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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.hhs.gov/
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/add/

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/ Exit Disclaimer

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.nidcd.nih.gov/Pages/default.aspx

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 ServicesI 
http://www.hhs.gov/od/

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

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

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

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 exit disclaimer

ADAPT
http://www.adapt.org exit disclaimer

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

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

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

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

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

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

American Association for Homecare
http://aahomecare.org exit disclaimer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ANCOR
http://www.ancor.org exit disclaimer

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

Asian Community Mental Health Services
http://acmhs.org/ exit disclaimer

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

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

Breast Health Access for Women with Disabilities

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Easter Seals
http://www.easterseals.com exit disclaimer

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

Epilepsy Foundation
http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org exit disclaimer

Exceptional Parent
http://www.eparent.com exit disclaimer

Family Voices
www.familyvoices.org exit disclaimer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

National Association of State Units on Aging
http://www.nasuad.org/ exit disclaimer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

National Limb Loss Information Center
http://www.amputee-coalition.org exit disclaimer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Special Olympics
http://www.specialolympics.org exit disclaimer

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

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

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

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

Last revised: January 4, 2007