General Disability Resources
- American Associations of People with Disabilities (AAPD)
- 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. AAPD works in coalition with other disability organizations for the full implementation and enforcement of disability nondiscrimination laws, particularly the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
Toll Free: 800/840-8844 (V/TTY)
www.aapd-dc.org
- Cornucopia of Disability Information (CODI)
- Supported by the Western New York Regional TRAID Center at the Center for Assistive Technology, University at Buffalo.
codi.buffalo.edu/Welcome.html
- Direct.gov – Resources for persons with disabilities in the U.K.
- Disabled Peoples’ International
- Disabled Peoples' International is a network of national organizations or assemblies of disabled people, established to promote human rights of disabled people through full participation, equalization of opportunity and development.
v1.dpi.org/lang-en/index
- Disability.gov
- Disability.gov provides quick and easy access to comprehensive information about disability programs, services, laws and benefits. To find disability resources in by state just click on the Find State and Local Resources map located in each of these subject areas.
Toll Free: 800/333-4636 (V/TTY),
Available 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. Monday through Friday EST
www.disability.gov
- Disability Information and Resources from Medline Plus
- www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/disabilities.html
- Disability Information and Resources from the World Health Organization (WHO)
- www.who.int/topics/disabilities/en
- DisabilityResources.org
- Disability Resources, inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization established to promote and improve awareness, availability and accessibility of information that can help people with disabilities live, learn, love, work and play independently.
Resources by state: www.disabilityresources.org/DRMreg.html
www.disabilityresources.org/index.html
- Disaboom.com
- Disaboom.com creates a comprehensive, evolving source of information, insight, and personal engagement for the disability community.
Contact Information: aboutus.disaboom.com/Contact-Us.aspx
www.disaboom.com
- Family Village -- A Global Community of Disability-Related Resources
- Through the Waisman Center,at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Email: familyvillage@waisman.wisc.edu
www.familyvillage.wisc.edu
- The International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet
- The International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet (ICDRI) is a non-profit center based in the United States and designated as a 501 (c)(3) entity and is an internationally recognized public policy center organized by and for people with disabilities. ICDRI maintains a collection of quality disability resources and best practices, and provides education, outreach and training based on these core resources.
Phone: 919 349 6661
Email: icdri@icdri.org
www.icdri.org
- National Council on Disability (NCD)
- NCD is an independent federal agency, comprised of 15 members appointed by the President, and Senate approval. NCD provides advice to the President, Congress, and executive branch agencies to promote policies, programs, practices, and procedures that guarantee equal opportunity for all individuals with disabilities, regardless of the nature or severity of the disability and to empower individuals with disabilities to achieve economic self-sufficiency, independent living, and inclusion and integration into all aspects of society.
Phone: 202/272-2004 (V), 202/272-2074 (TTY)
Email: ncd@ncd.gov
www.ncd.gov
- National Organization on Disability
- Phone: 202/293-5960 (V), 202/293-5968 (TTY)
Email: ability@nod.org
Resources: www.nod.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewPage&pageID=27
www.nod.org
- United Nations Enable: Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities
- Phone: 212/963-0111
Email: enable@un.org
www.un.org/disabilities/index.asp
- The World Institute on Disability (WID)
- WID is an internationally recognized public policy center organized by and for people with disabilities. It works to strengthen the disability movement through research, training, advocacy and public education to help people with disabilities throughout the world enjoy increased opportunities to live independently.
Phone: 510/763-4100 (V), 510/208-9493 (TTY)
Email: wid@wid.org
www.wid.org
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