Disability Organizations

Able Trust Florida Governor’s Alliance for the Employment of Citizens with Disabilities
Abilities! is a non-profit agency that is dedicated to empowering people with disabilities to be active, independent, and self sufficient participants in our society. Through education, training, research, leadership, and example, Abilities! seeks to provide the highest quality services and to influence national attitudes, policies, and legislation in ways that will lead to the greatest benefits for the people we serve.
Accessify
Action Without Borders Idealist.org [English, French, Spanish, and Russian]
ADA Document Center
ADA-Ohio
Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD) U.S. Government organization responsible for implementation of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000, known as the DD Act. ADD, its staff and programs, are part of the Administration for Children and Families, of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Agency for Persons with Disabilities (State of Florida) "The primary mission of the Agency is to support persons with developmental disabilities in living, learning and working, in all aspects of community life.
Alliance for Technology Access
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)
American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)
American Council of the Blind
American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
American Physical Therapy Association, Inc.
Arizona Department of Security, Division of Developmental Disabilities
Arizona Department of Security, Rehabilitation Services Administration
Aspire turning disabilities into capabilities
Assistive Technology: Loans, Acquisitions, Services, and Training, Inc. (AT:LAST, Inc.) a Maryland Assistive Technology Co-operative
Association of University Centers on Disabilities promotes and supports the national network of university centers on disabilities, which includes University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service (UCEDD), Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) Programs and Developmental Disabilities Research Centers (DDRC).
Be Independent
Best Buddies dedicated to enhancing the lives of people with intellectual disabilities by providing opportunities for one-to-one friendships and integrated employment
Boston IA Bringing Information Architecture and Internet Accessibility Together
Canadian Centre on Disability Studies
Center for Universal Design
Council of Canadians with Disabilities in English and French [Canada]
Courage Center empowers people with physical disabilities to reach for their full potential in every aspect of life.
Danish Disability Council [Denmark]
Delta Society the human - animal health connection: service dogs, therapy animals
Disabled in Action of Metropolitan New York
Disabled People the merger of disability.gov.uk and the "disabled people" section of Directgov. Directgov offers disabled people information on a wide range of topics including financial support, home and housing, leisure and travel, as well as disability rights information. [United Kingdom]
Disability Network
Disability Services in Florida
Easter Seals
Easter Seals Project ACTION a project to improve access to public transportation for people with disabilities and to help transportation operators implement the ADA law’s transportation provisions.
Esmerel’s Collection of Canadian Disability Sites
Esmerel’s Collection of Disability Organizations
Esmerel’s Collection of Disability Resources
Esmerel’s List of Lists of Disability Resources
Great Lakes ADA & IT Center
HealthWrights is a nonprofit organization committed to advancing the health, basic rights, social equality, and self-determination of disadvantaged persons and groups. We believe that health for all people is only possible in a global society where the guiding principles are sharing, mutual assistance, and respect for cultural and individual differences. [Mexico]
Infinitec.org a joint effort of the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Greater Chicago and United Cerebral Palsy Associations, Inc., Washington D.C. The Mission of Infinitec is to advance independence and promote inclusive opportunities for children and adults with disabilities through technology. The Infinitec staff helps people with disabilities find and get access to information, technology services, training, assistive equipment and specialists by creating partnerships that maximize resources.
International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)
International Commission on Technology & Accessibility (ITCA) – a global promotion and implementation of more equitable and accessible environments, technology, and information.
