The Disability Empowerment Center

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SILCStatewide Independent Living Council

• The Disability Empowerment Center
• 5025 E Washington Street
• Phoenix, AZ 85034
• 602/262-2900
• www.azsilc.org
• Tony DiRienzi, Executive Director
• tony_at_azsilc.org

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SILCStatewide Independent Living Council

• Our mission
• is to promote the
• equality, inclusion, and choice
• for people with disabilities
• through collaboration and
• public policy change.

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SILCStatewide Independent Living Council
Our goal is to enhance and expand opportunities
for people with disabilities to participate in
their community.
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SILCStatewide Independent Living Council

• Reasonable Accommodations
• are means by which
• people with disabilities
• have access to participate
• in their community.

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SILCStatewide Independent Living Council

• Assistive Technologies (A.T.)
• are devices
• that increase the
• functional capabilities of
• people with disabilities.

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SILCStatewide Independent Living Council

• People with disabilities
• have direct and practical experience with
• accommodations and A.T.
• Include them in the
• planning process.

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• Thank you
• Questions?