultural Access Consortium champions the belief that the arts must be accessible to all regardless of physical or cognitive abilities or financial means. CAC is a non profit organization that works in partnership with community members to provide institutions and human service agencies with access to technical support, information and referral, and community outreach initiatives.

DISABILITY LAW CENTER
11 Beacon Street
Suite 925
Boston, MA 02108
(617) 723-8455
(800) 872-9992
(617) 227-9464/(800) 381-0577 (TTY)
Fax: (617) 723-9125
DLC’s mission is to provide legal advocacy on disability issues that promote the fundamental rights of all people with disabilities to participate fully and equally in the social and economic life of Massachusetts.

Western Mass Office:
30 Industrial Drive East
Northampton, MA 01060
(413) 584-6337
(800) 222-5619
(413) 582-6919 (TTY)
Fax: (413) 584-2976

GOVERNOR’S COMMISSION ON EMPLOYMENT OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Dept. of Employment and Training Policy Office
19 Staniford Street, 3^rd Floor
Boston, MA 02114
(617) 626-5190
Fax: (617) 727-0315

MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
Ten Park Plaza
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 222-5123
(617) 222-5415 (TTY)
(800) 533-6282
Fax: (617) 222-6119
Website: http://www.mbta.com/riding_the_t/accessible_services/

The Ride is the MBTA’s Paratransit program, which provides transportation to eligible people who can not use general public transportation because of a physical, cognitive or mental disability.

MASSACHUSETTS COMMISSION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION
One Ashburton Place, Room 601
Boston, MA 02108
(617) 994-6000
Fax: (617) 994-6024
Website: www.mass.gov/mcad

The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination’s (MCAD’s) mission is to ensure equality of opportunity by enforcing the Commonwealth’s anti-discrimination laws in employment, housing, public accommodations, credit, mortgage lending, and education. The Commission works to eliminate discrimination and advance the civil rights of the people of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts through law enforcement (filing of complaints, investigations, mediations and conciliations, hearings and litigation) and outreach (training sessions, public education, and testing programs). The Commission also reviews and advises the Governor’s Cabinet Offices concerning the state’s affirmative mandates in employment, housing, construction contracting and minority and women business enterprises.

MASSACHUSETTS OFFICE ON DISABILITY
One Ashburton Place, Room 1305
Boston, MA 02108
(617) 727-7440
(800) 322-2020
Fax: (617) 727-0965

The Client Services Unit of MOD provides information and referral and advocacy to assist people with disabilities in all aspects of life including vocational rehabilitation, independent living, housing, transportation, architectural and communication access. MOD houses the federally mandated Client Assistance Program. The Community Services Unit provides training and technical assistance to ensure that people with disabilities have equal access to their communities.

Professional Preparation Programs

BOSTON COLLEGE
Department of Teacher Education, Special Education, Curriculum, and Instruction
Campion 120
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
(617) 552-4180
E-mail: susan.bruce.1@bc.edu

New England’s only program for preparing teachers of students who are deaf-blind.

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS-BOSTON
Northeast Regional Center for Vision Education
Institute for Community Inclusion
Graduate College of Education
Boston, MA 02125-3393
(617) 287-7623
Fax: (617) 287-7664

A New England Regional Center for pre-service education and professional development of Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments and Orientation and Mobility Specialists.