The Joint Action Committee of Organizations Of and Serving the Visually Handicapped (JAC) is a coalition of 24 California organizations for consumers, parents, and professionals, agencies, and distributors of products. This article highlights JAC's accomplishments in the past 10 years and describes the mechanics of organizing, operating, and maintaining such a coalition, which could be replicated in other states.
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