| Home > Regional > U.S. States > Washington, D.C. > Community > | | Disabilities |  | | - ADA Information Center [IA][Direct] -
- provides technical assistance, training resource referrals, and information on the Americans with Disabilities Act.
- Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf [IA][Direct] -
Established to empower persons who are hearing impaired to function independently by promoting universal rights and optimal opportunities to learn to use, maintain, and improve all aspects of their communications.
- American Association on Mental Retardation [IA][Direct] -
Interdisciplinary organization of professionals and others concerned about mental retardation and related disabilities.
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association [IA][Direct] -
ASHA is a professional, scientific, and credentialing association for more than 84,000 audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and speech, language, and hearing scientists.
- Arc of Montgomery County [IA][Direct] -
- supporting persons with mental retardation and their families.
- Auditory-Verbal International, Inc. AVI [IA][Direct] -
Providing the choice of listening and speaking for children who are deaf or hard of hearing through education, advocacy, and family support.
- Camp Optimism [IA][Direct] -
Non-profit organization offering a summer camp to children with disabilities.
- Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities [IA][Direct] -
Coalition of national disability organizations working together to advocate for public policy for citizens with disabilities.
- Disabled Sports USA [IA][Direct] -
Provides sports & recreation activities for people with disabilities. Member of US Olympic Committee.
- District of Columbia ARC, Inc. [IA][Direct] -
Advocacy and services for persons with mental retardation and their families.
- Fidos For Freedom [IA][Direct] -
- all volunteer assistance dog training organization, dedicated to training hearing dogs, service dogs, and therapy dogs.
- Gallaudet University@ (1999)
- McSHHH - Montgomery County MD
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- offers support to people who are coping with hearing loss. - Model Secondary School for the Deaf [IA][Direct] -
Established by an act of Congress to provide innovative educational opportunities for deaf and hard of hearing students.
- National Association of the Deaf [IA][Direct]
- National Industries for the Blind [IA][Direct] -
Not for profit organization dedicated to furthering the interests of people who are blind or otherwise visually impaired.
- National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities [IA][Direct]
- National Rehabilitation Information Center [IA][Direct] -
Library and information center on disability and rehabilitation.
- Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons [IA][Direct]
- nvtc
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- NVTC is a Commonwealth of Virginia training center for the mentally retarded. - Red Wiggler Foundation [IA][Direct] -
- horticulture therapy and vocational training program for adults with developmental disabilities.
- Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (Potomac Chapter) [IA][Direct] -
- serves Maryland and the District of Columbia.
- Self Help for Hard of Hearing People, Inc. [IA][Direct] -
- SHHH, large consumer organization of and for people with hearing loss. SHHH is a non-profit, educational organization.
- TransCen, Inc. [IA][Direct] -
- provides school to work transition assistance to youth with disabilities.
- United Cerebral Palsy Association@ (1999)
- United Cerebral Palsy of Prince George's and Montgomery Counties [IA][Direct] -
- serves children and adults with disabilities through employment supports, independence training, and transition supports. Promoting assistive devices and high technology.
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