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• Access-a-Ride: Provides local bus transportation in the Denver metro area for people with disabilities. 303-299-2960
• Envida: Paratransit in Colorado Springs. 719-301-6870
• CDOT: Governmental agency with plenty of transportation programs and resources. 303-759-2368
• Ensight Skills Center: Tools, counseling, and training for low vision individuals, including orientation and mobility training. 1-866-375-5693

• Lyft/Uber Accessibility If you experience service animal denial or other accessibility issues with Lyft or Uber, here are some resources:
  Lyft: Submit Accessibility Feedback. OR call 1-844-554-1297 to report a driver. Uber: Visit Uber’s Accessibility Help Center or if you scheduled through RTD’s Access on Demand Program, you can contact RTD’s customer care department at customercare@rtd-denver.com or call 303-299-6000

• Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR): Helps individuals with disabilities prepare for, obtain, advance in, and maintain employment. This includes Personal Adjustment Training to learn how to use a cane. 303-866-2500
• Maxi Aids: Low Vision Products. 1-631-752-0521
• Independence Center: Provides services to people with disabilities, their families and the community. 719-471-8181
• Center for Independence: Community solutions and to empower individuals with disabilities to live independently.
• Hadley Institute for the Blind: Personalized learning opportunities that empower adults with vision loss to thrive at home, work, and in their communities. 800-323-4238.
• Lighthouse for the Blind: Preventing and addressing vision loss with services. 800-284-4422
• Perkins School for the Blind: Education services for children and young adults who are blind and visually impaired with multiple disabilities. 617-924-3434
• Center for People with Disabilities:Advocates equal rights for people with disabilities.303-442-8662

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