Greensboro's Mayor's Committee for Persons with Disabilities
The Mayor's Committee for Persons with Disabilities works to enhance awareness, education, social, and employment opportunities in an effort to promote inclusion and reduce barriers. It's also active in many community boards and committees advocating for the rights of people with disabilities.

North Carolina Accessibility Books and Library Services 
The NCLBPH is a special public library that circulates books and magazines especially made for persons who cannot use regular printed material because of a visual or physical disability. The library is located in Raleigh, but mails materials through the state.

Disability Etiquette
This site shows how to avoid using words with negative connotations and provides alternate, positive vocabularies. 

American Council of the Blind 
ACM is a national advocacy organization that provides opportunities for the visually impaired as well as support services to families. ACB also collaborates with Vision Rehabilitation Service providers. 

Governor Morehead School for the Blind 
This school's mission is "to educate, advocate, and provide resources for all NC students with visual impairment, their families, and the professionals who serve them."

National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS)
NLS provides the free loan of recorded and braille books, magazines and music scores in braille and large print. United States residents who are unable to use standard print materials because of visual or physical impairment can request this service through NLS or the state library.

The North Carolina Reading Service
The North Carolina Reading Service provides news and information 24 hours a day, seven days a week. NCRS provides quality programming with daily live broadcasts of the News and Observer and USA Today. We have also grown to include newspapers from eastern North Carolina.

The ADA
The ADA is one of America's most comprehensive pieces of civil rights legislation that prohibits discrimination and guarantees that people with disabilities have the same opportunities as everyone else to participate in the mainstream of American life -- to enjoy employment opportunities, to purchase goods and services, and to participate in State and local government programs and services.

ADA Guide to Service Animals
Service animals are working animals, not pets. Organizations, businesses, and private sectors that serve the public have to comply with federal law and allow persons with disabilities to enter the premises with their service animals.