Resources

• General Advocacy
• Children's Advocacy
• Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Advocacy
• Medical Advocacy
• Social Security Advocacy
• Veterans Advocacy
• Vocational Rehabilitation and Independent Living Advocacy

Need help accessing a funding source or AT service? Frustrated with a denial for services? Advocacy assistance may be available to you. A range of public and private organizations and programs offer tools and help free of charge.

• General Advocacy
  No matter what AT funding source you pursue, these general advocacy resources and organizations may save you a lot of time.
• Children's Advocacy
  Get help navigating special education services and health programs for children with disabilities.
• Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Advocacy
  Get help with communication access and ADA compliance, with public benefits that may pay for AT as well as self-advocacy training, and community-based AT services.
• Medical Advocacy
  Get help advocating for durable medical equipment, for handling disputes with public and private health insurance providers, and with accessing state and federal health programs (such as MassHealth).
• Social Security Advocacy
  Get help obtaining federal SSI or SSDI benefits, and making work incentive programs work for you.
• Veterans Advocacy
  Get help accessing benefits that can pay for AT, appealing claim denials, or appealing the quality of your medical care.
• Vocational Rehabilitation and Independent Living Advocacy
  Get help accessing services from the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission, the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind, and Independent Living Centers statewide.