ABLEDATA 
The ABLEDATA project provides information resources on assistive devices and rehabilitation equipment products for people with disabilities, including the ABLEDATA database of product information, and... Details >
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Access Board: United States Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
Created in 1973, the Board is the federal agency which develops minimum guidelines and requirements for standards issued under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Architectural Barriers ... Details >
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Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is responsible for promoting the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals, and communities. ACF brings together in one organ... Details >
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Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation is responsible to the Secretary for policy analysis and advice, policy development, strategic and implementation planning, and for the coordination ... Details >
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Center for Information Technology Accommodation
The Center for Information Technology Accommodation (CITA) is a resource for information on the accessibility of electronic and information technology (EIT), and in the use of assistive technologies. ... Details >
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Clearinghouse on Disability Information, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
The Clearinghouse provides information to people with disabilities, or anyone requesting information, by doing research and providing documents in response to inquiries. The information provided incl... Details >
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Disability and Health Programs, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD)
The Disability and Health Team is part of the new National Center for on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) located in Atlanta, Georgi... Details >
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Employment Standards Administration, U.S. Department of Labor
The Employment Standards Administration (ESA), the largest agency within the U.S. Department of Labor, enforces and administers laws governing legally-mandated wages and working conditions, including ... Details >
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National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research, National Institutes of Health
The National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR) was established within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) by legislation (P.L.101-613) passed in 1990. The Center is a component of... Details >
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National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
The National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research (NCDDR), funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), responds directly to NIDRR's concerns for ... Details >
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National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
The Office on Disability and Health is a part of the Division of Human Development and Disability within NCBDD and works to prevent secondary conditions and promote health and wellness and quality of ... Details >
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National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness
NCDB is a federally funded information and referral service, and technical assistance project that identifies, coordinates, and disseminates (at no cost) information and services related to children a... Details >
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National Council on Disability
The Council was established by Congress in 1978 and was transformed into an independent Federal agency in 1984. The 15 members appointed by the President and confirmed by the U.S. Senate review all l... Details >
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National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities, U.S. Department of Education
The National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities provides information to the nation on disabilities in children and youth; programs and services for infants, children, and youth with d... Details >
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National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) conducts and supports basic and clinical research in maternal and child health and the population sciences. It will respond to ind... Details >
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National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, U.S. Department of Education
NIDRR's mission is to generate and disseminate research findings and promote knowledge that will improve the ability of individuals with disabilities to perform activities in the community, and increa... Details >
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National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress
Administers a national library service that provides braille and recorded books and magazines on free loan to residents of the United States and American citizens abroad who cannot read standard print... Details >
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National Rehabilitation Information Center, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
National Rehabilitation Information Center, funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, was established in 1977 and provides information on rehabilitation and disabilit... Details >
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Office of Disability Employment Policy, U.S. Department of Labor
ODEP acts as a catalyst for job formation for people with disabilities through policy analysis and grants, outreach and education, technical assistance, and the promotion and development of best pract... Details >
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Office of Disability, Aging, and Long-Term Care Policy
A component of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this office is responsible for developing, analyzing, evaluat... Details >
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President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities
The President's Committee on Mental Retardation (PCMR) advises the President and the Secretary of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on appropriate ways to provide services for citizens with... Details >
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Social Security Administration
The Social Security Administration provides public information materials about the Social Security and supplemental security income (SSI) programs, as well as information on /entitlement to Medicare. ... Details >
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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
The mission of this Federal agency is to help the nation's communities meet their development needs, spur economic growth in distressed neighborhoods, provide housing assistance for the poor, help reh... Details >
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Adaptive Technology Resource Centre
The ATRC is involved in research and development to find innovative solutions to accessibility challenges. We also provide training, consultation, and information to help both educators and users to e... Details >
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Alliance for Technology Access
The Alliance for Technology Access (ATA) is a growing national network of technology resource centers, organizations, individuals, and companies. ATA encourages and facilitates the empowerment of peo... Details >
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American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
The American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation was founded to maximize the quality of life while minimizing the incidence, severity and prevalence of physical impairments and disabilitie... Details >
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American Amputee Foundation, Inc
The American Amputee Foundation Inc., (AAF) began in 1975 as a national information clearinghouse and referral center, serving primarily amputees and their families. AAF researches and gathers inform... Details >
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American Association on Health and Disability
The American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD), a membership organization, is dedicated to the advancement of theory, knowledge and practice in the prevention of secondary disabling conditio... Details >
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American Council of the Blind
