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News & Legislation
ABILITY Magazine www.abilitymagazine.com
National Organization on Disability www.nod.org
National Council on Disability www.ncd.gov

Employment
ABILITYjobs www.abilityjobs.com
Job Accomodation Network www.jan.wvu.edu
Career One Stop www.careeronstop.com
Career Opportunities for Students with Disabilities www.cosdonline.org
Association of Medical Professionals with Hearing Losses www.amphl.org
Exceptional Nurse www.exceptionalnurse.com
Goodwill Industries www.goodwill.org
Easter Seals www.easterseals.com
The ARC www.thearc.org

Volunteer
Corporation for National and Community Service www.nationalservice.gov
Points of Light Foundation and the Volunteer Center National Network
www.1800volunteer.org
National Service Inclusion Project (NSIP) www.serviceandincludsion.org
Online Volunteering www.serviceleader.org/vv
American Red Cross www.redcross.org/services/volunteer/disabilities

Education
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) www.ed.gov/offices/osers/policy/idea
HEATH Resource Center at George Washington University www.heath.gwu.edu
Institute for Community Inclusion www.communityinclusion.org

Housing
ABILITY House www.abilityhouse.com
Habitat for Humanity www.habitat.org
Independent Living Institute www.independentliving.org
ILRU at the Institute for Rehabilitation and Research www.bcm.edu/ilru
Fair Housing Accessibility FIRST www.fairhousingfirst.org
Institute for Community Inclusion www.communityinclusion.org

Personal Assistance
RespiteMatch www.respitematch.com

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
ADA Homepage www.usdoj.gov
ADA Basic Building Blocks www.adabasics.org
ADA Insights www.adainsights.org
ADA Technical Assistance Website www.adata.org
ADA Watch Organization www.adawatch.org
State Resource Directories on ADA Compliance and Technical Assistance www.nadc.ucla.edu/states.cfm

Mental Health
Anxiety Disorders Association of America www.adaa.org
National Alliance on Mental Illness www.nami.org
National Mental Health Association www.nmha.org
The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law www.bazelon.org

Accessibility / Visitability
Center for an Accessible Society www.accessiblesociety.org
Center for Universal Design www.design.ncsu.edu
Inclusive Home Design www.concretechange.org
Institute for Community Inclusion www.communityinclusion.org

Advocacy
Self-Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE) www.sabeusa.org
Disability Rights Legal Center www.disabilityrightslegalcenter.org
American Association of People with Disabilities www.aadp-dc.org
The Center for Advancement of Disability Policy www.disabilitypolicycenter.org
Independence Through Enhancement of Medicare and Medicaid (ITEM) Coalition www.itemcoalition.org
American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (ADAPT) www.adapt.org

Health & Wellness

Blindness
American Foundation for the Blind www.afb.org
Braille Institute of American www.brailleinstitute.org

Cancer
American Cancer Society www.cancer.org

Cerebral Palsy
United Cerebral Palsy www.ucp.org

Cleft Palate/Lip
Operation Smile www.operationsmile.org

Diabetes
American Diabetes Association www.diabetes.org

HIV/AIDS
International AIDS Society www.iasociety.org

Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple Sclerosis Foundation www.msfocus.org
National Multiple Sclerosis Society www.nmss.org

Paralysis
Christopher Reeve Foundation www.christopherreeve.org
The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis www.themiamiproject.org

Veteran/Military
Injured Marines Semper Fi Fund www.semperfifund.org
Homes for Our Troops www.homesforourtroops.org

Disaster Preparedness
American Red Cross www.redcross.org
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) www.fema.gov
National Organization on Disability
www.nod.org
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) www.nfpa.org

Diversity
The Ten Commandments of Communicating with People with Disabilities www.diversityshop.com
Disability is Natural http://www.disabilityisnatural.com

Assistive Products
ABILITY Store www.abilitystore.com
ABLEDATA www.abledata.com
Assistive Technologies: Creating a Universe of Opportunities for People with Disabilities www.atn-ctcf.org

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