International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs (ICCHP)
International Day of People with a DisABILITY "Originally declared by the United Nations General Assembly in October 1992 as the International Day of Disabled Persons, the Australian event was renamed the International Day of People with a DisAbility by community representatives in 1997. It was felt that this new title placed a greater emphasis on the abilities and achievements of people living with disAbilities." [Australia]
International Guild of Disabled Artists and Performers (IGODAP)
International League of Associations for Rheumatology (ILAR)
International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC)
Learning Independence Through Computers (LINC) a computer resource center that provides opportunities for people with disabilities, their families, professionals, and members of the business community to explore adaptive technology, computer systems, software, and the Internet [Maryland]
Maryland Association of Community Services (MACS) dedicated to strengthening agencies to better support people with developmental disabilities and their families in their own communities
Maryland Department of Disabilities Administration (DDA) assures the full participation of individuals with developmental disabilities and their families in all aspects of community life
Maryland Department of Human Resources (DHR) assists people in economic need, provides prevention services, and protects vulnerable children and adults
Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council (DDC)
Maryland Disability Resources Regional Resources Directory
Maryland Division of Rehabilitation Services (DORS)
Maryland State Resources a publication of the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
Maryland Technology Assistance Program (MD TAP)
Maryland Transit Administration Senior/Disability Services
Medicare
Ms. Wheelchair America Pageant
National Art Exhibitions by the Mentally Ill (NAEMI) holds an annual nation wide search of psychiatric institutions to identify mentally disabled artists and give them the opportunity to exhibit their work, receive recognition, validation, vocational rehabilitation and self confidence and generate an income through the sale of their art work
National Arts and Disability Center (NADC)
National Association of Children’s Hospitals advocacy (NACHRI)
National Association on Alcohol, Drugs and Disability Inc. (NAADD)
National Autistic Society (NAS) [United Kingdom]
National Business & Disability Council (NBDC)
National Captioning Institute
National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM)
National Council on Disability (NCD) an independent federal agency making recommendations to the President and Congress to enhance the quality of life for all Americans with disabilities and their families
National Disability Sports Alliance
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development conducts and supports research on all stages of human development, from preconception to adulthood, to better understand the health of children, adults, families, and communities.
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders conducts and supports research and research training related to disease prevention and health promotion; addresses special biomedical and behavioral problems associated with people who have communication impairments or disorders; and supports efforts to create devices which substitute for lost and impaired sensory and communication function.
National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
- NIAMS Patient Research Registries
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)
- NIDRR’s Access to Disability Data
National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)
National Organization on Disability (NOD)
- NOD Community Involvement: Emergency Preparedness
- NOD information and resources
National Pain Foundation (NPF)
National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC)
Nothing About Us Without Us: Developing Innovative Technologies For, By and With Disabled Persons by David Werner with the PROJIMO team and many friends [Mexico]
Nothing About Us Without Us: Recognizing the Rights of People with Disabilities a UN Chronicle article
Ohio’s Family Support Collaborative (FSC)
Physical Therapist Online
PROJIMO is a community based rehabilitation and education project run by and for disabled people. Its main objective is to increase abilities and opportunities of disabled persons and their families and help raise the consciousness of non-disabled persons and school children to include a disabled person in the life of the community: to look at their strengths, not their weaknesses. The disabled rehab workers provide physical and occupational therapy, counsel families about how to assist (but not overprotect) their disabled child, teach self help skills, and make a wide variety of adaptive equipment. [Mexico]
Rehabilitation Engineering Society of North America (RESNA)
San Antonio, Texas, Disability Access Office
Society for Applied Learning Technology
TAASC The Adaptive Adventure Sports Coalition
TASH supports the inclusion and full participation of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of their communities as determined by personalized visions of quality of life
The Arc advocates for the rights and full participation of all children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The Arc is a grassroots organization with 140,000 members who are affiliated through approximately 1,000 state and local chapters across the nation.
- The Arc of Baltimore
- The Arc of Maryland
The Harris Group educates the public about issues affecting the disabled in the Washington, DC metropolitan area
The League for People with Disabilities offers individuals the opportunity to gain independence, to increase self-sufficiency and to improve quality of life
ThinkCycle is an academic, non-profit initiative engaged in identifying and addressing design challenges related to underserved communities and the environment. ThinkCycle seeks to create a culture of open-source design innovation, with a collaborative community of individuals and organizations around the world.
TransCen, Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to improving educational and employment outcomes for people with disabilities
Untangling the Web
U.S. Department of Education (ED): Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)
U.S. Department of Education (ED): OSERS: National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)
Volunteers for Medical Engineering
Women with Disabilities
World Congress and Exposition on Disabilities

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