Resources and Links
Vadis makes every effort to put information in the hands of those who need it most. The following is a list of services at the local level which you can access, followed by links and referrals to other entities that help people with disabilities.
Washington State Division of Developmental Disabilities:
To find out more about services offered by the Division of Developmental Disabilities and how to access them, click here.
Washington State Division of Vocational Rehabilitation:
To find out more about about the services offered by the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation and how to access them, click here.
County Human Services and/or Developmental Disabilities Services:
- King - Dept. of Community and Human Services
- King County Developmental Disability Division
- Pierce - Human Services Dept.
- Pierce - Developmental Disabilities Services
- Thurston - Social Services Division
- Thurston - Developmental Disabilities Program
Statewide Assistance:
- Access Washington Resource Directory
- Washington State Dept. of Labor and Industries - Information for Workers
- Washington State Dept. of Services for the Blind [DSB]
- Washington State Dept. of Social and Health Services [DSHS]
- Washington State's Health & Rehabilitative Services Administration [HRSA]
- Washington State's Division of Developmental Disabilities [DDD]
- Washington State's Division of Vocational Rehabilitation [DVR]
- WorkSource Washington - Centers & Affiliated Sites
If you are outside of Washington State, and donate know where to turn, call your local Arc office, Division of Mental Health or Disabilities, local County Human Services Offices, or a local service provider.
Here are some more online disabilities resources you may be interested in:
- AbilityHub: Assistive Technology Solutions
- Administration on Developmental Disabilities [ADD] (USDHHS)
- American Association of People with Disabilities [AAPD]
- American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today [ADAPT]
- Americans with Disabilities Act [ADA] (US Department of Justice)
- Arc of King County
- Arc of the United States
- Arc of Washington State
- Arc's Parent Coalitions Contact Page
- Association for Persons in Supported Employment [APSE]
- Center for Continuing Education in Rehabilitation (CCER)
- Disability Direct (New Freedom Initiative)
- disAbility Online (US Employment & Training Administration)
- Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund [DREDF]
- HalfthePlanet.org (Disability Resource Network)
- Inclusion Daily Express E-Mail News Service
- Job Accomodation Network (JAN)
- Mobility International USA [MIUSA]
- National Alliance of the disABLED [NAOTD]
- National Arts and Disability Center
- National Business & Disability Council's [NBDC's] National Resume Database
- National Council on Disability [NCD]
- National Organization on Disability [NOD]
- National Program Office on Self-Determination
- NICHCY: National Information Center for Children & Youth with Disabilities
- NISH: Creating Employment Opportunities for People with Disabilities
- Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services [OSERS] (USDOE)
- PACER: Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights
- Pierce County Coalition for Developmental Disabilities
- Protection and Advocacy: The Nation's Disability Rights Network
- Social Security Administration [SSA]
- TASH: Equity, Diversity, Social Justice and Inclusion Advocacy Organization
- Washington Initiative for Supported Employment [WISE]
- Washington Protection & Advocacy System [WPAS]
- Washington State Business Leadership Network [WSBLN]
- WeMedia: Life.Style.Access (Disabilities Information, Products, & Services)
Artistic Links
You may also be interested in links to the two artists who are featured on Vadis' informational brocures.
Lupita Cano's website can be found here.
Dylan Kuehl’s website is located at this address.