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National Disability Organizations
Nonprofit alliance of hundreds of disability, civil rights and social justice organizations united to defend and strengthen disability rights.
Nonprofit organization provides research programs, patient and community services, public education and advocacy to people living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) - often referred to as "Lou Gehrig's disease" - and their families.
Organization that provides local and national services and supports for people with Alzheimer's and their families.
National medical society representing physicians who are specialists in the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation.
Serves amputees, their families and care providers by gathering information on amputation including studies, product information, available services and self-help publications. Find a prosthetic professional near you.
Cross-disability member organization dedicated to ensuring economic self-sufficiency and political empowerment for Americans with disabilities.
Supports health promotion and wellness initiatives for people with disabilities at the federal, state and local level, reduce the incidence of secondary conditions in people with disabilities, as well as reduce health disparities between people with disabilities and the general population. AAHD achieves its mission through research, education, public awareness and advocacy.
Formerly known as the American Association of Mental Retardation (AAMR), the organization promotes progressive policies, research, effective practices and universal human rights for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
National, nonprofit organization of vocational rehabilitation service and community supports committed to maximizing employment opportunities and independent living for individuals with mental and physical disabilities.
Advocates for Americans who are blind or visually impaired. Has more than 25,000 members organized in 70+ state and special-interest affiliates.
Works to ensure that Americans who are blind or visually impaired enjoy the same rights and opportunities as other citizens.
Advocates for people with disabilities in their medical rehabilitation recovery. Represents rehabilitation hospitals, rehabilitation units in general hospitals, outpatient rehabilitation facilities, skilled nursing facilities and home health agencies.
National network of providers offering quality supports to people with disabilities.
Organization focuses on research, patient support, education and raising public awareness of the disease.
Promotes excellence in all aspects of health care for individuals with spinal cord injury and educates health care professionals, patients and their families about spinal cord injury in order to increase the injured individual's independence.
National nonprofit amputee consumer educational organization representing people who have experienced amputation or are born with limb differences.
Membership organization whose mission is to improve and expand integrated employment opportunities, services and outcomes for persons experiencing disabilities.
Nonprofit public benefit organization that works to create opportunities for Service Disabled Veterans to achieve and maintain their rehabilitation through enterprise development and managed employment.
National organization representing state public health leaders and others working to improve the health and well being of women, children and youth, including those with special health care needs, and families.
Membership organization that supports and promotes a national network of university-based interdisciplinary programs for individuals with developmental and other disabilities, their families, and communities.
Organization dedicated to increasing public awareness about autism and the day-to-day issues faced by individuals with autism, their families and the professionals with whom they interact.
A nonprofit organization run by and for autistics. The organization's leadership is made up entirely of self-advocates on the autism spectrum.
Legislative issues regarding the rights of people with mental illnesses and developmental disabilities.
Works to enhance the lives of people with intellectual disabilities (formerly referred to as mental retardation) by providing opportunities for one-to-one friendships and integrated employment.
Works to create a better future through brain injury prevention, research, education and advocacy.
National, not-for-profit charitable organization that recruits foster and adoptive families for special needs children.
Funds research for treatments and cures for paralysis caused by spinal cord injury and other central nervous system disorders. Works to improve the quality of life for people living with disabilities through grant programs, paralysis resource center and advocacy efforts.
The Exchange is funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and is a vital hub of information sharing, training and technical assistance for more than 180 recipients of Systems Change Grants for Community Living in all 50 states, two territories and the District of Columbia.
Professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for exceptional individuals, students with disabilities and/or the gifted students.
An all-inclusive organization comprised of individuals directly and indirectly affected by Dandy-Walker sharing a collective interest in educational, informational activities and supporting non-partisan research to increase public awareness of the congenital birth defect Dandy-Walker, which can cause hydrocephalus and other related disorders.
The official voice of America's service-connected disabled veterans, their families and survivors.
Offers a variety of services, including child development centers, medical rehabilitation programs, job training, respite care, recreation and camping to help people with disabilities address life's challenges and achieve personal goals. Learn more about the Easter Seals' Military and Veterans Initiative.
National voluntary organization works to ensure that people with epilepsy are able to participate in all life experiences, and promotes research to find a cure.
Provides people with hearing loss information, education, advocacy and support. Learn more about HLAA's partnership with the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology to address the educational needs of Veterans of recent conflicts. Veterans of OIF and OEF are offered a complimentary one-year membership in HLAA.
Provides support, education and advocacy for individuals with Hydrocephalus, their families and professionals working with these individuals.
Offers resources for persons with extensive disabilities and develops consumer-driven policies for self-determination, self-respect and dignity.
An association of businesses, rehabilitation service providers, schools and universities, trade unions and associations who are placing people with disabilities into employment using a model of partnership with community business and employers.
Strives to help friends and family better understand chronic illness and pain, as well as learn how to be a source of encouragement and support.
A national, grassroots network of youth with special health needs or disabilities (including physical, developmental or intellectual disabilities) and friends who speak on their own behalf. KASA provides information about a variety of issues including living with disabilities, health care, school and work.
L'Arche Communities, founded in France in 1964, bring together people, some with developmental disabilities and some without, who choose to share their lives by living together in faith-based communities.
Works to support adults with developmental disabilities to lead a full life by providing community based services, person by person, that will maximize individual development, community inclusion, independence and their contribution to the society in which they live.
Nonprofit foundation dedicated to increasing awareness of spinal cord injuries (SCI) among youth through recreational, educational and developmental programs, and raising money for research for the treatment and cure of paralysis caused by SCI.
Nonprofit organization promotes international educational exchange, leadership and disability rights and travel for persons
with and without disabilities.
