Advocacy
& Legal Issues Resource Page
The
following organizations offer useful, but more general
disability-related information, rather than information
specific to blindness/visual impairment. The organizations
listed here are NJ resources. Look for similar resources
in your state. Many of the organizations listed under
Information
about Blindness offer education law and advocacy
information specific to blindness/visual impairment.
Statewide
Parent Advocacy Network (SPAN)
35 Halsey St., 4th fl.
Newark, NJ 07102
973-642-8100
1-800-654-7726
www.spannj.org
Information
and training for parents of children at risk due to
disability, poverty, geographic location, discrimination,
or other special circumstances.
Education
Law Center
60 Park Place, Suite 300
Newark, NJ 07102
973-624-1815
www.edlawcenter.org
Free
legal assistance for education problems.
Disability Rights New Jersey
210 South Broad St., 3rd fl.
Trenton, NJ 08608
1-800-922-7233
www.drnj.org
Legal
assistance for people with disabilities on discrimination,
accommodation, special education, and other issues.
NJ
Developmental Disabilities Council
20 West State St., 7th Fl.
Trenton, NJ 08625
609-292-3745
www.njddc.org
Information
on Family Support Act and planning; Families magazine.
Division
of Disability Services
PO Box 700
Trenton, NJ 08625
1-888-285-3036
www.state.nj.us/humanservices/dds
Resources
directory; information and referrals on services for
people with disabilities.
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