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Independent Life Resources attempts to bring you the most up-to-date Disability and Senior ORGANIZATION links available. This directory was personally created to support persons with disabilities, senior citizens, and those with other health related needs. This is, however, not an endorsement of any of the programs, products, or services listed.
Michael S. True, ILR Publishing Editor
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Last update: November 1, 2006
Private and Non-Profit Organizations (M - Z)
Maap Services, Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing information and advice to families of More advanced individuals with Autism, Asperger's syndrome, and Pervasive developmental disorder (PDD).
The mission of Medical Research Agencies of America (MRAA) is to raise funds and create unique collaborations among donors, charities and medical researchers, for a healthier tomorrow. Our purpose is to assist our member charities in raising the funds they need to fulfill their missions.
Beginning with three children in their own home, Paul and Mildred Krentel accepted donations from friends and foundations to gradually move into our present location in Berwyn, PA. Within one year, Melmark was caring for 26 children. The vision of the founders, to provide a home-like atmosphere where individuals can live and learn in an atmosphere of creativity and love--remains the guiding principle behind Melmark.
The Memphis Center For Independent Living is a community based non-profit organization dedicated to integrating people with disabilities into community life.
MDRI, based in Washington, DC, is forging new alliances throughout the world to challenge the discrimination and abuse faced by people with mental disabilities, as well as working with locally-based advocates to create new advocacy projects and to promote citizen participation and human rights for children and adults.
The Mesa, (Arizona), Association of Sports for the Disabled is a non-profit, volunteer organization dedicated to providing sports and recreation opportunities to people with disabilities.
Medicaid Community Attendant Services and Supports, MiCASSA, is proposed legislation which, if signed into law, would allow for a national program of home- and community-based services (attendant services) and would encourage development of system change mechanisms for states to move from the institutional bias that now exists to a community based system.
Support Coalition International will take leadership in vitalizing the mind freedom movement by uniting groups in a cooperative spirit, celebrating empowering emotional support, and launching human rights campaigns that activate a wide diversity of the public. Our mutual support gives us the power to speak the truth!
The mission of the Minnesota Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities is to provide information, education, and training to build knowledge, develop skills, and change attitudes that will lead to increased independence, productivity, self determination, integration and inclusion (IPSII) for people with developmental disabilities and their families.
As a US-based national non-profit organization, the mission of Mobility International USA (MIUSA) is to empower people with disabilities around the world through international exchange, information, technical assistance and training, and to ensure the inclusion of people with disabilities in international exchange and development programs.
Monroe County Women's Disability Network has been designed as a one-stop shopping web source for the women of Monroe County to get information about a variety of disabilities, conditions and diseases. When one of us is diagnosed with cancer, multiple sclerosis or loses one's sight, one of the first things one needs is information.
Directory of Online Genetic (conditions) Support Groups
The Muscular Dystrophy Family Foundation, Inc. provides services, resources, home medical equipment and adaptive devices to help people with muscular dystrophy and their family members live independent and productive lives.
As a US-based national non-profit organization, the mission of Mobility International USA (MIUSA) is to empower people with disabilities around the world through international exchange, information, technical assistance and training, and to ensure the inclusion of people with disabilities in international exchange and development programs.
The Upstate New York Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society serves more than 6,400 people with MS and their families in Upstate New York and supports national MS researchers working to find the cause, treatments, and cure for MS. Services of the Upstate New York Chapter include MS information and education programs, self-help and support groups, peer support, health and fitness, recreation programs, Howitt House - an accessible housing program and the MS Achievement Center at the Park - an adult heath program for people disabled with MS in Rochester, NY.
The National Academy for State Health Policy is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to helping states achieve excellence in health policy and practice.
The National Apartment Association (NAA) is a federation of more than 155 state and local associations throughout the United States and Canada. Together, we represent more than 28,000 members and 4.2 million apartment homes. NAA is the premier organization with members representing multifamily builders, owners, developers, managers, leasing consultants, service technicians, and suppliers.
The mission of NADSA is to enhance the success of its members through advocacy, education, technical assistance, research and communication services.
