# List of disability organizations

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

## Organizations
### 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.
* 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)
* 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.
* 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)
* 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

### 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)