ABAPD - Membership

Saturday, March 22, 2008

Membership in the Organization is divided into three (3) categories: Full, Associate and Honorary.

Terms of Membership

Full Membership is open ONLY to persons with disabilities and ALL persons with disabilities are entitled to become a Full Member of the Association. They can become a Member quite easily by filling a registration form and submitting it to the Executive of the Association whose role in this process is to verify the individual's disability. Only Full Members are entitled to vote at meetings and sit on the Board of Executives.

Associate Membership is divided into four (4) categories: Individual, Organization or/for Persons with Disabilities, Charitable and Corporate.

Individual Associate Membership is open to non disabled persons interested in volunteering their time and/or other resources to the Association.

Organization of/for Persons with Disabilities Associate Membership is open to organizations and associations who have similar goals and objectives to those of ABAPD where persons with disabilities are concerned;

Charitable Associate Membership is open to charities/foundations who purposes to assist in providing improved services to persons with disabilities.

Corporate Associate Membership is specifically designed to invite Corporate Citizens to assist the Association in fulfilling its goals. Corporations are invited to contribute financially to the Organization; however, a contribution could also be made in the form of whatever services that Company has to offer. This can also be a means by which Corporations learn through the Association what services are needed in their facilities to improve the lives of persons with disabilities.

Honorary Membership is decided by the Executive. This status goes to any person who may or may not be disabled, or to an organization, group, company or committee whose work, assistance or contribution to the cause of disability, merits recognition in the Association's opinion.