List of disability rights organizations

This is a list of disability rights organizations.

ADAPT
ADAPT
ADAPT is a grassroots United States disability rights organization with chapters in 30 states. It is known for being part of the militant wing of the disability rights movement due to its history of nonviolent direct action in order to bring attention to the lack of civil rights the disability...
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
American Association of People with Disabilities
American Association of People with Disabilities
The American Association of People with Disabilities is a 501 non-profit organization in Washington, DC., which advocates for the legal rights of people with disabilities...
American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities
American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities
The American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities was, in the mid-1970s to early 1980s, a national consumer-led disability rights organization called, by nationally syndicated columnist Jack Anderson and others, “the handicapped lobby”...
American Council of the Blind
American Council of the Blind
The American Council of the Blind is a nationwide organization in the United States. It is an organization mainly made up of blind and visually impaired people who want to achieve independence and equality .-History:The American Council of the Blind was formed out of the dissolution of the...
American Diabetes Association
American Diabetes Association
The American Diabetes Association is a United States-based association working to fight the consequences of diabetes, and to help those affected by diabetes...
American Foundation for the Blind
American Foundation for the Blind
The American Foundation for the Blind is an American non-profit organization that expands possibilities for people with vision loss. AFB's priorities include broadening access to technology; elevating the quality of information and tools for the professionals who serve people with vision loss; and...
ARC Association for Real Change
ARC Association for Real Change
ARC Association for Real Change is a UK membership organisation, which supports providers of services to people with a learning disability to promote real change.]-History:...
Aspies For Freedom
Aspies For Freedom
Aspies For Freedom is a solidarity and campaigning group which aims at raising public awareness of the autism rights movement. The term "Aspies" refers to people who have been diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, but the group also welcomes anyone on the autism spectrum.-Aims:The aim of Aspies For...
Autism National Committee
Autism National Committee
The Autism National Committee is an American advocacy association of autistic people and their allies. AutCom operates as a 501 non-profit organization and was founded in 1990...
Autism Network International
Autism Network International
Autism Network International is an advocacy organization run by and for autistic people. ANI's principles involve the anti-cure perspective, the perspective that there should not be a goal to "cure" people of autism.-Autreat:...
Autistic Self Advocacy Network
Autistic Self Advocacy Network
The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network or ASAN is a 501 nonprofit advocacy organization for individuals on the Autism spectrum, and is run by Autistic people. ASAN believes that the goal of Autism advocacy should be a world in which Autistic people enjoy the same access, rights, and opportunities as...
Burton Blatt Institute
Burton Blatt Institute
The ' , located at Syracuse University, is an organization that aims to advance civic, economic, and social participation of persons with disabilities in a global society.-History:...
Canadian National Institute for the Blind
Canadian National Institute for the Blind
CNIB is a volunteer agency and charitable organization dedicated to assisting Canadians who are blind or living with vision loss, and to provide information about vision health for all Canadians...
Community Alliance for the Ethical Treatment of Youth
Community Alliance for the Ethical Treatment of Youth
The Community Alliance For the Ethical Treatment of Youth, or CAFETY, is an advocacy group for people enrolled in residential treatment programs for at-risk teenagers. The group's mission includes advocating for access to advocates, due process, alternatives to aversive behavioral interventions,...
Center for Independent Living
Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates
Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates
The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates is a national American advocacy association of parents of children with disabilities, their attorneys, advocates, and others who support the educational and civil rights of children with disabilities. COPAA has more than 1,000 members in 48 states...
Disabled American Veterans
Disabled American Veterans
The Disabled American Veterans, or DAV, is an organization for disabled veterans that helps them and their families through various means. It currently has over 1.2 million members...
Disabled Children's Computer Group
Disabled Children's Computer Group
The Disabled Children's Computer Group was started in 1983 in El Cerrito, CA by several parents, educators, and assistive technology developers who felt that the new computer technology could assist children and adults with disabilities to speak, write, read, learn, and participate in a larger...
Disabled in Action
Disabled in Action
Disabled In Action of Metropolitan New York is a civil rights organization, based in New York City, committed to ending discrimination against people with disabilities through litigation and demonstrations. Founded in 1970 by Judith E. Heumann and several other disabled friends, Disabled In Action...
Disabled Peoples' International
Disabled Peoples' International
Disabled Peoples' International, The organization's name is incorrectly spelled in its official form with the possessive of "peoples" instead of the possessive of "people"...
DisAbled Women's Network Canada
DisAbled Women's Network Canada
DAWN Canada/Réseau d'action des femmes handicapées du Canada is a Canadian national feminist network controlled by and composed of women who self-identify as women with disabilities. The network also supports local and provincial chapters...
Disability Rights Commission
Disability Rights Commission
The Disability Rights Commission was established by the British Labour government in 1999. At that time, the DRC was the UK's third equality commission alongside the Commission for Racial Equality and the Equal Opportunities Commission....
Dreams for Kids
Dreams for Kids
Dreams for Kids is a 501 non-profit, charitable organization founded in 1989.The organization empowers at-risk youth and those with disabilities through a variety of programs.- Mission :...
Endeavour
Endeavour (organisation)
Endeavour Foundation is non-Government, not-for-profit organisation based in Queensland, Australia that provides services and support for people with disabilities and their families...
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is an independent federal law enforcement agency that enforces laws against workplace discrimination. The EEOC investigates discrimination complaints based on an individual's race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, perceived intelligence,...
European Disability Forum
FAIDD (The Finnish Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities)
FAIDD
FAIDD promotes good life, equality and participation for people with intellectual disabilities and others who need support with learning, understanding and communicating...
Galloway's Society for the Blind
Galloway's Society for the Blind
Galloway's Society for the Blind is one of Lancashire's oldest charities, established in 1867 following a public meeting in the Corn Exchange, Preston, England....
Handicap International
Handicap International
Handicap International is a non-governmental organization created in 1982 to provide help in refugee camps in Cambodia and Thailand. Based in Belgium and France, it has since opened branches in six other countries : Switzerland, Luxembourg, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada and the United States...
IDIRIYA
Idiriya
IDIRIYA, is a not-for-profit registered humanitarian organisation focusing on disability rights that fully understands disability related access issues that affect a wide range of people in day-to-day life that concerns even their safety and physical, mental and social well being.Based in Sri...

, not-for-profit Sri Lankan NGO promoting 'Accessibility at Public Buildings and Facilities' and focusing 'Accessible Tourism for All'.
International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC)
International Disability and Development Consortium
The International Disability and Development Consortium is a global consortium of disability and development related organisations. The aim of IDDC is to promote inclusive development internationally, with a special focus on promoting human rights for all disabled people living in economically...
International Blind Sports Federation
International Ventilator Users Network
International Ventilator Users Network
The International Ventilator Users Network is a nonprofit network of mechanical ventilation users, respiratory health professionals, and ventilatory equipment manufacturers...
Justice for All
Justice for All
Justice for All may also refer to:*Justice for All , a Hong Kong game show*Justice for All Party, a political party in Guyana*Justice For All , a 1968 television pilot and predecessor to All in the Family...
Landmine Survivors Network
Landmine Survivors Network
Survivor Corps is a global network of survivors helping survivors to recover from war, rebuild their communities, and break cycles of violence. The organization currently operates programs in Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Burundi, Colombia, Croatia, El Salvador, Ethiopia,...
L'Arche
L'Arche
L'Arche is an International Federation dedicated to the creation and growth of homes, programs, and support networks with people who have intellectual disabilities...
Mencap
Mencap
The Royal Mencap Society is a charity based in the UK that works with people with a learning disability.-Profile:Mencap is the UK's leading learning disability charity working with people with a learning disability and their families and carers...
Mental Disability Advocacy Center (MDAC)
Mind (The National Association for Mental Health, UK)
MindFreedom International
MindFreedom International
MindFreedom International is an international coalition of over one hundred grassroots groups and thousands of individual members from fourteen nations. It was founded in 1990 to advocate against forced medication, medical restraints, and involuntary electroconvulsive therapy. Its stated mission is...
Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore
Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore
The Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore , previously known as the Singapore Association for Retarded Children, is a voluntary welfare organisation catering to the needs of the intellectually disabled in Singapore...

