Cogentica offers a blog and some useful information, but we can’t do everything. If you need help, you can look to these disability organizations.
General Disability Organizations
Group | Focus |
American Association of People with Disabilities | Disabled people (USA) |
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund | Disability rights |
National Disability Rights Network | Disability rights |
Easter Seals | Disability |
Special Needs Alliance | Disability |
Special Olympics | Athletics for disabled people |
4 Paws For Ability | Service dogs |
Parent to Parent USA (P2P) | Parents of disabled children (USA) |
Sensory and Physical
Group | Focus |
National Association of the Deaf | Deaf and hard of hearing people (USA) |
American Council of the Blind | Blind and low vision people (USA) |
Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation | Paralysis |
United Cerebral Palsy | Cerebral palsy |
Muscular Dystrophy Association | Muscular dystrophy |
Cerebral Palsy Guide | Comprehensive guide on cerebral palsy and other birth defects |
Brain-based (intellectual, developmental, mental illness, etc.)
Group | Focus |
The Arc | Intellectual and developmental disabilities |
Learning Disabilities Association of America | Learning disabilities (USA) |
National Alliance on Mental Illness | Mental illness |
National Down Syndrome Society | Down syndrome |
Autistic Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN) | Autism rights |
Elemy | Autism Care at Home |
We encourage you to be careful about autism-related groups. Some prominent groups spread conspiracy theories and nasty messages about autistic people. We chose factual and respectful groups.
Special Needs Organizations
Group Focus |
The American College Center for Special Needs Promotes special needs planning, including financial |
Special Needs Alliance Alliance of attorneys for special need planning |
Veterans
Group | Focus |
Disabled American Veterans (DAV) | Veterans with disabilities |
Paralyzed Veterans of America | Paralyzed veterans |
Blinded Veterans Association | Blind veterans |
Mesothelioma.com | Veterans with mesothelioma |
NURSING HOME ABUSE JUSTICE | Suing a nursing home for negligence |
Simmons Hanly Conroy | Mesothelioma lawyers for veterans |
Asbestos.com | Advocacy group that works to spread awareness of asbestos-related diseases |
Mesothelioma Hope | Supporting a child whose loved one has cancer |
Florin|Roebig | Veteran rights and discrimination lawyers |
Mesothelioma Lawyer Center | Legal help for mesothelioma and asbestos victims |
Disability Magazines
Publication Focus |
ep Magazine Publication serving the special-needs community |
disability Horizons Online disability lifestyle publication giving a voice to disabled |
New Mobility Magazine Membership publication of the United Spinal Association |
Able Magazine UK’s flagship disability lifestyle magazine |
Enable Magazine UK’s leading disability and lifestyle magazine |