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View a list of links to federal, regional, state, and local disability-related emergency management resources in your state.
Contact information for ILCs throughout Nevada. ILCs provide people with disabilities advocacy and support services, including assistance with employment, transportation, housing, health care and living skills.
Nonprofit organization offers sports and recreation opportunities for people with disabilities, including wheelchair basketball, wheelchair tennis, track and field, swimming.
Nonprofit organization offers sports and recreation opportunities for people with disabilities
Information from the National Park Service regarding accessibility at the Great Basin National Park.
Includes information on independent living, benefits, transportation and more.
Assists individuals in obtaining assistive technology (AT) products and services.
Helps individuals remain active in the community by making their homes and vehicles more accessible.
Offers financial loans at low interest rates for the purchase of assistive devices--most often, home and vehicle modifications.
As one of over sixty University Centers for Excellence in the country, the organization works to expand and improve services for people with disabilities and their families.
Information on the state's Foster Grandparent Program, which connects volunteers age 60 and over with children and young people with exceptional needs; and the Senior Companion Program, which brings together volunteers age 60 and over with adults in their community who have difficulty with the simple tasks of day-to-day living.
Bureau helps individuals with vision disabilities make decisions about their future employment through evaluation and testing tailored to the participant's needs. Available services include assistance with job seeking, assistive technology tools, transition services for high school students and independent living program for persons over 55.
Helps people with disabilities in Southern Nevada through a variety of services in the areas of employment, independent living skills, transportation, housing, advocacy and benefits counseling.
Provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with mental retardation.
Web site of the state's Division of Emergency Management, which addresses the needs of people with disabilities in emergency situations.
Committed to creating opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to be included in their communities and to make the choices that affect their lives. Local chapters may provide residential, vocational and community-living support, self-advocacy programs, recreation and social experiences and respite care.
