An East Bay nonprofit organization that provides attendant care, free transportation to seniors and people with disabilities as well as wheelchair repairs will soon mark 30 years in Berkeley — the birthplace of the independent living movement.

Easy Does It Emergency Services was founded in 1995 by Cecelia Weeks, who ran the operation out of her Berkeley home. But over the last three decades, the nonprofit has grown significantly.

So far this year, Easy Does It has answered nearly 12,000 calls from people who need a ride or an emergency caregiver. Caregiving assistance is provided around the clock and rides run between 8:30 a.m. and 11 p.m. The organization also provides a wheelchair rescue program for people who become stranded when their wheelchair malfunctions or breaks.

“They are wonderful, they are very community oriented, they care very much about the services they provide and the community they serve,’’ said Peni Hall, a client who has used a wheelchair for 40 years following a back injury. “They are the AAA for people in wheelchairs.”

The organization was a natural outgrowth of the independent living movement, which began in Berkeley, said Bruce Curtis, the executive director of Easy Does It, who became a quadriplegic following a diving accident in Southern California at age 17 in 1967.

Curtis said the nonprofit organization, which has scores of volunteers and several dozen employees, is unique in America. “It doesn’t exist anywhere else,’’ Curtis said.

“If your wheelchair is how you get around, to have someone you can contact who will actually pick you up if you get stranded is amazing,’’ Hall said.