| PA Health Law Project | Topic, Health and Insurance | direct advocacy on behalf of individual consumers while working on the kinds of health policy changes that promise the most to the Pennsylvanians in greatest need. |
| PA House Finance Agency | Topic, Housing | works to provide affordable homeownership and rental apartment options for senior adults, low- and moderate-income families, and people with special housing needs. |
| PA House of Representatives | State | |
| PA Inclusive Higher Education Consortium (PIHEC) | Topic, Post-Secondary Education | PIHEC creates fully inclusive opportunities for students, provides consultation and technical assistance for developing accessible inclusive higher education opportunities for young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. |
| PA Secondary Transition Guide | Topic, Transportation | |
| PA Senate | State | |
| PA Waiting List Campaign | State | educates families, government officials, the public and the legislators about the impact of waiting lists on the health, safety and welfare of people with intellectual disabilities.
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| Parent Education and Leadership Center (PEAL Center) | Advocacy, State, Education | provides information, education and support for families of children with disabilities or special health care needs; children, youth and young adults with disabilities or special health care needs ages 0-26 |
| Pennsylvania Assistive Technology Foundation | Assistive Technology, Topic | provides education and financing opportunities for people with disabilities and older Pennsylvanians, helping them to acquire the assistive technology devices and services that improve the quality of their lives. |
| Pennsylvania Business Leadership Network | State | an employer-driven program designed for business leaders to promote hiring practices that enable qualified people with disabilities to enter and succeed in the workplace. |
| Pennsylvania Education for All Coalition | State | promotes education that includes all children by providing individual technical assistance, advocacy, and supports to families; assisting institutions of higher education better prepare teachers to effectively teach all children; and influencing and supporting schools, policymakers, and the community to effectively implement inclusive practices and policies. |
| Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency | Topic, Emergency Preparedness | People with Disabilities |
| Pennsylvania Peer Support Coalition | National, Health and Insurance, Inclusion | committed to transforming the mental health system statewide by promoting, supporting and advocating for peer support in Pennsylvania. |
| Pennsylvania Statewide Independent Living Council | State | works to develop and secure public policies that ensure civil rights and expand options for all people with disabilities in all aspects of life. |
| Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Center | Topic, Education | provides a full array of professional development and technical assistance targeted to improving student results. |
| Pittsburgh Center for Autistic Advocacy | State, Self-Advocacy | The Pittsburgh Center for Autistic Advocacy works to improve the lives of Autistic people. It believes that all Autistic and disabled people have the right to follow their dreams and be fully involved in decisions that affect their lives.
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| PITTSBURGH COALITION ON THE INTERSECTION OF DISABILITY, RACE, ETHNICITY AND POVERTY | Advocacy, Topic | Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) Americans with disabilities face unique systemic challenges as a result of their intersecting identities. The goal of the Coalition is to have conversations on intersectionality and seek potential holistic practical solutions to the difficult economic challenges faced by individuals of color with a disability.
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| Pittsburgh Coalition on the Intersection of Disability, Race, Ethnicity, and Poverty | Advocacy | The Coalition's mission is to address the systemic challenges people with disabilities in BIPOC communities face as a result of their intersecting identities. |
| Puerto Rico Developmental Disabilities Council | Other Developmental Disabilities Councils by State | |
| Residential Services Barber National Institute | Topic, Community Involvement & Community Living | opportunities for adults to live in a supportive environment as fully participating members of the community |
| Resources from Supported Decision Making Panel | Supported Decision Making | Resources include a video recording and presentation slides from PADDC's webinar called “Supported Decision Making Panel Discussion.” The webinar was designed to provide a general overview of supported decision making and discuss what is happening nationally on this topic. |
| Rhode Island Developmental Disabilities Council | Other Developmental Disabilities Councils by State | |
| SAFE: A Personal Safety Training Guide for Adults with Disabilities and Care Providers | Abuse & Personal Safety | This is a curriculum designed to educate adults with disabilities about abuse and their rights. The major theme of the curriculum is empowerment. For the purpose of this curriculum, empowerment is defined as the power of knowledge. The curriculum is designed to help participants know their rights. Their right to safety, their right to speak out and their right to get help. Knowledge and empowerment are core principles in personal safety. The creation of this curriculum was funded by the Pennsylvania Developmental Disabilities Council. |
| Secondary Transition, PA Training and Technical Assistance | Topic, Transportation | |
| Self Advocacy Resource and Technical Assistance Center | Self-Advocacy, Self-Advocacy | The Center strengthens the self-advocacy movement by supporting self advocacy organizations to grow in diversity and leadership. |