The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) is a nonprofit, grassroots, self-help, support and advocacy organization of consumers, families, and friends of people with severe mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia, major depression, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and anxiety disorders.
The National Aphasia Association is a nonprofit organization that promotes public education, research, rehabilitation and support services to assist people with aphasia and their families.
An association for persons with developmental disabilities and mental health needs.
The N4A is the umbrella organization for the 655 area agencies on aging (AAAs) and more than 230 Title VI Native American aging programs in the U.S. The fundamental mission of the AAAs and Title VI programs is to provide services which make it possible for older individuals to remain in their homes. These agencies coordinate and support a wide range of home- and community-based services, including information and referral, home-delivered and congregate meals, transportation, employment services, senior centers, adult day care and a long-term care ombudsman program.
The NAPHS represents delivery systems working to coordinate a full spectrum of treatment services, including inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization, and outpatient programs as well as prevention and management services.
NASDDDS is a nonprofit organization, established in 1964, to improve and expand public services to people with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities. The Association's goal is to promote and assist state agencies in developing effective, efficient service delivery systems that furnish high-quality supports to people with developmental disabilities.
Informational site for persons and families of persons with ADD
Volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) are everyday people who are appointed by judges to advocate for the best interests of abused and neglected children. A CASA volunteer stays with each child until he or she is placed into a safe, permanent and nurturing home.
The CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) is a research and development facility dedicated to the issues of media and information technology for people with disabilities in their homes, schools, workplaces, and communities.
NICHCY is the national information and referral center that provides information on disabilities and disability-related issues for families, educators, and other professionals. Our special focus is children and youth (birth to age 22). Hablamos español.
NIDRR funds approximately 300 projects annually including:*Employment Outcomes Research *Health and Function Research *Technology for Access and Function Research *Independent Living and Community Integration Research *Associated Disability Research *Knowledge Dissemination and Utilization Activities *Capacity Building for Rehabilitation Research Training Activities *State Technology Assistance Projects.
The mission of the National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) is to increase opportunities for all individuals with learning disabilities to achieve their potential. NCLD accomplishes its mission by increasing public awareness and understanding of learning disabilities, conducting educational programs and services that promote research-based knowledge, and providing national leadership in shaping public policy. We provide solutions that help people with LD participate fully in society.
The National Center on Educational Outcomes provides national leadership in the participation of students with disabilities in national and state assessments, standards-setting efforts, and graduation requirements.
We locate, collect and distribute a wide variety of training materials such as participant and trainer manuals, videos, syllabi and curricula from publicly funded rehabilitation training programs for rehabilitation practitioners in state, federal and private agencies nationwide.
The National Clearinghouse on the Direct Care Workforce supports efforts to improve the quality of jobs for frontline workers who assist people who are elderly and/or living with disabilities.
Our mission is to end homelessness. We focus our work in the following 4 areas: housing justice, economic justice, health care justice, and civil rights. Our approaches are: grassroots organizing, public education, policy advocacy, technical assistance, and partnerships.
The National Council on Independent Living is a membership organization that advances the independent living philosophy and advocates for the human rights of, and services for, people with disabilities to further their full integration and participation in society.
NCOA is the nation's first association of organizations and professionals dedicated to promoting the dignity, self-determination, well being, and contributions of older persons. NCOA's members include senior centers, area agencies on aging, adult day services, faith congregations, senior housing, health centers, employment services, and consumer organizations. Many leaders from academia, business, and labor also join NCOA to support our mission and work.
The mission of the NDMDA is to educate patients, families, professionals, and the public concerning the nature of depressive and manic-depressive illness as treatable medical diseases; to foster self-help for patients and families; to eliminate discrimination and stigma; to improve access to care; and to advocate for research toward the elimination of these illnesses.
The National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) is the nonprofit membership organization for the federally mandated Protection and Advocacy (P&A) Systems and Client Assistance Programs (CAP) for individuals with disabilities.
Welcome to the National Down Syndrome Society Web site – a comprehensive, on-line information source about Down syndrome. Through education, research and advocacy, the National Down Syndrome Society works to ensure that all people with Down syndrome have the opportunity to achieve their fullest potential.
Recovery is real and this website is filled with practical information that will help you recover if you have been labled with a mental illness.
