Organizations - PC Community Resource Guide - Disability & Neurodiversity

Intersectionality

Black, Disabled, and Proud: College Students with Disabilites
A website for college students, created by the HBCU Disability Consortium and the Association on Higher Education And Disability
Disabled, Queer and Hear
Disabled, Queer and Hear are a national specialist infrastructure and membership organisation. They work to build the resource, sustainability and resilience of LGBT+ groups, organisations and projects so that they can deliver direct services and campaign for individual rights.
National Alliance of Black Interpreters (NAOBI)
The mission of NAOBI is to promote excellence and empowerment among African Americans in the profession of sign language interpreting in the context of a multi-cultural, multi-lingual environment.
National Black Deaf Advocates
NBDA believes today’s youth are vital part of our future – especially Black Deaf and Hard of Hearing. NBDA’s college and youth programs prepare and provide tools for Black Deaf and hard of hearing youth and young adults with the leadership training/workshops, forum, seminar and educational activities to become future leaders.
National Black Disability Coalition for Black Disabled People & Families
NBDC ensures that Black disabled lives are a priority in all spaces.
Parapride
ParaPride is a registered charity working with social venues, public spaces and online platforms to create inclusive events and social opportunities that cater specifically to the needs of all those living with disabilities, mental health and chronic health conditions and impairments.
The Steve Fund
The Steve Fund is the nation’s leading organization focused on supporting the mental health and emotional well-being of young people of color. The Steve Fund works with colleges and universities, non-profits, researchers, mental health experts, families, and young people to promote programs and strategies that build understanding and assistance for the mental and emotional health of the nation’s young people of color.
Wounded Warrior Project
Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) began in 2003 as a small, grassroots effort providing simple care and comfort items to the hospital bedsides of the first wounded service members returning home from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. As their post-service needs evolved, so have our programs and services. Today, through our direct programs in mental health, career counseling, and long-term rehabilitative care, along with our advocacy efforts, we improve the lives of millions of warriors and their families.

Inclusive Hiring/ Employers

The Chirico Career Center
The Chirico Career Center at Providence College partners with all students to help them identify, enhance and accomplish their career development, internship, job search and educational goals in their transition from college to career.
HERC
Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC) is a non-profit consortium of colleges, universities, hospitals, research labs, government agencies, and related non- and for-profit organizations, committed to diversifying the pipeline of faculty, staff, and executives in academia. HERC supports our member institutions in recruiting and retaining outstanding and diverse employees.
Job Accommodation Network (JAN)
The Job Accommodation Network (JAN) is the leading source of free, expert, and confidential guidance on job accommodations and disability employment issues. Serving customers across the United States and around the world for more than 35 years, JAN provides free one-on-one practical guidance and technical assistance on job accommodation solutions, Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and related legislation, and self-employment and entrepreneurship options for people with disabilities.
Microsoft Inclusive Hiring
Microsoft is striving to promote an inclusive company culture. They work to ensure that our products meet the needs of all their customers, including people with disabilities. They believe that when their technology reflects the diversity of the people who use it, everyone can achieve more.
National Organization on Disability
The National Organization on Disability (NOD) increases employment opportunities for Americans with disabilities. Our programs and services enable companies to realize the competitive advantages of hiring people with disabilities.
Neurodiversity Career Connector
The Neurodiversity @ Work Employer Roundtable is a collection of employers committed to neurodiversity-focused hiring initiatives. Though we span many industries, we share a belief that organizations thrive when they tap into the unique talents of their employees, and individuals thrive when they can present their best self at work. We strive not only to match neurodivergent job seekers with meaningful jobs but also to provide the training and support needed for career growth and success.
U.S. Business Leadership Network Disability Equality Index
The Disability Equality Index (DEI) is a comprehensive benchmarking tool that helps companies build a roadmap of measurable, tangible actions that they can take to achieve disability inclusion and equality. Each company receives a score, on a scale of zero (0) to 100, with those earning 80 and above recognized as “Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion.”

