Looking for a wheelchair in the United States? Have a question about where to donate your wheelchair outside of Southern California? Interested in disability issues within the U.S.? internationally? Below is a short list of resources that may be helpful to you.

To Find a wheelchair in the Los Angeles area contact:

• The Convalescent Aid Society
  A Pasadena-based organization that lends medical equipment (www.convalescentaidsociety.com)
  
  
• Lila (Living Independently in Los Angeles)
  A comprehensive disability referral website (http://www.icdri.org/community/laila.htm)
  
  
• Los Angeles Countyon Disabilities
  Provides referrals within Los Angeles County (213) 974-1053

To Learn more about disability issues in the US go to:

• Americans with Disabilities Act (www.ada.gov)
  
  
• American Association of People With Disabilities (www.aapd-dc.org)
  
  
• The National Organization on Disability (www.nod.org)
  
  
• National Center for Independent Living (www.ncil.org)
  
  
• Disability Rights Legal Center (www.disabilityrightslegalcenter.org)

To learn more about international disability issues go to:

• Disabled People's International (www.dpi.org)
  
  
• International Disability Alliance (www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org)
  
  
• Mobility International (www.miusa.org)

The following publications serve as excellent resources for information pertaining to equipment, mobility and funding:

• Access Able Travel Source
  
  
• ADA Watch and the National Coalition for Disability Rights
  
  
• Alliance for Justice
  
  
• ALS Association
  
  
• Amputee Coalition of America
  
  
• Arthritis Foundation
  
  
• Aviation Consumer Protection Division
  
  
• Brain Injury Association of America
  
  
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  
  
• Deshae Lott
  
  
• Disability Resource
  
  
• Disabled American Veterans
  
  
• Disaboom
  
  
• Infinite Potential Through Assistive Technology
  
  
• MDA
  
  
• National Coalition of Assistive Rehabilitation Technology
  
  
• National Disabilities Rights Network
  
  
• National MS Society
  
  
• National Organization on Disability
  
  
• National Spinal Cord Injury Association
  
  
• National Stroke Association
  
  
• Paralyzed Veterans of America
   
• Patients Like Me
  
  
• Spina Bifida Association
  
  
• Spinal Cord Injury Resource Center
  
  
• SSI and SSDI Hotline
  
  
• State Protection and Advocacy
  
  
• State Specific Disability Information
  
  
• The Traveling Wheelchair
  
  
• United Cerebral Palsy
  
  
• USA Tech Guide
  
  
• WheelchairNet

INDUSTRY PUBLICATIONS
The following publications serve as excellent resources for information pertaining to equipment, mobility and funding:

• Accent on Living
  
  
• Mainstream
  
  
• Mobility Management
  
  
• New Mobility
  
  
• Paraplegia News
  
  
• Sports 'n Spokes

OTHER AGENCIES OR ASSOCIATIONS:

• American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
  
  
• Canadian Association of Wound Care
  
  
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
  
  
• ComplexRehab.org
  
  
• Kaiser Family Foundation
  
  
• National Council on Disability
  
  
• National Multiple Sclerosis Society
  
  
• National Registry of Rehabilitation Suppliers
  
  
• National Stroke Association
  
  
• NCART (National Coalition for Assistive and Rehab Technology)
  
  
• Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc.
  
  
• Paralyzed Veterans of America
  
  
• Protection and Advocacy Organizations
  
  
• Rehab Central
  
  
• RESNA
  
  
• Social Security Administration
  
  
• University of Pittsburgh RSTCE
  
  
• WOCN
  
  
• Wound Care Institute
  
  
• Wound Care Strategies

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