"The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) is the voice of fair housing. NFHA works to eliminate housing discrimination and to ensure equal housing opportunity for all people through leadership, education and outreach, membership services, public policy initiatives, advocacy and enforcement."
NFCA is a grass roots organization created to educate, support, empower and speak up for the millions of Americans who care for chronically ill, aged or disabled loved ones. NFCA is the only constituency organization that reaches across the boundaries of different diagnoses, different relationships and different life stages to address the common needs and concerns of all family caregivers.
Addressing the suffering of the more than 220,000 children born each year with birth defects of the head and face and the thousands more with acquired disfigurements, the NFFR lends its support to the mulidisciplinary craniofacial team at the Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery at NYU Medical Center. This outstanding assembly of world-renowned surgeons, mental health professionals, research specialists and staff, give their time and expertise, using the latest reconstructive techniques, to provide treatment to more than 1500 patients per year, regardless of a family's financial resources.
The mission of the National Guardianship Association is to provide educational, training, and networking opportunities for guardians; to promote the highest levels of values, standards and ethics; and to ensure a nationally recognized standard of excellence.
NICHCY is the national information and referral center that provides information on disabilities and disability-related issues for families, educators, and other professionals. Our special focus is children and youth (birth to age 22).
The National Hispanic Council on Aging (NHCoA) was founded in 1980 in Washington, DC as a national membership-based organization. It is dedicated to improving the quality of life for Latino elderly, families, and communities through advocacy, capacity and institution building, development of educational materials, technical assistance, demonstration projects, policy analysis and research.
The National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) is an independent federal organization leading the national effort toward a fully literate nation in the 21st century.
Welcome to the National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse, a consumer-run national technical assistance center serving the mental health consumer movement. We help connect individuals to self-help and advocacy resources, and we offer expertise to self-help groups and other peer-run services for mental health consumers.
Access the latest information About MS diagnosis and Treatments, resources for Living with MS, and Society-funded Research efforts. Tap into our Library and Educational Programs.
NORD is the only organization of its kind--a unique federation of more than 140 not-for-profit voluntary health organizations serving people with rare disorders and disabilities. Thousands of affected individuals and their families--as well as support groups, health care and human service professionals, and advocates for people with rare disorders and disabilities.
The mission of the National Parent Network on Disabilities is to provide a presence and national voice for ALL families of children, youth and adults with disabilities. "LOBBYIST FOR PARENTS"
For more than five years, NARIC has offered innovative information products online. These resources include: five searchable databases of research, organizations, documents, and Internet pages; an interactive calendar of disability and rehabilitation events around the world; monthly features; and a current awareness service highlighting the most recent additions to our collection.
The need for respite and crisis care continues to grow. As the trend towards deinstitutionalization continues more and more families are caring for members with disabilities and chronic health care conditions at home. As the costs of long-term care continue to rise, respite and crisis care services are increasingly recognized as a cost effective way to help preserve families and protect children and dependent adults at risk of abuse or neglect. At the same time that federal programs which could potentially provide funding to states for these services have grown, these federal funding sources have become more challenging for states and local programs to identify and access.
We are a university-based, non-profit organization dedicated to promote aging in place and independent living for persons of all ages and abilities.
The National Spinal Cord Injury Association is the nation's oldest and largest civilian organization dedicated to helping the hundreds of thousands of Americans coping with the results of spinal cord injury and disease.
The National Theatre Workshop of the Handicapped, Inc. (NTWH) is a non-profit organization founded in 1977 to provide the disabled community with the communication skills necessary to pursue a life in professional theatre and enhance their opportunities in the workplace.
The National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA) is the largest and oldest wheelchair sports organization in the world. We are a non-profit tax exempt organization under IRS code 501 (c) (3). With the upcoming 1999-2000 season, we will be marking our 52nd year providing recreational outlets for persons with disabilities.
(NYISE) is a private, nonprofit, nonsectarian educational facility which provides quality programs for children who are blind or visually disabled, emotionally and learning disabled and preschoolers who are developmentally delayed.
The Nursing Home Directory is your online guide for finding nursing homes nationwide. Depend on the Nursinghome directory for all of your eldercare needs. Research, find and compare nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities using our nursing home facility information resource.
