Other Disability-Related Services

Architectural Access Board (AAB)
Massachusetts Department of Public Safety
One Ashburton Place, Room 1310
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: (617) 727-0660 or (800) 828-7222
TTY: (617) 727-0019
Fax: (617) 727-0665
Web: www.mass.gov/aab

AAB is a regulatory department with the legislative mandate to develop and enforce regulations to make public buildings accessible to, safe, functional, and usable by persons with disabilities.

Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST)
40 Harvard Mills Square, Suite 3
Wakefield, MA 01880
Phone: (781) 245-2212
Fax: (781) 245-5212
Email: cast@cast.org
Web: www.cast.org

Research and development organization that works to expand opportunities for all people, especially those with disabilities, through innovative uses of technology.

Cultural Access Consortium (CAC)
PO Box 2584
Framingham, MA 01703
Phone: (617) 357-1864
Email: jberk@culturalaccess.org
Web: www.culturalaccess.org

CAC champions the belief that the arts must be accessible to all regardless of physical or cognitive abilities or financial means. CAC is a nonprofit organization that works in partnership with community members to provide institutions and human service agencies with access to technical support, information and referral, and community outreach initiatives.

Disability Law Center (DLC)
11 Beacon Street, Suite 925
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: (617) 723-8455 or (800) 872-9992
TTY: (617) 227-9464 or (800) 381-0577
Fax: (617) 723-9125
Email: mail@dlc-ma.org
Web: www.dlc-ma.org

Western Massachusetts Office:
32 Industrial Drive East
Northampton, MA 01060
Phone: (413) 584-6337 or (800) 222-5619
TTY: (413) 582-6919
Fax: (413) 584-2976
Email: mail@dlc-ma.org
Web: www.dlc-ma.org

DLC’s mission is to provide legal advocacy on disability issues that promote the fundamental rights of all people with disabilities to participate fully and equally in the social and economic life of Massachusetts.

Disability Policy Consortium
PO Box 77
Boston, MA 02133
Phone:  (617) 499-6957 or (866) 745-0917
Email: mail@dpcma.org
Web: www.dpcma.org

The DPC works through advocacy to redefine government as it affects people with disabilities.The Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center (DBTAC)

New England ADA Center
Adaptive Environments Center, Inc.
180-200 Portland Street, First Floor
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: (617) 695-0085 (V/TTY)
Fax: (617) 482-8099
Email: adainfo@newenglandada.org
Web: www.adaptiveenvironments.org/neada/site/home

DBTAC is a national network of 10 regional DBTAC: ADA Centers that provide the most complete and experienced services for up-to-date information, referrals, resources, and training on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to businesses, employers, government entities, and individuals with disabilities, as well as media and news reporters.

Disabled Persons Protection Commission (DPPC)
300 Granite Street, Suite 504
Braintree, MA 02184
Phone: (617) 727-6465
Toll-Free Reporting Line: (800) 426-9009
Fax: (617) 727-6469

DPPC is an independent state agency whose purpose is to investigate and remediate cases of abuse of the Commonwealth’s most vulnerable citizens. DPPC’s mission is to protect adults with disabilities from the abusive acts or omissions of their caregivers through investigation, oversight, public awareness and prevention.

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)
Office of Transportation Access
Ten Park Plaza, Suite 4730
Boston, MA 02116
Phone: (617) 222-5123 or (800) 533-6282
TTY: (617) 222-5415
Fax: (617) 222-6119
Email: theride@mbta.com
Web: http://www.mbta.com/riding_the_t/accessible_services/default.asp?id=7108

The Ride is the MBTA’s para-transit program, which provides accessible transportation to eligible people who can not effectively use public transportation because of a visual, physical, cognitive or mental disability.

Massachusetts Assistive Technology Loan Program
Easter Seals MA
484 Main Street #600
Worcester, MA 01608
Phone: (508) 751-6431
Fax: (508) 751–6444
Web: www.massatloan.org

The Massachusetts Assistive Technology Loan Program assists individuals with disabilities and their family members in securing financing to help them afford those devices they need to live independent lives. Assistance is provided throughout the loan process, and the program is able to provide different types of help dependent upon each individual’s unique circumstances.

Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD)
One Ashburton Place, Room 601
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: (617) 994-6000
Fax: (617) 994-6024
Web: www.mass.gov/mcad

MCAD mission is to ensure equality of opportunity by enforcing the Commonwealth’s anti-discrimination laws in employment, housing, public accommodations, credit, mortgage lending, and education. The Commission works to eliminate discrimination and advance the civil rights of the people of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts through law enforcement (filing of complaints, investigations, mediations and conciliations, hearings and litigation) and outreach (training sessions, public education, and testing programs). The Commission also reviews and advises the Governor’s Cabinet Offices concerning the state’s affirmative mandates in employment, housing, construction contracting and minority and women business enterprises.

Massachusetts Office on Disability (MOD)
One Ashburton Place, Room 1305
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: (617) 727-7440 or (800) 322-2020
Fax: (617) 727-0965
Web: www.mass.gov/mod

The Client Services Unit of MOD provides information and referral and advocacy to assist people with disabilities in all aspects of life including vocational rehabilitation, independent living, housing, transportation, architectural and communication access. MOD houses the federally mandated Client Assistance Program. The Community Services Unit provides training and technical assistance to ensure that people with disabilities have equal access to their communities.

VSA Arts of Massachusetts
The NonProfit Center, 89 South Street #101
Boston, MA 02111
Phone: (617) 350-7713
TTY: (617) 350-6535
Fax: (617) 482-4298
Videophone: (866) 552-4796
Web: www.vsamass.org

VSA arts of Massachusetts promotes inclusion of people with disabilities in communities and develops effective arts-based teaching strategies that allow students with and without disabilities to learn together.

VSA arts of Massachusetts promotes inclusion of people with disabilities in communities and develops effective arts-based teaching strategies that allow students with and without disabilities to learn together. They partner with schools, universities, community theaters, museums and large and small cultural organizations in every field to promote accessibility to the arts.