- ADAPT
- ADAPT focuses on promoting services for people with disabilities
within the community as an alternative to institutions and nursing
homes.
- National
Council on Disability (NCD) - The NCD is 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.
- American
Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) - AADP is the largest
national nonprofit cross-disability member organization in the United
States. It dedicated to ensuring economic self-sufficiency and political
empowerment for people with disabilities.
- DisabilityInfo.gov
- DisabilityInfo.gov is a comprehensive online resource designed to
provide people with disabilities with the information they need to
know quickly and easily.
- Disability
Awareness in Action (DAA) - DAA is an international human rights
network, run for and by disabled people.
- ADA
Watch - The ADA WATCH campaign is a nonprofit informational online
network designed to activate the disability community's grassroots
in response to threats to civil rights protections for people with
disabilities.
- Consortium
for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) - The Consortium for Citizens
with Disabilities is a Coalition of national consumer, advocacy, provider
and professional organizations.
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- Disability
Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) - DREDF is one of the
leading national law and policy center in disability civil rights.
- Enable
America, Inc. - Enable America is a non-profit organization that
was created to eliminate the significant barriers to independent living,
employment, civic involvement and social inclusion for Americans with
disabilities.
- Independent
Living USA (ILUSA) - Independent living as a movement is quite
unique compared to existing programs and facilities serving people
with disabilities. Centers for independent living across the nation
are working toward changing their communities rather than "fixing"
the person with a disability.
- Independent
Living Institute - The Institute's purpose is to promote the opportunities
of persons with disabilities to gain more personal and political power,
self-determination, full participation and equality through information,
training materials, consultancy and technical assistance.
- Let's
Get Together, Inc. - LGT is dedicated to the pioneers of the disability
rights movement. It was created to promote the movement and the people
and groups that are making a difference.
- Massachusetts
Office on Disability (MOD) - The primary mission of MOD is to
ensure the full and equal participation of all people with disabilities
in all aspects of life by working to advance legal rights, maximum
opportunities, supportive services, accommodations and accessibility
in a manner that fosters dignity and self determination.† It
is the state advocacy agency that serves people with disabilities
of all ages.
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