Organization
Center for People With Disabilities(CPWD)
The Center for People With Disabilities is a consumer-controlled Center for Independent Living founded in 1977 that serves people with disabilities across the greater Boulder–Denver area of Colorado. More than 75 percent of its staff and board members are people with disabilities, ensuring lived-experience leadership at every level.
About
Founded in 1977 by Judy Dixon and former Boulder County Commissioner Homer Page, CPWD grew from a grassroots employment project into one of Colorado's nine federally-funded Centers for Independent Living. The organisation is governed by the core Independent Living philosophy: people with disabilities are the experts on their own lives.
What They Do
CPWD delivers peer support, independent living skills training, individual and systems advocacy, information and referral, and transition services — from institutions to community living, and from school to adult life. Additional programmes include benefits counselling, home modification, and a Veterans Independence Program for Front Range veterans with service-connected disabilities.
Who They Serve
CPWD serves adults and youth with any disability type in the greater Boulder–Denver metropolitan region and northeastern Colorado, including veterans whose disabilities affect daily living activities.
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