List of disability organizations

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

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Organizations

A

• ADAPT-India
• Alliance for Peace & Disability Rights (Pakistan)
• American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD):[1] (1876) – AAIDD are promoters for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
• American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD):[2](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.[3]
• American Council of the Blind (ACB): represents a diverse range of groups within the blind community.[4]
• American Diabetes Association (ADA): (1939) - educates the public about diabetes.
• American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (ADAPT):[5] (1983) – ADAPT fought for the rights of people who lived with dishabilles to live as equals.[6]
• 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.[7]
• ARC Association for Real Change: (1976) - supports the providers of the individuals with learning disabilities.
• Aspies For Freedom (AFF): Raises public awareness for autism.[8]
• Australian Federation of Disability Organizations
• Autism National Committee (AUTCOM): American advocacy association of autistic people and their allies.[9]
• Autism Network International (ANI): (1992) - Advocacy and self-help for autism.[10]
• Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN): (2006) - Advocacy to empower autism world wide.[11]

B

• Burton Blatt Institute (BBI): Advance the civic, economic, and social participation of persons with disabilities in a global society.[12]
• Best Buddies Australia (BBA): - supports inclusive friendships to people who have an intellectual disability
• Best Buddies International (BBI): - create opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to make friends.

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.[13]
• Center for Independent Living (1972)[14]
• Community Alliance for the Ethical Treatment of Youth
• Community Options (1989)[15]
• Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates

D

• Disability Arts Online (UK)
• Disability Rights Commission
• Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund (1979)
• Disability Rights International
• Disabled American Veterans
• Disabled Children's Computer Group
• Disabled in Action (1970)
• Disabled Peoples' International
• 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
• European Disability Forum
• European Network on Independent Living
• FAIDD (The Finnish Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities)
• Foundation for Active Rehabilitation
• Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments (GAATES).
• Global Disability Watch
• Galloway's Society for the Blind
• Humanity and Inclusion

I-K

• IDIRIYA, not-for-profit Sri Lankan NGO promoting "Accessibility at Public Buildings and Facilities" and focusing on "Accessible Tourism for All".
• Inclusion International
• Infinite Ability – a special interest group within the Medical Humanities Group of University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India.[16]
• International Blind Sports Federation
• International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC)
• International Ventilator Users Network

L

• Landmine Survivors Network
• 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

• Mencap
• Mind (The National Association for Mental Health, UK)
• MindFreedom International (1990)[17][18]
• Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore (MINDS)
• Muscular Dystrophy Association

N-O

• Narayan Seva Sansthan
• National Alliance on Mental Illness
• National Association of the Deaf[19] (1880) – an American organization that primarily serves the Deaf population and focuses on advocacy and services.
• National Autistic Society
• National Disability Rights Network
• 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
• Northern Ireland Deaf Youth Association
• Not Dead Yet[20]

P-Q

• People with Disability Australia
• Post-Polio Health International
• Pro Infirmis

R

• Regard
• Rehabilitation International
• RespectAbility
• RADAR (The Royal Association for Disability Rights)
• RNIB (The Royal National Institute of Blind people)
• RNID (The Royal National Institute for Deaf people)

S-Z

• Scope
• Self-Advocates Becoming Empowered
• Simon de Cyrène
• Slovenian Disability Rights Association
• Society for Disability Studies
• Spastic Society of Gurgaon (2007) - Indian Organization providing care to persons with cerebral palsy, mental retardation, autism, multiple disabilities
• Special Hockey International
• Special Olympics
• TASH (organization)[21]
• Together We Rock!
• Tourette Association of America[22] - A national organization dedicated to the support of people living with Tourette Syndrome
• United Cerebral Palsy
• United Spinal Association, formerly the Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association
• Validity, formerly Mental Disability Advocacy Center
• VSA International
• Women with Disabilities Feminist Collective, Australian social support organization in the 1980s
• Women Enabled International
• Workability International
• YAI, The National Institute For People With Disabilities Network (previously known as Young Adult Institute)[23]
• Zero Project

See also

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

References

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4. "History | American Council of the Blind". www.acb.org. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
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8. "AFF".
9. "AUTCOM".
10. "ANI".
11. "ASAN".
12. "BBI".
13. "B1B2B3 - Who we are". www.b1b2b3.org. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
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17. About Us — MFI Portal
18. MindFreedom International: Advocating for human rights – NEC Article
19. "National Association of the Deaf". National Association of the Deaf. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
20. "Not Dead Yet". Not Dead Yet. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
21. "TASH is an international leader in disability advocacy". tash.org. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
22. "Home". Tourette Association of America. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
23. "Seeing beyond disability | YAI". www.yai.org. Retrieved 2019-08-21.