Accessible Renovations
Accessibility Services, Inc. - Provides accessibility consulting to help ensure that homes are completely accessible.
Barrier-Free Designs - Consultants who provide help with design and implementation of accessibility renovations
Bathrooms Plus - Custom bathroom modifications for people with disabilities
City of Oakland - Housing Rehabilitation - Provides grants for accessibility modifications to owner-occupied properties. Call (510) 238-3909 to request an application
Complete Construction - Contact Mark Feinman for all wheelchair lifts, ramps, and other acessibility mods
Mikiten Architecture - Noted Berkeley based architect. Designs creative multifamily affordable housing and provides new levels of disabled access (universal design).
Sightworks - Sightworks provides architectural design services, with special expertise in the area of accessibility

Advocacy
Alameda County Developmental Disabilities Planning and Advisory Council - Works for people with developmental disabilities to attain the fullest development of their mental, physical and spiritual potentials, and community living in the least restrictive environment
Housing Choices Coalition - Mission is to enhance the quality of lives for people with developmental disabilities by creating quality-housing options. Serves Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Monterrey Counties
National Sclerosis Society - Northern California Chapter - Provides education, equipment, emotional support, exercise classes, family programs, and financial assistance to people with MS and their loved ones
National Spinal Cord Injury Association - Dedicated to improving the quality of life for people living with the results of spinal cord injury and disease (SCI/D) and their families. Publishes SCI Life newspaper.
World Institute on Disability - International Advocacy organization, based in Oakland, CA, for persons with disabilities

Disability Benefits
Disability Benefits 101 - Superb site explaining the ins and outs of federal, state, and other benefits available for person with disabilities
Herb Thomas and Associates - Provides information and consulting on conservatorships; trust administration; medi-cal advocacy; Long-term Care Planning; and Financial Planning

Disability Directories
Disability Resources -
DisabilityOnline.com - Online resource and social networking site
DisaBOOM - Social Networking Site
The Boulevard -
The Network of Care - An online resource for people with developmental disabilities and their families

Employment and Support Services
Cerebral Palsy Center for the Bay Area - Mission is to identify the unmet needs of and provide services for persons with cerebral palsy and other developmental disabilities and help them to achieve their individual goals and aspirations
Dare To Dream Attendant Services - Provides in home care, coordination services, as well as Independent Living skills classes and disability awareness training.
The Independent Way - Provides programs, services, and advocacy for people with developmental disabilities and their families
United Cerebral Palsy of the Golden Gate - Advances full integration of people with cerebral palsy and similar disabilities. Supports people to be independent and empowered by providing and facilitating services.

Financial Planning
Click here for Financial Planners - Financial Planners with expertise in working with people with disabilities

Home Ownership Counselling
ACORN Housing - Provides one-on-one mortgage loan counseling, first-time homebuyer classes, and helps clients obtain affordable mortgages through their unique lending partnerships. Call 510-436-6532 for more info
Home Ownership Made Easy (HOME) - HOME administers the state's version of the HomeChoice loan. It is dedicated to providing affordable housing for persons with disabilities.
Lao Family Community Development, Inc. - Provides free multilingual and culturally sensitive housing counseling and support. In Oakland, call 510-533-8850 for further information
The Unity Council - Provides home ownership education and counselling services to clients in Oakland

Independent Living Centers
California Foundation for Independent Living Centers - Organization representing California's 29 Independent Living Centers. Advocates for systems change and promoting access and integration for people with disabilities.
Center for Independence of the Disabled - Serves San Mateo County
Center for Independent Living - Berkeley - The Berkeley CIL is the most active in the East Bay, offering a myriad of services to support independent living in our community
Community Resources for Independent Living - Serves Southern and Eastern Alameda County
Independent Living Resource - Serves Contra Costa and Solano Counties
Silicon Valley Independent Living Center - Provides an array of services to people with disabilities in Santa Clara County

Legal Services
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) - A leading national law and policy center in disability civil rights
The Dale Law Firm, PC - Specializes in estate planning; trusts; special needs trusts; probate; and conservatorships

Loans and Loan Programs
Home Choice Loan - Offered by the California Housing Finance Agency, this loan is designed specifically for people with disabilities and their caregivers.

Mobility Aids
Down N Out Rescue Chairs - Down & Out Rescue Chairs are the perfect solution for emergency evacuation for people with disabilities
Handi-Ramp - Offers a huge selection of ramps all over the country

Other Products/Services
Canine Companions - Enhances the lives of people with disabilities by providing highly-trained assistance dogs and ongoing support to ensure quality partnerships.
Colour Infusion - Beautiful notecards painted from photographs by Marina Pinto, a noted synaethesist
Home Access Network - An online network linking home buyers and home owners with resources to help them find and create accessible living spaces
Wheelchair Foundation - Leads an international effort to deliver a wheelchair to every child, teen and adult in the world who needs one, but cannot afford one

Referral Services
Bananas - Bananas offers multilingual child care information and referral services for Northern Alameda County, including services to parents of children with disabilities
Eden I&R - Eden I&R is well known as THE source of information on, and referral to, low-cost housing, emergency shelter, and over 1,270 social service agencies for Alameda County Residents
Family Resource Network - Provides referral services for families of children with disabilities in the Alameda County
Proyecto Vision - Provides free bilingual information to connect Latinos with disabilities to jobs and services. Call 866-EMPLEO-1

Social Activities & Entertainment
Access Northern California - Promotes greater access to travel and recreational opportunities in Northern California for people with physical disabilities
Axis Dance Studio - Dance studio for people with disabilities
Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors - BAADS goal is to make all aspects of sailing in the San Francisco Bay Area accessible.
Chabot Space and Science Center - Learn how new technology at Oakland's Chabot Space and Science Center makes it possible for people who use wheelchairs to see the stars...go to www.chabotspace.org for more info
Juliet Vercelli - Juliet Vercelli is a Walnut Creek based travel agent who specializes in providing travel options for people with disabilities
Mobility Golf - The mission of Mobility Golf is to increase opportunities for those who can't walk, to play golf
Piedmont Yoga Studio - Offers classes designed for people with disabilities
Trips Inc. - All inclusive vacation packages for travellers with developmental disabilities
Walking Hands - Shiatsu Acupressure Reflexology massage therapy services. Call 510-813-5778
Wheelchair Accessible Trails - This site lists and rates trails around the Bay Area for their use by a person using a wheelchair