National nonprofit organization dedicated to enriching the quality of life for everyone affected by multiple sclerosis.
The only national organization representing the interests of Adult Protective Services programs, staff and the people they serve. NAPSA provides national policy recommendations, advocacy, training, research and innovation in the field of Adult Protective Services.
A nonprofit, grassroots, self-help, support and advocacy organization of consumers, families and friends of people with severe mental illnesses.
Provides support and assistance to member Councils in order to promote a consumer and family centered system of services and supports for individuals with developmental disabilities.
Organization comprised of county and other local authorities charged with governing mental health, addictions and developmental disability services in communities.
Nonprofit association whose mission is to represent private special education centers and their leaders.
Provides project information, publications, events, and resource links to improve educational services and outcomes for children and youth with disabilities and their families.
Nonprofit organization dedicated to serving the needs of the Nation's public mental health system through policy development, information dissemination and technical assistance.
Safeguards the accessibility and civil rights of Americans who are deaf and hard of hearing in the areas of education, employment, health care and telecommunications.
The oldest and largest consumer organization of deaf and hard of hearing black deaf people in the United States.
Parents and educators may access resources to ensure that the nation's 15 million children, adolescents and adults with learning disabilities have every opportunity to succeed in school, work and life.
Monitors and promotes electronically-mediated distance education policies and practices that enhance the lives of people with disabilities and their families.
Organization works to ensure that mental health consumer/survivors have a major voice in the development and implementation of health care, mental health and social policies at the state and national levels, empowering people to recover and lead a full life in the community.
Youth-led resource, information and training center for youth and emerging leaders with developmental disabilities.
Provides a means for sharing information, resources, ideas and support between people with all types of disabilities.
President-appointed council that promotes policies, programs, practices and procedures that guarantee opportunity for all individuals with disabilities.
Provides national training and technical assistance to centers for independent living and advocates for national laws and policies affecting people with disabilities.
Nonprofit membership organization for the federally-mandated Protection and Advocacy (P&A) Systems and Client Assistance Programs (CAP) for individuals with disabilities. NDRN serves a wide range of individuals with disabilities by guarding against abuse; advocating for basic rights; and ensuring accountability in health care, education, employment, housing and transportation.
Works to improves the lives of people who are blind through advocacy, education, research, a technology center and programs encouraging independence and self-confidence.
Provides educational and emotional support, promote public and professional awareness and advance research toward improved treatments and a cure for Fragile X, a family of genetic conditions which can impact individuals and families in various ways including learning disabilities and severe cognitive or intellectual disabilities.
Addresses disability issues relating to all communities of color.
The Society and its network of chapters nationwide promote research, educate, advocate on critical issues, and organize a wide range of programs, including support for the newly diagnosed and those living with MS over time.
Expands the participation and contribution of those with disabilities in all aspects of life.
Connect parents, as well as those who are considering becoming parents, with others who may have shared similar experiences or faced common barriers as parents with disabilities.
A not-for profit community based organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with brain injuries and other neurological disabilities.
Member organization promotes ethical and excellent practice in rehabilitation.
Empowers parents and potential parents with disabilities by disseminating disability-appropriate information regarding parenting to parents, disability advocates and legal, medical, intervention and social services providers.
Provides local and national training, information and resources for individuals with spinal cord injuries, their family members and professionals. Call toll-free helpline 1-800-962-9629.
A branch of the National Recreation and Park Association that specializes in the provision of therapeutic recreation services for persons with disabilities in clinical facilities and in the community.
Works to promote youth leadership and education and teaches young people with disabilities to be advocates.
The PACER (Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights) Center is a national center based in Minnesota that provides a wide variety of programs, materials and services to assist parents of children with disabilities to expand their children's opportunities in education, work and independent living.
Information, resources and referral services for people living with a spinal cord injury, mobility impairment or paralysis.
Works to maximize the quality of life for people with spinal cord injury and disease. Advocates for health care, research, education, veterans' benefits and rights, accessibility and the removal of architectural barriers, sports programs and disability rights. Find a local chapter near you.
Provides one-to-one and group mentoring programs where adult mentors with disabilities act as positive role models and provide support, understanding and guidance for youth as they strive to reach their personal, educational and career goals.
Provides leadership training, information and resources for people with developmental disabilities and other self-advocates.
A national organization for self-advocates with developmental disabilities and their family members.
A program of year-round sports, training and athletic competition for more than one million children and adults with mental retardation.
The nation's only voluntary health agency dedicated to enhancing the lives of those with spina bifida and those whose lives they touch.
A national organization that promotes full inclusion for people with cognitive disabilities and provides supports to family members.
Information about a range of topics related to Mental Retardation and other disabilities.
A community based nonprofit organization which provides rearch, training and services for families in which a child, parent or grandparent has a disability or medical issue.
Leading source of legislative and other information on cerebral palsy and is a pivotal advocate for the rights of persons with any disability.
National non-profit membership organization formed by paralyzed Veterans whose mission is to improve the quality of life of Americans with spinal cord injuries and disorders (SCI/D). Membership is free and open to all individuals with SCI/D.
Organization dedicated to providing information and support on the issues, technology, tools and advancements within the world of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). AAC provides different communication methods for individuals who have significant speech impairments.
An international nonprofit organization dedicated to creating a society where people with disabilities (including physical, intellectual and developmental disabilities) can learn through, participate in and enjoy the arts.
A non-profit organization dedicated to promoting greater access for people with disabilities, including Service Members and Veterans with disabilities.
International public policy center dedicated to carrying out cutting-edge research on disability issues and overcoming obstacles to independent living.
Postsecondary Education Programs Network provides resources and expertise that enhance educational opportunities for people who are deaf or hard of hearing--including those with co-occurring disabilities--and their families.
