Disabilities Health: Organizations

As a national disability-led and cross-disability rights organization, AAPD advocates for full civil rights for over 70 million Americans with disabilities.

Provides education, advocacy, and support to advance the full and equal participation of people with disabilities in all aspects of society.

NOD has fought to create a more inclusive and equitable society where people with and without disabilities have equal opportunity to find work, earn a fair wage, and advance in their career.

Works in Washington, DC, on behalf of the Protection and Advocacy Systems (P&As) and Client Assistance Programs (CAPs), the nation’s largest providers of legal advocacy services for people with disabilities.

The Alliance for Disability in Health Care Education, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization of medical school faculty, nursing school faculty, and other health care educators working to integrate disability-related content and experiences into health care education and training programs. ​

The American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD) is a cross-disability national non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to ensuring health equity for children and adults with disabilities through policy, research, education, and dissemination.

The Disability Section raises awareness and promotes actions related to public health issues that affect the health, functional, social, and environmental aspects of disability that represent people with all types of disabilities (e.g., cognitive, physical, mental, and sensory) across the lifespan.

The Docs with Disabilities initiative uses research, education, collective leadership, and sharing of stories to drive change in perceptions, disability policy, and procedures in health professions, biomedical, and science education.

NOND is an open membership, cross-disability, professional organization that works to promote equity for people with disabilities and chronic health conditions in nursing.

The mission of the Society is to foster an online supportive community and to freely provide disability-related resources and tools relevant for healthcare professionals, students, family members, and friends.

Dedicated to ensuring health equity and inclusion for persons with disabilities through policy, research, and dissemination.

Raises awareness and promotes actions related to public health issues that affect the health, functional, social, and environmental aspects of disability that represent people with all types of disabilities (e.g., cognitive, physical, mental, and sensory) across the lifespan.

Provide individuals, families, and professionals with education, community, and support, in an inclusive atmosphere of validation and respect.

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ASAN is a national grassroots disability rights organization for the autistic community run by and for autistic people.

Committed to disability justice, gender & racial equity, neurodiversity and trans liberation with a focus on transformative and restorative justice in disability spaces.

Aims to increase the independence, security, equality of opportunity, and quality of life for all blind and visually impaired people.

A division of the National Federation of the Blind and the largest movement of blind students in the world. Seeks to empower blind students to live the lives they want through organized activism, mentorship, leadership development, resource sharing, and so much more!

The nation's premier civil rights organization of, by, and for deaf and hard of hearing individuals in the United States.

Our products and services are deaf-centered, evidence-based, and developed in response to community needs. Offers online courses, online gaming tools for youth, data reports, research summaries, evidence-based resources, webinars, and more.

The leading professional membership association for individuals committed to equity for persons with disabilities in higher education.

An academic honor society founded to recognize high-achieving students with disabilities who are attending colleges and universities as undergraduate or graduate students.

A national organization for and by college students with disabilities.

Consortium at Historically Black Colleges and Universities; for Black and African-American college students with disabilities.

Offers community and information to women of color with disabilities through their website and Facebook page.

Promotes excellence, empowerment, and the continued growth of African American /Black professionals in the field of sign language interpreting in the context of a multicultural, multilingual environment.

Hosts leadership trainings for Black deaf and hard of hearing college students.

Aims to be a source of change for Black disabled people and their families; to build a place where Black disabled people and families can be participating members in a greater society.

Focused on promoting self-advocacy and strengthening empowerment among disabled people, especially Black women and femmes with disabilities.

An alliance of networks that brings together over 1,100 organisations of persons with disabilities and their families from across eight global and six regional networks.

A non profit organization dedicated to working with Latino families of children in DeafEd, including Latino Deaf adults, as we integrate family history, traditions, values, and ASL into their lives.

Work in solidarity to affirm, celebrate, and collectively uplift Latina/o/xs with Disabilities through community building, educational advocacy, and research.

The largest national community-based organization advocating for and with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and serving them and their families.