Disability Advocacy Organizations

Accessible RI
Accessible Rhode Island was established in 2001 to survey and recognize local businesses that are accessible to persons with disabilities. Since the inception of the program, over 1,200 venues in Rhode Island have been visited and surveyed to determine accessibility.
ADA National Network
The ADA National Network provides information, guidance and training on how to implement the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in order to support the mission of the ADA to “assure equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency for individuals with disabilities.”
AHEAD - Association on Higher Education And Disability
AHEAD is the leading professional membership association for individuals committed to equity for persons with disabilities in higher education.
American Association of People with Disabilities
As a national cross-disability rights organization, AAPD advocates for full civil rights for the over 60 million Americans with disabilities by promoting equal opportunity, economic power, independent living, and political participation.
Coalition for Disability Access in Health Science Education
The Coalition is a collaboration among peer institutions that aims to improve the student experience with disability accommodations in health science and medical education programs.
Commission on Disability Rights - American Bar Association
The Commission has resources, guides, and helpful links for law students, attorneys, and other legal professionals and entities.
Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
The Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF), founded in 1979, is a leading national civil rights law and policy center directed by individuals with disabilities and parents who have children with disabilities. Their mission is to advance the civil and human rights of people with disabilities through legal advocacy, training, education, and public policy and legislative development.
DO-IT: Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology
The DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology) Center is dedicated to empowering people with disabilities through technology and education. It promotes awareness and accessibility—in both the classroom and the workplace—to maximize the potential of individuals with disabilities and make our communities more vibrant, diverse, and inclusive.
National Organization for Rare Disorders
NORD, a 501(c)(3) organization, is a patient advocacy organization dedicated to individuals with rare diseases and the organizations that serve them. NORD, along with its more than 300 patient organization members, is committed to the identification, treatment, and cure of rare disorders through programs of education, advocacy, research, and patient services.
National Organization of Nurses with Disabilities (NOND)
NOND is an open membership, cross-disability, professional organization that works to promote equity for people with disabilities and chronic health conditions in nursing through education and advocacy
NCAA - Student-Athletes with Disabilities
As one of its core values, the NCAA believes in and is committed to an inclusive culture that fosters equitable participation for student-athletes and career opportunities for coaches and administrators from diverse backgrounds. In further recognizing and acting upon this value, the NCAA is increasing efforts to provide opportunities to student-athletes with education-impacting and physical disabilities.
Society for Disability Studies
The Society for Disability Studies (SDS) aims to highlight the strength of our collective work and the importance of bringing multiple voices together to co-construct the future of disability studies across multiple landscapes – academia, community, grassroots movements, art communities, and organizations.
Think College
Think College provides resources, technical assistance and training related to college options for students with intellectual disability, and manages the only national listing of college programs for students with intellectual disability in the United States.

Web Accessibility

Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) develops standards and support materials to help you understand and implement accessibility.

