CALL OR TEXT 988 - 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline provides 24/7 free and confidential support for people in distress, and suicide prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved one.

CHAT - https://988lifeline.org/chat

​ Web pages

• 988 home - https://988lifeline.org/
• Veterans Crisis Line - www.veteranscrisisline.net - call 988 then press 1
• 988 FAQs - https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/988/faqs
• 988 overview and resources - https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/988

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The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline was formerly called the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The original 10-digit Lifeline number 800-273-TALK (8255) will continue to route calls to 988 indefinitely.

A Touch of Understanding’s mission is to encourage acceptance and respect for all individuals. ATOU's educational programs are designed to increase understanding of differences, thereby minimizing discrimination, bullying, and social isolation suffered by children and adults who are perceived as different for any reason, but especially those with disabilities.

ATOU's in-school workshop provides a potent, life-changing opportunity for students to meet people with disabilities and to experience for themselves what it may be like to have a disability. The workshop is broken up into two parts.

• Part 1: Speakers with disabilities talk about their life, their challenges, and how they achieve their goals. During the hour and a half session, students are encouraged to interact with these volunteers and ask questions.
• Part 2: Students visit activity stations where they: use a wheelchair and white cane, learn to write their names in Braille, perform a task using a mirror to simulate a le…

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AAPI Placer County supports the local AAPI community in creating spaces to be seen, heard, and understood by means of advocacy and celebration of AAPI cultures and contributions.

By promoting awareness of who AAPI are, educating about AAPI diversity, providing access to resources for AAPI, and creating partnerships to combat discrimination, AAPI Placer County advocates and strengthens the local communities for the social, political, and economic well-being of the AAPI community.

Their goal is to support the AAPI community in their desire to promote social, historical, and cultural awareness through community partnerships, projects, and events.

Web pages​

• About AAPI Placer County - https://www.aapiplacercounty.org/story

Ability Tools, formerly the AT Network, is California’s Assistive Technology Act Program. We provide a variety of services for Californians with disabilities of all ages.
Services include:

• NATADS Assistive Technology Portal (National Assistive Technology Act Data System)
• Device Lending and Demo Centers
• Financial loan program for AT
• Information & Referral
• Reuse program in affiliation with organizational partners

FreedomTech Financial Loan Program assists people in receiving low interest financial loans to help pay for assistive technology.

Web pages 

• Ability Tools - https://abilitytools.org/
• FreedomTech - https://freedomtech.org/
• Device Lending and Demo Centers - https://abilitytools.org/services/device-lending-library.php
• NATADS Assistive Technology Portal (National Assistive Technology Act Data System) - testing.myatprogram.org/home/6

ABORTION.CA.GOV provides abortion information.

• Abortion is legal, protected, and safe in California. It is accessible to people whether or not they live in the state.
• Website has current and accurate information about how people can access abortion services in California.
• Website visitor information is not saved or tracked.

Website covers the following topics

• Your rights
• Getting an abortion - about abortion, how to pay, types of abortion, planning
• Support
• Find a provider

 

Abortion Finder provides up to date information on the following topics:

• Find Abortion Services
• Types of Abortion
• State-by-State Guide
• FAQs

https://www.abortionfinder.org/

The nonprofit Guttmacher Institute provides, for each state:

• abortion policy information
• demographic info
• abortion statistics

Link to California info: https://states.guttmacher.org/policies/california/abortion-policies

Access in Motion provides non-emergency medical transportation.

10% off for Veterans

Access in Motion serves Medi-Cal beneficiaries who are subscribed directly (and not through other insurance plans). Access in Motion is dedicated to providing on-time, accessible non-emergency medical transportation for the disabled community in Rocklin, Roseville, and surrounding areas in Placer and Sacramento counties. The company specializes in providing mobility services to and from dialysis and other medical appointments for individuals using wheelchairs and walkers or who are simply not able to drive themselves safely. Access in Motion provides door-to-door wheelchair service to ensure that passengers are personally escorted to their destination and safely returned home again.

Transportation Services are for:

• Dialysis
• Physical Therapy
• Doctor Appointments
• Dentist Appointments
• Labs/Imaging
• Outpatient Procedures
• Family Events, Lunch, Special Occasions
• Discharges from medical f…

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The Achieve Tahoe Program Center is located at Alpine Meadows Resort in the North Lake Tahoe area of Northern California.

ADAPTIVE SKI AND SNOWBOARD INSTRUCTION FOR ALL ABILITIES
Achieve Tahoe is open daily for lessons from December 1st through April 28th (conditions permitting). They are a member school of the Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSIA). Their PSIA-certified instructors and trained volunteers make skiing or snowboarding possible for anyone with physical, sensory, or intellectual disabilities.

ADAPTIVE SUMMER SPORTS: A variety of summer sports are available in the Tahoe and Sacramento areas, such as water skiing, paddle sports, and sailing.

MILITARY ADAPTIVE SPORTS CAMPS: Achieve Tahoe conducts a winter and summer sports camp for military service members disabled during active duty.

Web pages

• Home - https://www.achievetahoe.org/
• FQA - www.achievetahoe.org/about/faq/

Nevada County Suprior Court offers Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Accommodations

Nevada County Superior Court has an ADA Coordinator (Americans with Disabilities Act) to ensure full access to the judicial system.

POLICY
In accordance with California Rule of Court 1.100, it is the policy of Superior Court of California, County of Nevada to assure that qualified individuals with disabilities have equal and full access to the judicial system.

REQUEST FOR ACCOMODATION
Requests for Accommodation including but not limited to auxiliary aids and/or services should be made as far in advance of the requested accommodations implementation date as possible, and in any event should be made no less than five court dates prior to the requested implementation date. The Court may, in its discretion, waive this requirement..

QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
Are persons covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and includes individuals who have a physical or mental impairment that su…

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