Welcome to O.A.S.I.S. As parents of children who are diagnosed with AS, we understand how essential is it that families of children diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome and related disorders, educators who teach children with AS, professionals working with individuals diagnosed with AS, and individuals with AS who are seeking support, have access to information. Although recently reminded that there is no oasis or paradise for those with Asperger Syndrome, we sincerely hope that they, along with parents and professionals, will find a bit of shade and support via the information presented and links available at this site.
The Open Doors Organization (ODO) was founded in 2000 for the purpose of creating a society in which all persons with disabilities have the same consumer opportunities as those without. We aspire to teach businesses how to succeed in the disability market.
The International Order of Alhambra focuses its primary efforts on providing assistance to persons developmentally disabled by mental retardation through its charitable programs and projects. It perpetuates Catholic heritage through its Historical Memorials program, an initial purpose and goal of the Order. And, the Order places emphasis on fraternalism and sociability to provide a cohesive force of human and financial resources to achieve its purposes.
Support for Parents and Caregivers of Teens and Adults with Disabilities.
Programs of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) provide and coordinate all needed preventive, primary, acute and long term care services so that older individuals can continue living in the community.
The mission of PACER Center is to expand opportunities and enhance the quality of life of children and young adults with disabilities and their families, based on the concept of parents helping parents. With assistance to individual families, workshops, and materials for parents and professionals, and leadership in securing a free and appropriate public education for all children, PACER's work affects and encourages families in Minnesota and across the nation.
An independent nonprofit organization serving people with pain through information, education and advocacy. Our mission is to improve the quality of life for people with pain by raising public awareness, providing practical information, promoting research, and advocating to remove barriers and increase access to effective pain management.
The PVA exists to achieve many goals, such as: ensuring quality health care for our members, funding research and education addressing spinal cord injury, and guaranteeing the civil rights that maximize the independence of our members. We also host a great sports and recreation program!
The nonprofit PHI focuses on strengthening the direct-care workforce within our nation’s long-term care system through developing innovative approaches to recruitment, training, and supervision; consumer-centered caregiving practices; and effective public policy. Our work is guided by the belief that creating quality jobs for direct-care workers is essential to providing high-quality, cost-effective services to long-term care consumers.
Parenting a child with a disability means you may need to be an expert at navigating a complex maze of educational, health care and social services for your child. Being your child's advocate in these areas can be a challenge. We serve families of children with disabilities in Virginia. Our staff and board are parents of children with disabilities, people with disabilities and professionals who serve them.
The Parkinson's Disease Foundation, Inc. is a national, non-profit organization, chartered in the state of New York with offices in New York City and Chicago. The PDF is dedicated to supporting and promoting the highest-quality research world-wide into the cause(s) and cure of Parkinson's disease, and for better symptomatic treatments. This is accomplished via our various internationally-supported grant programs.
The Center for Patient Advocacy is a private, nonprofit grassroots organization, 501 (c)(4), founded to represent the interests of patients nationwide and dedicated to ensuring that all Americans have timely access to the highest quality medical care in the world.
People who experience mood swings, fear voices and visions...
Liberty Resources, Inc. is a non-profit, consumer driven organization that advocates and promotes Independent Living for persons with disabilities. More than fifty percent of our board as well as fifty percent of our employees are persons with disabilities.
The Prader-Willi Syndrome Association was organized in the United States in 1975 to serve as an international vehicle of communication about Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), a genetically based developmental disability.
The PACE model is centered around the belief that it is better for the well-being of seniors with chronic care needs and their families to be served in the community whenever possible. PACE serves individuals who are aged 55 or older, certified by their state to need nursing home care, able to live safely in the community at the time of enrollment, and live in a PACE service area.
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, serves all people with "print disabilities" — those who can't effectively read standard print because of a disability. Today, we serve more than 102,000 members worldwide, distributing 243,029 titles in 2001.
Re-Focus, Inc. is a non-profit human service agency based in Providence, RI, which serves adults with differing physical and developmental needs. We are an organization of dedicated people offering opportunities for growth in a loving, trusting, and challenging environment. We value and encourage the enhancement of the whole person each with unique talents and strengths. We also value the right of using these gifts in making informed life choices.
