This list identifies national organizations related to disability issues and advocacy.
ABLEDATA (database of assistive devices)
800-227-0216 V
301-608-8912 TY
http://www.abledata.com/
Adaptive Environments
617-695-1225
http://www.adaptenv.org/
ARC (Association for the Rights of Citizens with Mental Retardation) of the U.S.
301-565-3842
800-433-5255
http://www.thearc.org/
Autism Society of America
800-3-AUTISM
http://www.autism-society.org/
Beach Center on Families and Disability
785-864-7600
http://www.beachcenter.org/
Brain Injury Association
800-444-6443
http://www.biausa.org/
Center for Universal Design, College of Design
800-647-6777
www.design.ncsu.edu/cud
Council for Exceptional Children
888-232-7733
http://www.cec.sped.org/
Closing the Gap (assistive technology)
507-248-3294
http://www.closingthegap.com/
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)
800-348-4232
http://www.dredf.org/
Disability Statistics
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/edi/DisabilityStatistics/
Independent Living Research Utilization Project (ILRU)
713-520-023
http://www.ilru.org/
Learning Disabilities Association of America
412-341-1515
http://www.ldanatl.org/
Mobility International USA (MIUSA)
541-343-1284
http://www.miusa.org/
Moss Rehabilitation Center
Accessible Travel Resource Center
800-CALL-MOSS
http://www.mossresourcenet.org/
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
800-950-6264
http://www.nami.org/
National Association for the Deaf
301-587-1788 V
301-587-1789 TTY
http://www.nad.org/
National Center on Secondary Education and Transition Institute on Community Integration
612-624-2097
http://www.ncset.org/
National Clearinghousee of Rehabilitation, Training Materials, Oklahoma State Univ
800-223-5219
http://www.nchrtm.okstate.edu/
National Council on Disability
202-272-2004
http://www.ncd.gov/
National Dissemination Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY)
800-695-0285
http://www.nichcy.org/
National Easter Seals Society
800-221-6827
www.easterseals.com
National Empowerment Center
800-769-3728
http://www.power2u.org/
National Family Caregivers
800-896-3650
http://www.nfcacares.org/
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)
202-245-7640
http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/nidrr/index.html
National Mental Health Association
800-969-6642
http://www.nmha.org/
National Mental Health Consumer Self-Help Clearinghouse
800-553-4KEY
http://www.mhselfhelp.org/
National MS Society
800-344-4867
http://www.nmss.org/
National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)
203-744-0100
http://www.rarediseases.org/
National Organization on Disability
202-293-5960
http://www.nod.org/
National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC)
800-346-2742
http://www.naric.com/
National Spinal Cord Injury Association
800-962-9629
http://www.spinalcord.org/
PACER Center (Parent Advisory Coalition for Educational Rights)
952-838-9000
http://www.pacer.org/
President’s Committee on Employment of Persons with Disabilities
202-376-6200
http://www.pcepd.gov/
Rehabilitation Society of North America (RESNA)
703-524-6686 V
703-524-6639 TTY
http://www.resna.org/
Through the Looking Glass
National Resource Center for Parents with Disabilities
800-644-2666
http://www.lookingglass.org/
Trace Research and Development Center
608-262-6966
http://www.trace.wisc.edu/
Traumatic Brain Injury National Resource Center
804-828-9055
http://www.neuro.pmr.vcu.edu/
United Cerebral Palsy Association
800-872-5827 V
202-973-7197 TTY
http://www.ucp.org/
United Spinal Association
718-803-3782
800-807-0190
http://www.unitedspinal.org/
World Institute on Disability
510-763-4100 V
510-208-9496 TTY
http://www.wid.org/