• Disability Policy Center

Disability Policy Center

A new disability policy website went online on September 1, 2003 containing training materials, policy papers and policy briefs prepared by ROBERT "BOBBY" SILVERSTEIN. Bobby is the Director of the Center for the Study and Advancement of Disability Policy (CSADP) in Washington, D.C. and former staff director and chief counsel to the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Disability Policy, chaired by Senator Tom Harkin. The address for the website is: http://www.disabilitypolicycenter.org.

The website is organized by relevant topic areas. The following topics are included:

• Advocacy Training Materials
  
• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
  
• Disability Policy, In General
  
• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
  
• Olmstead Supreme Court Case
  
• Personal Assistance Services (PAS)
  
• Rehabilitation Act (See Vocational Rehabilitation)
  
• State Medicaid Buy-In Programs and State Work Incentive Initiatives
  
  (See also Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act)
  
• Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
  
• Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act (TWWIIA)
  
• Vocational Rehabilitation
  
• Workforce Investment Act (WIA)