Our mission is to empower people with disabilities to self-advocate, to live independently and to enhance the quality of community life. Our services and programs are primarily of an advocacy nature (both individual and systems). We seek to overcome the barriers faced by people with disabilities who choose to live independently.
Rehabilitation International is a federation of national and international organizations and agencies working for the prevention of disability, the rehabilitation of people with disabilities and the equalization of opportunities within society on behalf of persons with disabilities and their families throughout the world.
Rightwheelchair.org is a joint project of United Spinal Association, ITEM Coalition and the Clinician Task Force. We are dedicated to removing Medicare’s restrictive “in-the-home” interpretation... This website serves as a vehicle for inspiring grassroots activities and as a clearinghouse for information regarding Medicare’s unfair coverage and administrative policies relating to mobility devices.
Providing the instruction, environment and support for disabled and able-bodied individuals to experience the thrills of sailing ...
Local Lion's Club in Scotts Valley, California. Representing the world's largest, most active and most representative service club organization.
We provide services in every state including institutions, high schools, rural areas and people living with families with local support and advisors to help.* Work with the criminal justice system and people with disabilities about their rights within the criminal justice system. * Close institutions for people with developmental disabilities labels nationwide, and build community supports.
SHHH opens the world of communication to people with hearing loss by providing information, education, support and advocacy.
100% FREE Public Service For Older Workers, Over 50- Whatever you need done around your home or office there is a senior citizen living nearby with the skills, knowledge and the time necessary to do your job! Part-time, Temporary and Occasional Jobs in U.S., Canada and Australia.
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The SCORE Association is a nonprofit association dedicated to entrepreneur education and the formation, growth and success of small business nationwide. SCORE is a resource partner with the Small Business Administration (SBA).
Share America! works with corporations to help them craft successful employee workplace giving campaigns that are cost and staff efficient, are a real benefit to employees, and result in maximum employee participation. Share America! assists charitable organizations by helping them gain access and maximize results in workplace campaigns. Share America! offers individuals the opportunity to give to the charities of their choice.
Wyner & Tiffany, Attorneys at Lawn - Children and students (aged 3 - 21), who are found eligible for special education under federal law, are entitled to specially designed instruction and services. We represent those children and their parents in disputes with public school districts.
Our Mission: To provide year-round sports training and competition in a variety of Olympic-style sports for children and adults with mental retardation, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in the sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
The SDS is a nonprofit scientific and educational organization established to promote interdisciplinary research on humanistic and social scientific aspects of disability and chronic illness. Its membership includes social scientists, scholars in the humanities and disability rights advocates concerned with the problems of disabled people in society.
The National Special Needs Network's legal services are provided primarily through the Law Offices of Jeffrey H. Minde Attorney and Counselor At Law P.A. of Florida and referrals when necessary to other selected Law Firms in different areas of practice or regions of the United States.
Special Olympics is an international organization dedicated to empowering individuals with mental retardation to become physically fit, productive and respected members of society through sports training and competition. Special Olympics offers children and adults with mental retardation year-round training and competition in 26 Olympic-type summer and winter sports. There is no charge to participate in Special Olympics.
SPLORE is a Utah based non-profit corporation with a mission of providing life-enhancing wilderness recreation and education to people of all abilities, including people with disabilities and special needs. SPLORE programs lead to increased health, wellness and community integration while promoting environmental stewardship.
The Mission of the Spina Bifida Association of America is to promote the prevention of spina bifida and to enhance the lives of all affected. The Association was founded in 1973 to address the specific needs of the spina bifida community and serves as the national representative of over 70 chapters. SBAA's efforts benefit thousands of infants, children, adults, parents and professionals each year.
Welcome to the National Statler Center for Careers in Hospitality Service, a new and exciting concept in hospitality employment training that provides physically disabled individuals or those who are blind or visually impaired with the right tools for successful careers in a rapidly growing industry. Hotel operations. Travel and tourism. Sales and marketing.
DID YOU KNOW? Of the many millions of Americans who suffer from depression in any given year, 80% can be effectively treated, but only 30% seek help and of that number, slightly more than half are accurately diagnosed and receive appropriate treatment.
SPANUSA® is dedicated to the creation and implementation of effective National Suicide Prevention Strategies. SPANUSA® represents the grass roots people of America's local communities. This is accomplished by the political will created by the "Power of the People".
Support Coalition International will take leadership in vitalizing the mind freedom movement, (based on the psychiatric survivors' liberation movement), by uniting groups in a cooperative spirit, celebrating empowering emotional support, and launching human rights campaigns that activate a wide diversity of the public. Our mutual support gives us the power to speak the truth!
Throughout its 26-year history, TASH has led the way to assure that: the rights of people with disabilities are protected; progressive research is assured the support and audience it deserves; and, individual and legislative advocacy is available whenever needed.
Welcome to your one-stop resource for information on Assistive Technology (AT) designed to accommodate people with disabilities in the workplace and in everyday life activities.
An international organization at the forefront of the movement to create opportunities for people with disabilities. We direct our efforts toward promoting quality improvement in services and supports. In the early 1990s, The Council redefined quality as responsiveness to people rather than compliance with organizational processes. The Council remains the only organization to adopt personal outcomes as the measure of quality in services and the basis of its accreditation, research, training and consulting services.
TLG has pioneered clinical and supportive services, training and research serving families in which one or more members--whether parent or child--has a disability or medical issue. TLG's mission has been to create, demonstrate and encourage resources and model early intervention services which are non-pathological and empowering.
A private, not-for-profit human service agency established in 1980. Its mission is to develop and operate innovative programs and services to meet the needs of individuals of all ages who have unique needs, including mental retardation, mental health needs, physical handicaps, learning disabilities, emotional problems, brain injury and other developmental disabilities.
Trinity Services Inc., a nonprofit, non-sectarian organization, was founded in 1950 as the Trinity School in Joliet, Illinois, by a group of parents of children with developmental disabilities. Until 1987 Trinity remained a school for children and adults with mental retardation. Since then, Trinity has grown to include a wide range of programs, supports, and services for children and adults with developmental, mental, and physical disabilities. In addition to the school, Trinity Services now provides residential services, adult learning programs, Behavioral Health Programs and a host of support businesses. Trinity serves more than 600 people in the Southwest Suburban region of Chicago, Illinois, and Reno, Nevada.
UMBRELLA of the Capital District is a nonprofit agency helping senior citizens and persons with disabilities live comfortably and safely in their own homes.
The national organization and its nationwide network of 111 affiliates in 39 states strive to ensure the inclusion of persons with disabilities in every facet of society. As one of the largest health charities in America, UCP's mission is to advance the independence, productivity and full citizenship of people with cerebral palsy and other disabilities, through our commitment to the principles of independence, inclusion and self-determination.
The mission of the United States Association of Blind Athletes (USABA) is to change the attitudes about the abilities of the blind and visually impaired. Since its founding in 1976, the USABA has reached over 100,000 blind individuals. During that time, the organization has emerged as more than just a world-class trainer of blind athletes, it has become a vocal champion of the abilitites of America's legally blind residents.
Four million Americans are currently affected by Alzheimer's Disease. The goal of the University Memory and Aging Center (formerly known as University Alzheimer Center) of Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland has been to promote the best possible care for persons with memory problems, and to assist their families, through an integrated program of clinical services, research, and education.
Welcome to our new USA Team website which will be a central repository of information and resources primarily for the members of the USA Team, fundraising coordinators and families!
As the National Governing Body for cerebral palsy sports, USCPAA is responsible for conduct and administration of approved sports in the United States. USCPAA formulates the rules, implements policies and procedures, conducts national championships in twelve sports, disseminates safety and sports medicine information and selects the athletes to represent the United States in international competition.
The U.S. Disabled Athletes Fund, Inc. is a direct outgrowth and legacy of the 1996 Paralympic Games held in Atlanta, Georgia. These Games, the first held on American soil, were the realization of the dreams of thousands of Americans involved in the delivery and growth of sports for persons with physical disabilities in this country.
The U.S. EWHA is a non-profit 501 (C) 3 corporation, and member of Disabled Sports USA, dedicated to allowing many participants the opportunity to play electric (power) wheelchair hockey. Our sport is called PowerHockey™. Our Mission: To provide a quality hockey program for persons who require the use of an electric (power) wheelchair in daily life.
The United States Handcycling Federation was formed in July, 1998 after participants and other supporters at the 1998 National Handcycling Championships (the first ever) came together with the goal of developing a national governing body for the sport. Represented by Wheelchair Sports USA, handcycling was added as a full medal sport at the IPC Worlds, and the newly-formed U.S. National Team managed to pick up 4 medals at the championships. Now in it's third year, the USHF has expanded the Board of Directors, and we are in the process of creating an Advisory Board, and a few staff positions...
USICD brings together many of the disability-oriented agencies, as well as associations, facilities and individual consumers in the country. Specifically, members include: government agencies, consumer associations, non-profit organizations, service providers, employers with exemplary employment policies, and individuals interested in furthering the full integration into society of people with disabilities.
VisionConnection was founded in October 2003 by Lighthouse International, established in 1905 to help people overcome the challenges of vision impairment through worldwide leadership in vision rehabilitation services, education, research, prevention and advocacy.
V.O.I.C.E.S. was created to be a resource for families with children who have Apraxia and other communication disorders. Through V.O.I.C.E.S., we will help raise awareness of Apraxia and other communication disorders and become a part of the solution, helping evey child to be heard and understood and achieve empowerment through communication!
WATA is a consumer advocacy network that includes the University of Washington Center for Technology and Disability Studies (UWCTDS), and the AT Resource Center at Easter Seal Society in Spokane (EATRC). WATA also receives guidance from a Consumer Majority Advisory Board.
The Wheelchair Foundation is a nonprofit organization leading an international effort to deliver a wheelchair to every man, woman and child in the world who needs one. For those individuals, the Wheelchair Foundation offers freedom, self-reliance, mobility and hope.
FOUNDED IN 1956 Wheelchair Sports, USA, now in its 42nd year. In the early days, many wheelchair basketball players saw participation in individual wheelchair sports as supplementary training for their primary interest in basketball. However, the Wheelchair Sports, USA, program appealed to even greater numbers of athletes with disabilities because it was able to incorporate women and quadriplegics (those with paralysis in upper as well as lower extremities); two populations which basketball could not reasonably accommodate at that time.
WE are dedicated to active individuals, 18-years and older using aids as a means of mobility, people with speech, hearing, or sight impairments, and people who struggle to overcome difficulties in society. The organization promotes activity and unity of all Americans and advocates for greater access in America for people with disabilities.
Welcome to the WE MOVE™ Web Site, the Internet's most comprehensive resource for movement disorder information and the hub of movement disorder activities on the web.
Welcome to the World Institute on Disability (WID) home page. WID is a nonprofit, international public-policy center dedicated to carrying out cutting edge research on disability issues and overcoming obstacles to independent living.
YAI is an award-winning, nationally acclaimed network of not-for-profit health and human services agencies dedicated to building brighter futures for people with disabilities of all ages and their families. We serve individuals, families, and communities in New York City, Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland, Orange, and Sullivan Counties within New York State. The most recent additions to our network have begun offering services to the people of New Jersey and Puerto Rico as well. Our National Training Institute also offers additional support to numerous agencies which serve people with disabilities throughout the United States.
We are a not-for-profit internet organization dedicated to accessibility. Our mission is to empower people with disabilities so we can all can make better decisions about the places we visit. Restaurants are our first frontier. Whether you're a person with a disability or just someone who cares, we ask you to participate as we rate America for accessibility. WOW! provides an open forum where you can read restaurant accessibility reviews and contribute reviews of your own.
WAPD was established because there is a need for persons to have good/current information about their [dis]Abilities and to have an organization that will "go-to-bat" for individuals of the world and not necessarily for the "mass-issues" that most groups focus on. We believe that each person is simply a uniqueness of life and has physical or mental differences that do not make them "disabled" as the term might imply.
The purpose of WNUSP is to be a global forum and voice of users and survivors of psychiatry, to promote their rights and interests.
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