Who We Are
IRC is a non-profit corporation serving central Virginia dedicated to fostering a community environment in which people with disabilities can live as independently as they choose.

What We Do
The IRC offers peer counseling, technical assistance, discounted adaptive equipment, and advocacy, to name a few services. You can visit our services page for full details or just give us a call!

Welcome! The Charlottesville IRC is dedicated to helping disabled individuals live independently via both personal skills and adaptation of the community environment. On our website you can read the latest news from the justice department, view what adaptive equipment we have available, check for local resources, email our staff, and learn more about what we do.
Latest News
IRC offices closed due to surge in COVID cases
January 14, 2021
The offices of the Independence Resource Center will be closed during the week of January 18 through January 22 due to a surge in COVID cases in the area. Please contact IRC at info@charlottesvilleirc.org if you need to contact staff. We are experiencing technical problems with our phone message system. Thank you for your patience.
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Email Ballots with Screen Reader Technology Available to Charlottesville Absentee Voters with Disabilities
September 30, 2020
https://www.charlottesville.gov/civicalerts.aspx?AID=373
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Featured Article
Calling Ourselves “Physically Challenged” is Bad for Disability Rights
June 16, 2011
The problem with “challenge.” There. I heard it again. “It’s not our problem, it’s his challenge,” a young mother was saying about her disabled child. “My child is the same as any child. His challenges are just greater. I guess you’d say he’s physically challenged.” “Physically challenged.” The new phrase. We try to find ways […]
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Community Action
IRC and Transportation
June 16, 2011
Five years before the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act requiring nondiscriminatory transportation services, the city of Charlottesville became the first city in Virginia to commit to making its entire public transit fleet accessible. A year later, IRC persuaded the Charlottesville government to expand para-transit services within the urban ring; in 1987 operating hours […]
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