National Organizations Support [with]tv

The following organizations have expressed their support for this project:

The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)
Ms. M. Doreen Croser, Exec. Director
AAIDD is the professional association run by and for professionals who support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and has a constituency of over 60,000 with a core of 4,500 members.

The American Network of Community Options and Resources (ANCOR)
Ms. Renee L. Pietrangelo, CEO
ANCOR is a national network of over 835 providers offering quality supports to more than 385,000 people with disabilities and their families.
http://ancor.org

The Arc of the United States (The Arc)
Ms. Sue Swenson, Executive Director
The Arc of the United States advocates for the rights and full participation of all children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
http://www.thearc.org

The Arc of Connecticut (The Arc/CT)
Dawn Lazaroff, President
Peg Dinotti, Executive Director
http://www.arcct.org

The Connecticut Parent Advocacy Center (CPAC)
Nancy Prescott, Executive Director
The Connecticut Parent Advocacy Center is a nonprofit organization offering information and support to CT families of children with any disability or chronic illness, birth to 26.

The Council on Quality and Leadership (CQL)
James F. Gardner, Ph.D., President and CEO
CQL plays an international leadership role in the definition, measurement, and improvement of the quality of life for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and people with mental illness impacting directly on the lives of over 50,000 people.

Self-Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE)
Chester Finn, National Chairman
SABE's mission is to ensure that people with disabilities are treated as equals, that they are given the same decisions, choices, rights, responsibilities, and chances to speak up in order to empower themselves.
http://sabe.org

The Association of Self Advocates of North Carolina (ASANC)
Karen Moyes Stallings, Executive Director
ASANC is a state-wide organization advocating for the rights of people with disabilities in work, recreation and the community. They have an active membership of 1,200 members and their families.

Planet of The Blind
http://kuusisto.typepad.com/planet_of_the_blind/2007/05/

We have a growing number of families and individuals that we will be listing soon as well. Clearly it is imperative that you all sign on ASAP and enlist your places of employment and all manner of friends, families, etc. to do so as well. I urge you to take the time to do so. It is one small way in which you can do something that will help drive [with]tv toward eventual success.