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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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >