People With Disabilities Resources AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES As a national disability-led and cross-disability rights organization, AAPD advocates for full civil rights for over 60 million Americans with disabilities. ACCSES ACCSES, as an organization and accses.org, are resources on which many rely to gain factual background on issues important to us all. AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) protects people with disabilities from discrimination. CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL CDC is the nation's leading science-based, data-driven, service organization that protects the public's health. EMPLOYER ASSISTANCE AND RESOURCES NEWORK ON DISABILITY INCLUSION AskEARN.org offers a range of employer-focused resources on topics including recruiting and hiring people with disabilities, creating inclusive workplaces, reasonable accommodations, and encouraging employees with disabilities to self-identify. I’M ABLE he mission of the IM ABLE Foundation is to include people living with physical, cognitive and/or behavioral disabilities in the benefits of being physically active by providing grants for adaptive equipment and programming opportunities inclusive of people of all abilities. NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. NATIONAL DISABILITY INSTITUTE The first national nonprofit committed exclusively to financial education & empowerment for people with disabilities SUPPORTIV Mental Health Resources For Disabled People. THE ARC Enhancing the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including autism, and their families. UNITED DISABILITIES SERVICES FOUNDATION United Disabilities Services Foundation (UDSF) offers the most comprehensive and wide-ranging services available to support people who are living with disabilities, who are aging, or who are recovering from an injury. US DEPT. OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES The mission of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is to enhance the health and well-being of all Americans, by providing for effective health and human services and by fostering sound, sustained advances in the sciences underlying medicine, public health, and social services. VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA Volunteers of America is one of the nation’s largest, established comprehensive human services organizations with 16,000 mission-driven professionals, dedicated to helping those in need rebuild their lives and reach their full potential. BACK TO ALL RESOURCES