The American Council of the Blind (ACB) is composed primarily of blind persons involved in 50 active State and 20 professional and special-interest organizations. ACB strives to strengthen vocational... Details >
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American Foundation for the Blind
The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1921 to improve services for people who are blind or visually impaired, conduct research, and inform the public. AFB... Details >
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American Leprosy Missions, Inc
American Leprosy Missions (ALM), founded in 1906, is a nonprofit, Christian medical mission supporting more than 100 programs in approximately 20 countries. ALM provides anti-leprosy drugs, surgical ... Details >
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American Occupational Therapy Association
The American Occupational Therapy Association is a national professional society established in 1917 to represent the interests and concerns of occupational therapy practitioners, and to improve the q... Details >
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American Society for Deaf Children
The American Society for Deaf Children (ASDC) was founded in 1967 as a parent-helping-parent organization. Today, ASDC is a national, independent non-profit organization whose purpose is providing su... Details >
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Amputee Coalition of America
The mission of the Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) is to reach out to people with limb loss and to empower them through education, support and advocacy. The ACA operates the National Limb Loss Inf... Details >
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Arc of the United States
The Arc of the United States, formerly Association for Retarded Citizens, founded in 1950, is a national organization of volunteers, parents, educators, and professionals devoted to improving the welf... Details >
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ARCH National Respite Network
CHTOP was established in 1969 with funding from the Federal government as part of our nation's earliest attempts to provide educational services to young children with disabilities. Under the directio... Details >
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Assistance Dogs International
This is a membership coalition representing organizations and individuals training and placing Assistance Dogs. The purpose of ADI is to improve the areas of training, placement, and utilization of As... Details >
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Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps
The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (TASH), is a nonprofit, membership organization that exists in the interest of people who have traditionally been labeled severely intellectually and... Details >
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Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
This organization was founded in 1944 and is a national health organization representing state public health leaders and others working to improve the health and well being of women, children and yout... Details >
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Blind Childrens Center
The Blind Childrens Center is a nonprofit organization that was founded in 1938. The Center provides diversified services to meet the needs of blind and partially sighted children, ages birth through... Details >
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Blind Children's Fund
The Blind Children's Fund (BCF), formerly The International Institute for Visually Impaired, 0-7 (IIVI, 0-7), founded in 1978, is a resource and information center on the early development and educati... Details >
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Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.
The Center for Health Care Strategies promotes high quality health care services for low-income populations and people with chronic illnesses and disabilities. CHCS achieve this objective through tech... Details >
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Center for Research on Women with Disabilities
CROWD is a research center that focuses on issues related to health, aging, civil rights, abuse, and independent living for women. Its purpose is to promote, develop, and disseminate information to ex... Details >
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Center for the Partially Sighted
The Center for the Partially Sighted (CPS) offers rehabilitative services to the partially sighted, of all ages, including the legally blind. Services include low vision evaluations, prescription of ... Details >
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Choice Magazine Listening
Choice Magazine Listening (CML) provides bimonthly audio tapes of current magazine articles from over 100 magazines free of charge to the blind, visually impaired, dyslexic, or physically handicapped.... Details >
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Council of Citizens with Low Vision International
The Council of Citizens with Low Vision (CCLV) is an advocacy membership organization for partially sighted people. It aims to establish their right to make full use of their vision through the necess... Details >
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Deafness Research Foundation-DRF
The Deafness Research Foundation (DRF) is a national voluntary health organization committed to directing public attention and support for basic as well as clinical research on the causes, treatment, ... Details >
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Delta Society®
The Delta Society®, was established in 1977. The mission of the organization is to improve human health through service and therapy animals. Delta society provides information about service dogs and a... Details >
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Disability Resources, Inc.
Disability Resources, Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization established to promote and improve awareness, availability and accessibility of information that can help people with disabilities live... Details >
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Disabled American Veterans
The Disabled American Veterans (DAV) was chartered by Congress in 1932 as the official voice of the disabled veteran; it is not an agency of the Federal government, nor does it receive government fund... Details >
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Dogs for the Deaf, Inc.
Dogs for the Deaf, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that rescues and professionally trains dogs to assist people and enhance lives. The organization selects Hearing Dogs -- usually mixed breeds, small... Details >
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Easter Seals National Headquarters
Easter Seals National Headquarters, formerly the National Easter Seal Society was founded in 1919 as a voluntary health agency providing direct rehabilitation services to people with disabilities. Th... Details >
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Family Resource Center on Disabilities
The Family Resource Center on Disabilities provides assistance to parents of children with disabilities in order to assure that these children have access to the full range of services and benefits av... Details >
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Family Village
Through its interactive Web site Family Village provides valuable information and resources for parents of individuals who have disabilities. Users can access information and resources on specific dia... Details >
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Family Voices
Family Voices, a national grassroots network of families and friends, advocates for health care services that are family-centered, community-based, comprehensive, coordinated and culturally competent ... Details >
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Federation for Children with Special Needs
The Federation for Children with Special Needs is a coalition of parents' organizations in Massachusetts concerned with a variety of disabling conditions and the lead center of a national network of p... Details >
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George Washington University HEATH Resource Center
The George Washington University (GW) HEATH Resource Center responds to written, telephone, or email inquiries about support services for disabled individuals in postsecondary education options. The c... Details >
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Glaucoma Research Foundation
The Glaucoma Research Foundation (GRF) is a national, nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the sight of people who have glaucoma through research and education. GRF was established in 1978 ... Details >
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Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc.
The Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind provides trained dogs for qualified blind persons. The Foundation is a nonprofit organization incorporated under the Membership Corporation Laws of New York. I... Details >
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Guiding Eyes for the Blind
Guiding Eyes for the Blind was created to provide independent mobility to qualified blind persons through the use of highly trained guide dogs. The puppies are placed in the homes of volunteer foster ... Details >
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Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youth and Adults
The mission of the Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youth and Adults (HKNC) is to enable all those who are deaf-blind to live and work the community of their choice. It provides comprehensi... Details >
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International Association of Assistance Dog Partners
The International Association of Assistance Dog Partners (IAADP) is a cross disability group which educates and supports people with disabilities who have canine assistants do such things as guide peo... Details >
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International Rett Syndrome Association
As the most comprehensive worldwide organization dedicated to Rett syndrome, the International Rett Syndrome Association proudly continues its eighteenth year providing important programs of: informat... Details >
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International Ventilator Users Network (affiliate of Post-Polio Health International)
The mission of Post-Polio Health International, including International Ventilators Users Network is to enhance the lives and independence of polio survivors and home mechanical ventilator users by pr... Details >
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Job Accommodation Network
Funded by the Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy (formerly known as the President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities - PCEPD), the Job Accomodation Network ... Details >
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Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center
The P.I.D. performs a number of functions related to information dissemination at the Gallaudet University Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center. The Clearinghouse responds to inquires about a... Details >
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Leader Dogs for the Blind
Leader Dogs for the Blind is one for the largest dog guide schools in the world. Established in 1939, the school is recognized for its fine training of dogs, stellar education of its students and it'... Details >
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Lighthouse International
Lighthouse International provides direct services and information to help people who are blind (or with low vision) lead independent lives. The Lighthouse also conducts professional and continuing-ed... Details >
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Little People of America, Inc.
Little People of America, Inc. will provide support and information to people of short stature, (dwarfism), and their families. Primary membership usually is offered to those people who are around 4’... Details >
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Loving Paws Assistance Dogs
This is a non-profit organization which trains dogs to assist children under the age of 18 from around the United States who are physically disabled. The majority of Loving Paws placements are with ch... Details >
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Medicare Rights Center
The Medicare Rights Center (MRC) provides hotline counseling services to people with Medicare around the country who have questions or need help getting Medicare to cover their care. In addition, MRC’... Details >
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Mobility Unlimited, Inc.
Mobility Unlimited began operations in June 2000 as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Their goal is to improve the quality of life of physically disabled individuals in all communities by helping ... Details >
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MUMS National Parent-to-Parent Network, Mothers United for Moral Support, Inc.
MUMS is a national Parent-to-Parent organization for parents or care providers of a child with any disability, rare disorder, chromosomal abnormality or health condition. MUMS' mission to provide supp... Details >
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National Accessible Apartment Clearinghouse
This Clearinghouse maintains a national database of accessible apartments for people with disabilities and their families, with a registration of more than 80,000 units. NAAC's database covers more th... Details >
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National Amputation Foundation
The National Amputation Foundation (NAF) was founded in 1919 to serve the needs of veteran and civilian amputees. Services include the exchange of visits among amputees, legal counsel, vocational gui... Details >
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National Association of the Physically Handicapped
The National Association of the Physically Handicapped (NAPH) was established in 1958 to advance the social, economic, and physical welfare of the physically handicapped in the United States. NAPH pr... Details >
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National Center on Physical Activity and Disability
National Center on Physical Activity and Disability (NCPAD) encourages persons with disabilities to engage in regular physical activity so as to maintain good health and prevent the development of sec... Details >
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National Clearinghouse of Rehabilitation Training Materials
The NCRTM, founded in 1961, was expanded in 2005 to provide the following services to vocational rehabilitation professionals: Archive and disseminate training and training related materials to vocati... Details >
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National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center
NECTAC’s mission is to strengthen service systems to ensure that children with disabilities and other special needs and their families receive and benefit from high quality, culturally appropriate and... Details >
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National Education for Assistance Dog Services, Inc.
