The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Improve the Health and Wellness of Persons with Disabilities


Resources

Federal Departments, Agencies, and Offices

Administration on Aging
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.aoa.gov

Administration on Developmental Disabilities
Administration for Children and Families
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/add/index.htm

Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.ahrq.gov

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.cms.hhs.gov

Clearinghouse on Disability Information
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov

Department of Defense
http://www.defenselink.mil

Department of Homeland Security
http://www.dhs.gov

Department of Housing and Urban Development
http://www.hud.gov/groups/disabilities.cfm

Department of Labor
Disability Info.gov
http://www.disabilityinfo.gov

Disability Rights Section
Civil Rights Division
U.S. Department of Justice
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/drs/drshome.htm

Division of Human Development and Disability
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.cdc.gov

Federal Transit Administration
U.S. Department of Transportation
http://www.fta.dot.gov

Health Resources and Services Administration
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.hrsa.gov

Indian Health Service
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.ihs.gov

Interagency Committee on Disability Research (ICDR)
http://icdr.us/

National Center on Medical Rehabilitation Research
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Institutes of Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.nichd.nih.gov

National Council on Disability
http://www.ncd.gov

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
National Institutes of Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.nih.gov/nidcd

National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov

Office for Civil Rights
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/

Office of Disability Employment Policy
U.S. Department of Labor
http://www.dol.gov/odep

Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity Management
National Institutes of Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.nih.gov/

Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.hhs.gov/ophep

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov

Office of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.fitness.gov

Office on Disability
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.hhs.gov/od/

Office on Women’s Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.4woman.gov

President’s Committee on Persons with Intellectual Disorders
Agency for Children and Families
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://acf.hhs.gov/programs/pcpid

The President’s Challenge Physical Activity and Fitness Awards Program
http://www.presidentschallenge.org

Social Security Administration
http://www.ssa.gov

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.samhsa.gov

Private Resources

[This list is not all inclusive; inclusion neither represents nor otherwise suggests endorsement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.]

AARP (American Association of Retired Persons
http://aarp.org

ADAPT
http://www.adapt.org

Alliance Project (special education)
http://www.alliance.org

Alliance for Technology Access
http://www.atacess.org

American Academy of Pediatrics
http://www.aap.org

American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
http://www.aaprm.org

American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance
http://www.aahperd.org

American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
http://www.aagpgpa.org

American Association for Homecare
http://aahomecare.org

American Association of Mental Retardation
http://www.aamr.org

American Association of Occupational Therapy
http://www.aota.org

American Association of People with Disabilities
http://www.aapd.com

American Association on Health and Disability
http://www.aahd.us

American Council of the Blind
http://www.acb.org

American College of Sports Medicine
http://www.acsm.org

American Foundation for the Blind
http://www.afb.org

American Health Care Association
http://www.ahca.org

American Indian Rehabilitation Research and training Center
http://www.nau.edu/ihd/airrtc

American Physical Therapy Association
http://www.apta.org

American Society on Aging
http://www.asaging.org

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
http://www.asha.org

American Therapeutic Recreation Association
http://www.atra-tr.org

ANCOR
http://www.ancor.org

Arc of the United States
http://www.thearc.org

Asian Community Mental Health Services
http://www.igc.apc.org/acmhs

Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
http://www.amchp.org

Association of University Centers on Disability
http://www.aucd.org

Breast Health Access for Women with Disabilities
http://www.bhawd.org

Center for Medicare Advocacy
http://www.medicareadvocacy.org

Center for Research on Women with Disabilities
http://www.bcm.edu

Center for Universal Design
http://www.design.ncsu.edu/cud

Child Welfare League of America
http://www.cwla.org

Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center
http://www.paralysis.org

Council for Exceptional Children
http://www.cec.sped.org

Disabled American Veterans
http://www.dav.org

Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation
http://www.diabeteswellness.net

Disability Service Providers of America
http://www.dspofamerica.org

Disabled Sports USA
http://www.dsusa.org

Disabled Women’s Alliance
http://www.disabilityhistory.org

Easter Seals
http://www.easterseals.com

Educational Resources Information Center on Disabilities and Gifted Education
http://www.ericec.org

Epilepsy Foundation
http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org

Exceptional Parent
http://www.eparent.com

Family Voices
www.familyvoices.org

Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
http://www.ffcmh.org

Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development
http://gucchd.georgetown.edu

Goodwill Industries International
http://www.goodwill.org

Howard University Research and Training Center for Access to Rehabilitation and Economic Opportunity
http://www.law.howard.edu/hurtc/hurtc.html

International Center for Bioethics, Culture and Disability
http://www.bioethicsanddisability.org

Kids Enjoy Exercise Now (K.E.E.N.)
http://www.keenusa.org

March of Dimes
http://www.marchofdimes.com

National Adult Day Services Association
http://www.nadsa.org

National Alliance for Accessible Golf
http://www.accessgolf.org

National Alliance for Hispanic Health Centers for Providers
http://www.hispanichealth.org

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
http://www.nami.org

National Asian Pacific Center on Aging
http://www.napca.org

National Association of Alcohol, Drugs and Disability
http://www.naadd.org

National Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems
http://www.napas.org

National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors
http://www.nasadad.org

National Association of State Directors of Special Education
http://www.nasdse.org

National Association of State Medicaid Directors
http://www.nasmd.org

National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
http://www.nasmhpd.org

National Association of State Units on Aging
http://www.nasua.org

National Catholic Partnership on Disability
http://www.ncpd.org

National Center for Disability Services
http://www.business-disability.com

National Center on Physical Activity and Disability
http://www.ncpad.org

National Clearinghouse on Managed Care and Long-term Support and Services for People with Developmental Disabilities and Their Families
http://www.mcare.net

National Council on the Aging
http://www.ncoa.org

National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
http://www.nichcy.org

National Industries for the Severely Handicapped
http://www.nish.org

National Limb Loss Information Center
http://www.amputee-coalition.orgl

National Mental Health Association
http://www.nmha.org

National Organization on Disability
http://www.nod.org

National Rehabilitation Association
http://www.nationalrehab.org

National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC)
http://www.naric.com

National Resource Center on AD/HD: A program of CHADD
http://help4adhd.org

National Spinal Cord Injury Association
http://www.spinalcord.org

Native American Training and Research Center
http://www.ahsc.arizona.edu/nartc

Paralyzed Veterans of America
http://www.pva.org

Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights (PACER)
http://www.pacer.org

Programs and Services Center of Minority Research in Special Education (COMRISE)
http://www.curry.ed.school.virginia.edu/go/comrise

Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America
http://www.resna.org

Special Olympics
http://www.specialolympics.org

Spina Bifida Association of America (SBAA)
www.sbaa.org

United Cerebral Palsy Association
http://www.ucp.org

United Spinal Association
http://www.unitedspinal.org

Veterans of Foreign War
http://www.vfwdc.org

Last revised: January 4, 2007