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/
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
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://acmhs.org/
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
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
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.nasuad.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.org
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
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