National Education for Assistance Dog Services, Inc. is a nonprofit organization which provides trained guide dogs to people who are deaf and physically disabled, so they may live more independent liv... Details >
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National Federation of the Blind
The National Federation of the Blind (NFB), established in 1940 as an organization of blind persons, serves as both an advocacy and a public information vehicle. NFB contacts newly blind persons to h... Details >
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National Industries for the Severely Handicapped
NISH is the national nonprofit agency designated by the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind Or Severely Disabled to provide technical assistance to Community Rehabilitation Programs (CRPs... Details >
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National Institute for Rehabilitation Engineering
The National Institute for Rehabilitation Engineering (NIRE), formed in 1967, provides custom-made devices, training, and onsite services for severely and multiply handicapped individuals. The purpos... Details >
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National Lekotek Center
The National Lekotek Center leads the way for accessible play for children with disabilities and their families. The Center is the administrative and training center for a nationwide network of 47 Lek... Details >
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National Limb Loss Information Center
The NLLIC is an information clearinghouse that provides comprehensive resources for people with limb loss, as well as their families, friends, and health care professionals. The Center is supported b... Details >
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National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
The National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (NOFAS) is a national, non-profit organization whose purpose is to raise public awareness about fetal alcohol syndrome, the leading known cause of m... Details >
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National Recreation and Park Association
The National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA), founded in 1965 by the merger of seven organizations, promotes the interests of the park and recreation movement through public information, politi... Details >
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National Rehabilitation Association
National Rehabilitation Association (NRA) was founded in 1925 to promote the vocational rehabilitation of persons with disabilities through advocacy, professional development, and public education. S... Details >
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National Rehabilitation Awareness Foundation
This foundation was established by Allied Services in 1996 to educate people about the value and benefits of rehabilitation and to develop programs which aim to create opportunities for the more that ... Details >
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National Senior Citizens Law Center
National Senior Citizens Law Center (NSCLC) is a nonprofit organization that advocates nationwide to promote the independence and well-being of low-income elderly individuals, as well as persons with ... Details >
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National Therapeutic Recreation Society
The National Therapeutic Recreation Society, a branch of the National Recreation and Park Association, is a membership organization with the belief that leisure and recreation should be available to a... Details >
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NOAH: New York Online Access to Health
NOAH: New York Online Access to Health is a partnership project which provides online access to high quality full-text consumer health information in English and Spanish that is accurate, timely, rele... Details >
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Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO)
The mission of the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) is create equal housing opportunities for all persons living in America by administering laws that prohibit discrimination in hou... Details >
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Office on Disability, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The Secretary of Health and Human Services created the Office on Disability (OD) in October 2002. The Director of the Office reports to the Secretary and serves as an advisor on HHS activities relatin... Details >
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Paralyzed Veterans of America
Paralyzed Veterans of America was founded following World War II to meet the needs of veterans who were paralyzed as a result of disease or injury to the spinal cord. Paralyzed Veterans is supported ... Details >
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Pilot Dogs, Inc.
Pilot Dogs is a nonprofit organization founded in 1950 to train guide dogs and to teach blind persons to work with them. Dogs are trained individually for 3 to 4 months, then trained for another 4 we... Details >
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Post-Polio Health International
The mission of Post-Polio Health International, including International Ventilator Users Network is to enhance the lives and independence of polio survivors and home mechanical ventilator users by pro... Details >
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Prader-Willi Syndrome Association (U.S.A.)
The Prader-Willi Syndrome Association is a group for parents and professionals interested in children affected by Prader-Willi Syndrome. The Association provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and ... Details >
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Prevent Blindness America
Prevent Blindness America, formerly known as the National Society to Prevent Blindness (NSPB), was founded in 1908. It promotes the prevention of blindness through a comprehensive program of communit... Details >
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Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
Recording For the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D), a national nonprofit, volunteer organization, is the leading library of accessible audiobooks for students with print disabilities such as visual impairment... Details >
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Rehabilitation International
Rehabilitation International (RI), founded in 1922, is an international non-governmental organization. RI is a federation of national, regional and international organizations and agencies working to... Details >
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Special Olympics
Special Olympics, created in 1968 by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, is a global movement dedicated to empowering individuals with intellectual disabilities to become physically fit, productive and respected ... Details >
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Spina Bifida Association of America
The mission of the Spina Bifida Association of America is to promote the prevention of spina bifida and to enhance the lives of all affected. The Association was founded in 1973 to address the specifi... Details >
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Wheelchair Sports, USA
Wheelchair Sports, USA (WSUSA) organizes and governs wheelchair sports in the United States. Its activities are directed by the National Wheelchair Athletic Committee, which maintains rules on wheelc... Details >
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