The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)
Ms. M. Doreen Croser, Executive Director
AAIDD is the professional association run by and for professionals who support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
http://www.aaidd.org
The American Council of The Blind (ACB)
Mitch Pomerantz, President
ACB is the nation's leading membership organization of blind and visually impaired people founded in 1961, with membership in the tens of thousands. The majority of its members belong to one or more of its 71 affiliated organizations. There are also members-at-large. Membership is not limited to blind or visually impaired individuals. Legal blindness is a requirement to serve on the ACB Board of Directors (with the exception of the Secretary and Treasurer).
http://www.acb.org
The American Network of Community Options and Resources (ANCOR)
Ms. Renee L. Pietrangelo, CEO
ANCOR is a national network of over 835 providers offering quality supports to more than 385,000 people with disabilities and their families.
http://ancor.org
The Arc of the United States (The Arc)
Ms. Sue Swenson, Executive Director
The Arc of the United States advocates for the rights and full participation of all children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
http://www.thearc.org/
The Arc of Connecticut (The Arc/CT)
Dawn Lazaroff, President
Lynne Warner, Executive Director
http://www.arcct.com/
The Association of Self-Advocates of North Carolina (ASANC)
Karen Moyes Stallings, Executive Director
ASANC is a statewide organization advocating for the rights of people with disabilities in work, recreation and the community. They have an active membership of 1,200 members and their families.
http://www.asa-nc.org
The Connecticut Parent Advocacy Center (CPAC)
Nancy Prescott, Executive Director
http://www.cpacinc.org
The Connecticut Parent Advocacy Center is a nonprofit organization offering information and support to CT families of children with any disability or chronic illness, birth to 26.
The Council on Quality and Leadership (CQL)
James F. Gardner, Ph.D.
President and CEO
www.thecouncil.org
CQL plays an international leadership role in the definition, measurement, and improvement of the quality of life for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and people with mental illness impacting directly on the lives of over 50,000 people.
The National Spinal Cord Injury Association (NSCIA)
Marcie Roth, CEO/Executive Director
www.spinalcord.org
NSCIA enables people with spinal cord injury and disease (SCI/D) to achieve their highest level of independence, health, and quality of life. It has 18,000 members. Its constituents are over 1 million Americans with spinal cord injuries and diseases and their families, medical, service and equipment providers and others with an interest in SCI/D.
National Veterans Services Fund, Inc. (NVSF)
Phil Kraft, Executive Director
NVSF is a national charity assisting veterans’ families in ways the VA cannot or does not.
http://www.nvsf.org/
Self-Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE)
Chester Finn, National Chairman
http://www.sabeusa.org/
SABE’s mission is to ensure that people with disabilities are treated as equals, that they are given the same decisions, choices, rights, responsibilities, and chances to speak up to empower themselves.
Stephen & Connie Kuusisto
Planet of The Blind
http:/www.planet-of-the-blind.com