(MINDS)
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Muscular Dystrophy Association
The Muscular Dystrophy Association is an American organization which combats muscular dystrophy and diseases of the nervous system and muscular system in general by funding research, providing medical and community services, and educating health professionals and the general public...
National Alliance on Mental Illness
National Alliance on Mental Illness
The National Alliance on Mental Illness was founded in 1979 as the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill. NAMI is a nation-wide American advocacy group, representing families and people affected by mental illness as a non-profit grass roots organization and has affiliates in every American state...
National Association for Down Syndrome Kathryn McGee
Kathryn McGee
Kathryn McGee has been recognized for founding two of the first organizations for the benefit of those with Down Syndrome. She is retired and living in River Forest, Illinois. She worked seeking recognition, rights and opportunities for people with Down Syndrome...
National Autistic Society
National Autistic Society
The National Autistic Society is a British charity for people with autistic spectrum disorders , including autism and Asperger's Syndrome. The purpose of the organisation is primarily to improve of the lives of people with Autism in the United Kingdom.Founded in 1962 as the Autistic Children's Aid...
National Council on Disability
National Council on Disability
The National Council on Disability was initially established in 1978 as an advisory board within the United States Department of Education to guarantee equal opportunity for people with disabilities. NCD is composed of 15 members, appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by...
National Down Syndrome Congress
National Down Syndrome Congress
The National Down Syndrome Congress is a national not-for-profit organization that provides individuals, families, and health care providers information and support about Down syndrome, as well as advocating with and on behalf of individuals with Down syndrome.In recent years, the NDSC's most...
National Federation of the Blind
National Federation of the Blind
The National Federation of the Blind is an organization of blind people in the United States. It is the oldest and largest organization led by blind people in the United States...
National Lymphedema Network
National Lymphedema Network
The National Lymphedema Network is a non-profit organization based in Oakland, California, USA which deals with lymphedema.It was founded in 1988 to provide education and guidance to lymphedema patients, health care professionals and the general public by disseminating information through...
New York Center for Law and Justice
Northern Ireland Deaf Youth Association
Northern Ireland Deaf Youth Association
Northern Ireland Deaf Youth Association is a youth organisation based in Belfast and Derry, Northern Ireland. Its chair is Christopher Wightman.-References:**...
Not Dead Yet
Not Dead Yet (group)
Not Dead Yet is a United States disability rights group that opposes assisted suicide and euthanasia. Diane Coleman, JD, is the founder and president of this national group. Stephen Drake, a research analyst with NDY, is one of the group's chief spokespersons and contacts for press releases.The...
Post-Polio Health International
Post-Polio Health International
Post-Polio Health International , is a relatively new name for a non-profit organization that officially began its work in 1960. For many years it was known in medical, rehabilitation, and disability circles variously as GINI, or the International Polio Network, or the Rehabilitation Gazette...
RADAR (The Royal Association for Disability Rights)
RNIB (The Royal National Institute of Blind people)
Royal National Institute of the Blind
RNIB is a UK charity offering information, support and advice to almost two million people in the UK with sight loss.- History :The Royal National Institute of Blind People was founded by Thomas Rhodes Armitage, a successful doctor who suffered from eyesight problems.In 1868 Dr Armitage founded an...
RNID (The Royal National Institute for Deaf people)
Royal National Institute for Deaf People
Action on Hearing Loss, formerly known as The Royal National Institute for Deaf People is a charitable organization working on behalf of the UK's 9 million deaf and hard of hearing people. The head office of RNID is in Islington, Central London . Its President is Lord Ashley of Stoke. The Chief...
Rehabilitation International
Rehabilitation International
Rehabilitation International is an international disability rights organization with a secretariat based in New York U.S.. Founded in 1922, RI has more than 700 member organizations in 90 countries...
Scope
Scope (British charity)
Scope is a London-based charity, which operates in England and Wales, focusing on people with cerebral palsy particularly, and disabled people in general. Its aim is that disabled people achieve equality....
United Cerebral Palsy
United Cerebral Palsy
United Cerebral Palsy is an international nonprofit charitable organization consisting of a network of affiliates. UCP is a leading service provider and advocate for adults and children with disabilities, including cerebral palsy...
United Spinal Association
United Spinal Association
United Spinal Association is a nonprofit membership, disability rights and veterans service organization that was formed in 1946 as Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association. The mission of United Spinal Association is to improve the quality of life of Americans with spinal cord injuries or disorders...

, formerly the Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association
Sri Lankan Non profit Organization,Colombo,( Theatre in Action )

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