Support Organizations by Category

Alexander Graham Bell Association
Working globally to ensure that people who are deaf and hard of hearing can hear and talk.
We want all families to be informed and supported, professionals to be appropriately qualified to teach and help children with hearing loss, public policy leaders to effectively address the needs of people with hearing loss, and communities to be empowered to help their neighbors with hearing loss succeed.
American Autoimmune Related Disorders Association
The American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (AARDA) is dedicated to the eradication of autoimmune diseases and the alleviation of suffering and the socioeconomic impact of autoimmunity through fostering and facilitating collaboration in the areas of education, public awareness, research, and patient services in an effective, ethical, and efficient manner.
American Chronic Pain Association
American Chronic Pain Association's mission is to facilitate peer support and education for individuals with chronic pain and their families so that these individuals may live more fully in spite of their pain. To raise awareness among the health care community, policymakers, and the public at large about issues of living with chronic pain.
American Cochlear Implant Alliance
The American Cochlear Implant Alliance is a not-for-profit membership organization created with the purpose of eliminating barriers to cochlear implantation by sponsoring research, driving heightened awareness and advocating for improved access to cochlear implants for patients of all ages across the US.
American Foundation for the Blind
The mission of the American Foundation for the Blind is to create a world of no limits for people who are blind or visually impaired. We mobilize leaders, advance understanding, and champion impactful policies and practices using research and data.
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association [ASHA]
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is the national professional, scientific, and credentialing association for 223,000 members and affiliates who are audiologists; speech-language pathologists; speech, language, and hearing scientists; audiology and speech-language pathology support personnel; and students.
Autistic Self Advocacy Network
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network seeks to advance the principles of the disability rights movement with regard to autism. ASAN believes that the goal of autism advocacy should be a world in which autistic people enjoy equal access, rights, and opportunities. We work to empower autistic people across the world to take control of our own lives and the future of our common community, and seek to organize the autistic community to ensure our voices are heard in the national conversation about us. Nothing About Us, Without Us!
Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network
The mission of Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN) is to provide community, support, and resources for Autistic women, girls, transfeminine and transmasculine nonbinary people, trans people of all genders, Two Spirit people, and all others of marginalized genders.
Chronic Disease Coalition
The Chronic Disease Coalition is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the rights of chronic disease patients against discriminatory policies and practices.
College Diabetes Network (CDN)
CDN works for the day when all young adults with diabetes are motivated and equipped
to live a healthy life, so they can pursue their dreams without compromise.
Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation
The Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation is a non-profit, volunteer-fueled organization dedicated to finding cures for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, and improving the quality of life of children and adults affected by these diseases.
The Ehlers-Danlos Society
The Ehlers-Danlos Society is a global community of individuals, caregivers, healthcare professionals, and supporters, dedicated to saving and improving the lives of those affected by the Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS), hypermobility spectrum disorders (HSD), and related conditions.
The Epilepsy Foundation
The Epilepsy Foundation's mission is to lead the fight to overcome the challenges of living with epilepsy and to accelerate therapies to stop seizures, find cures, and save lives.
Hearing Loss Association of America [HLAA]
The mission of HLAA is to open the world of communication to people with hearing loss by providing information, education, support and advocacy.
Little People of America
LPA is dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with dwarfism throughout their lives while celebrating with great pride Little People’s contribution to social diversity. LPA strives to bring solutions and global awareness to the prominent issues affecting individuals of short stature and their families.
MS Focus: The Multiple Sclerosis Foundation
The mission of the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation is to provide programs and support services to those persons affected by MS that help them maintain their health, safety, self-sufficiency, and personal well-being; and to heighten public awareness of multiple sclerosis in order to elicit financial support for the Foundation's programs and services and promote understanding for those diagnosed with the illness.
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
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 Association of the Deaf
The mission of the National Association of the Deaf is to preserve, protect and promote the civil, human and linguistic rights of deaf and hard of hearing people in the United States of America. The vision of the NAD is that the language, culture, and heritage of deaf and hard of hearing Americans will be acknowledged and respected in the pursuit of life, liberty, and equality.
National Down Syndrome Society
The National Down Syndrome Society is the leading human rights organization for all individuals with Down syndrome. The National Down Syndrome Society envisions a world in which all people with Down syndrome have the opportunity to enhance their quality of life, realize their life aspirations and become valued members of welcoming communities.
National Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain Association
The National Fibromyalgia & Chronic Pain Association unites patients, policy makers, and healthcare, medical, and scientific communities to transform lives through visionary support, advocacy, research, and education of fibromyalgia and chronic pain illnesses. It also offers a newsletter on new research and advocacy efforts.
National Stuttering Association
The National Stuttering Association (NSA) provides support, friendship, and information to the stuttering community. The NSA® is the largest non-profit organization in the world dedicated to bringing hope and empowerment to children and adults who stutter, their families, and professionals, through support, education, advocacy, and research. Our vision is to build on our position as the preeminent organization for supporting people who stutter.
United Cerebral Palsy
United Cerebral Palsy’s mission is to be the indispensable resource for individuals with cerebral palsy and other disabilities, their families, and their communities.
UCP’s vision is a life of inclusion for individuals with disabilities.

PC Community Resource Guide - Disability & Neurodiversity: Organizations

Intersectionality

Inclusive Hiring/ Employers

Disability Advocacy Organizations

Web Accessibility

Support Organizations by Category