List of disability organizations

This is a list of disability organizations, including advocacy groups and charities that provide services to people with disabilities.

Organizations

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A

• Action Deaf Youth
• ADAPT
• American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) (1876) – AAIDD are promoters for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
• American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) (1995) – a cross-disability organization that focuses on advocacy and services.
• American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities (ACCD) (1975) – coalition of local, state and national disability organizations. ^[1]
• American Council of the Blind (ACB) – represents a diverse range of groups within the blind community.
• American Diabetes Association (ADA) (1939) – educates the public about diabetes.
• American Foundation for the Blind (1921) – primarily serves the blind population and focuses on advocacy and services.
• The Arc of the United States – A national organization serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
• ARC Association for Real Change (1976) – supports the providers of the individuals with learning disabilities.
• Aspies For Freedom (AFF) – Raises public awareness for autism.
• Autism Network International (ANI) (1992) – Advocacy and self-help for autistic people.
• Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) (2006) – Advocacy to empower autistic people worldwide.

B

• Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) – Advance the civic, economic, and social participation of persons with disabilities in a global society.
• Best Buddies International (BBI) – create opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to make friends.
• British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society (BCANDS) - Canadian Indigenous cross disability organization

C

• Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) (1918) – Volunteer organization dedicated to assisting Canadians who are blind.
• Catalan Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (1993) – Helps support blind and visually impaired in everyday life.
• Center for Independent Living (1972)
• Community Alliance for the Ethical Treatment of Youth
• Community Options (1989)
• Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates

D

• Disability Rights Commission
• Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund (1979)
• Disability Rights UK
• Disabled American Veterans
• Disabled Children's Computer Group
• Disabled in Action (1970)
• Disabled Peoples' International
• Disability Rights Wisconsin (1977)
• DisAbled Women's Network Canada

E-H

• Easter Seals (1916) – an international organization that provides services, education, outreach, and advocacy so that people living with autism and other disabilities can live, learn, work, and play in their communities.
• Enabling Unit – It ensures affirmative action's concerning persons with disabilities at University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi and is a first such unit for students with disabilities in any medical institution in India.
• Endeavour
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• FAIDD (The Finnish Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities)
• Friends of Children with Special Needs (FCSN) (1996) – American nonprofit organization based in Fremont, California that provides Independent living, Supported living, Day programs, Day camp programs, and After-school activities for adults and youth with developmental disabilities.
• Foundation for Active Rehabilitation
• Galloway's Society for the Blind

I-K

• IDIRIYA – not-for-profit Sri Lankan NGO promoting "Accessibility at Public Buildings and Facilities" and focusing on "Accessible Tourism for All".
• Infinite Ability – a special interest group within the Medical Humanities Group of University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India. ^[2]
• International Association of Accessibility Professionals
• International Blind Sports Federation
• International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC)
• International Ventilator Users Network
• Kupenda for the Children

L

• L'Arche
• Latvian Association for Support of Disabled People
• Little People of America – the national organization for people with skeletal dysplasias that result in short stature.

M

• March of Dimes Canada
• Mind (The National Association for Mental Health, UK)
• MindFreedom International (1990) ^[3]
• Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore (MINDS)
• Muscular Dystrophy Association

N-O

• National Alliance on Mental Illness
• National Association of the Deaf (1880) – an American organization that primarily serves the Deaf population and focuses on advocacy and services.
• National Autistic Society
• National Disabled Women's Educational Equity Project
• National Down Syndrome Congress (1973) – a national (American) not-for-profit organization that provides individuals, families, and health care providers information and support about Down syndrome.
• National Federation of the Blind
• National Spinal Cord Injury Association
• NeuroConvergences (2024) - a French association loi 1901 focused on neurodivergent self-advocacy and systemic action.

P-Q

• People with Disability Australia
• Post-Polio Health International

R

• Rehabilitation International
• RespectAbility
• RNIB (The Royal National Institute of Blind People)
• RNID (The Royal National Institute for Deaf People)

S

• Scope
• Slovenian Disability Rights Association
• Society for Disability Studies
• Spastic Society of Gurgaon (2007) – Indian Organization providing care to persons with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, autism, multiple disabilities
• Special Hockey International
• Special Olympics
• Survivor Corps

T

• TASH
• Tourette Association of America – A national organization dedicated to the support of people living with Tourette Syndrome

U-Z

• United Cerebral Palsy
• United Spinal Association, formerly the Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association
• Women with Disabilities Feminist Collective, Australian social support organization in the 1980s
• World Institute on Disability
• YAI, The National Institute For People With Disabilities Network (previously known as Young Adult Institute)

See also

• Disability
• Disability rights movement
• Independent living
• List of disability rights activists

References

1. "American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities (ACCD) | exhibits.hsp.org". digitalhistory.hsp.org. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
2. Singh, S (May 2012). "Broadening horizons: looking beyond disability". Medical Education. 46 (5): 522. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2923.2012.04246.x. PMID   22515781. S2CID   33404803.
3. MindFreedom International: Advocating for human rights – NEC Article