Massachusetts
Office on Disability

One Ashburton Place, Room 1305
Boston, MA 02108
[617] 727-7440 or toll free [800] 322-2020 (V/TTY) 
FAX [617] 727-0965

Deval L. Patrick, Governor

Timothy P. Murray, Lt. Governor

Myra Berloff, Director

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The Massachusetts Office on Disability (MOD) was created in 1981, by M.G.L. c. 6, sec. 185, as the state advocacy agency that serves people with disabilities of all ages.  MOD's primary mission is to ensure access.

Examples of recent initiatives are:

The Office on Disability is co-sponsoring a series of Town Meeting on the State of Civil Rights in Massachusetts.

Please join us on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 as we explore the

State of Civil Rights in the Commonwealth

Have you, or someone you know, faced discrimination or simply felt unwelcome, in looking for an apartment or a house?  In looking for employment?  Or simply trying to get into a public place?

We want to hear from you.

This is an opportunity to meet and share your experience with:

Myra Berloff, Director

Massachusetts Office on Disability

Deborah Goddard, Chief Counsel

Department of Housing and Community Development

Maura Healey, Chief Civil Rights Division

Office of the Attorney General

Ronald Marlow, Assistant Secretary for Access & Inclusion

Executive Office of Administration and Finance

Malcolm Medley, Chairman

Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination

Time:              6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Location:      Our House Center, 168 Newbury Street, Lawrence

Please see future dates and locations or to email comments

The Massachusetts Office on Disability (MOD), in partnership with the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency,*  hosted meetings to bring together people with disabilities and local emergency preparedness professionals.  The results of the meetings, which explore how to ensure that people with disabilities have the assistance they need in times of emergency are available by selecting from the following links. 

• Recommendations of the Massachusetts Task Force on Emergency Preparedness and People Requiring Additional Assistance, September 2008

• Massachusetts Task Force on Emergency Preparedness and People Requiring Additional Assistance, Achievements Over the Past Two Years, July 7, 2008.

   

   

   

 Last revised September 2008

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• American with Disabilites Act Compliance

• Emergency Preparedness

• Information and Help with individual problems

• Making Communities Accessible

• Community Access Training

• Local Disability Commissions 

• Improving Government

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• From the Director

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Acknowledgement: The Office on Disability is grateful to Justin Coppola for his volunteer time and considerable talent in the redesign of this website.