Disability Organizations


American Association for People with Disabilities
The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) is the largest national nonprofit cross-disability member organization in the United States, dedicated to ensuring economic self-sufficiency and political empowerment for the more than 50 million Americans with disabilities.

National Institute for People with Disabilities
YAI/National Institute for People with Disabilities (YAI/NIPD) is /a pioneer in life-adjustment, transitional and community-based services for people of all ages with developmental disabilities and their families.

US Governments Disability website.
Disability.gov is an award-winning federal Web site that contains disability-related resources on programs, services, laws and regulations to help people with disabilities lead full, independent lives

ADA 
Information and technical assistance on the Americans with Disability Act.

National Service Inclusion Project
The National Service Inclusion Project (NSIP), a Corporation for National Community Service (CNCS) training and technical assistance provider, is here to meet all of your training and technical assistance needs on the inclusion of individuals with disabilities as active participants in your national service program.

Florida Networks on Disabilities
Family Network on Disabilities of Florida, Inc. is a statewide network of families and individuals of all ages who may be at-risk, have disabilities, or have special needs and their families, professionals, and concerned citizens.

Mobility Impairment
The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation is dedicated to curing spinal cord injury by funding innovative research, and improving the quality of life for people living with paralysis through grants, information and advocacy.

The following links provide help for specific disabilities
Organizations for Hearing Disorders
Organizations for Mental Health
Organizations for the Visually Impaired
Organizations for Traumatic Brain Injury
Organizations for the Retarded

Other Organizations
Under construction, but still informative

 

 




 


 

Society for Disability Studies

 

Fred's Head 
Information and Resources from the Blind

 

Multiple Sclerosis
A Voice for MS