Statewide and Nationwide
Disability Rights and Advocacy
Groups and organizations that protect the rights of people who have physical, mental, developmental or learning disabilities.
Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities
National Disability Rights Network
820 First Street NE, Suite 740, Washington, DC, 20002
Main:
(202) 408-9514
Fax:
(202) 408-9520
Advocacy and Information, Down Syndrome
National Down Syndrome Congress
30 Mansell Court, Suite 108, Atlanta, GA, 30076
Main:
(770) 604-9500
Toll Free:
(800) 232-6372
Fax:
(770) 604-9898
Advocacy and Information, Down Syndrome
National Down Syndrome Society
1100 H Street NW, Suite 1030, Washington, DC, 20005
Main:
(800) 221-4602
Toll Free:
(800) 221-4602
Fax:
(646) 870-9320
Advocacy Braille
National Federation of the Blind of Virginia
Center for Disability Leadership
Partnership for People with Disabilities
700 East Franklin Street, 1st Floor, Suite 140, Richmond, VA, 23219
Main:
(804) 828-3876
Community & Health Advocacy Training (CHAT)
Partnership for People with Disabilities
700 East Franklin Street, 1st Floor, Suite 140, Richmond, VA, 23219
Main:
(804) 828-3876
Disability Rights and Advocacy
Partnership for People with Disabilities
700 East Franklin Street, 1st Floor, Suite 140, Richmond, VA, 23219
Main:
(804) 828-3876
Fax:
(804) 828-0042
I-CAN! Accessibility Project
Partnership for People with Disabilities
700 East Franklin Street, 1st Floor, Suite 140, Richmond, VA, 23219
Main:
(804) 628-2965
Disability Travel Advocacy
Society for Accessible Travel & Hospitality (SATH)
347 Fifth Avenue Suite 605, New York, NY, 10016
Main:
(212) 447-7284
Fax:
(212) 447-1928
Disability Advocacy and Training
The National Council on Independent Living (NCIL)
2013 H Street NW, 6th Floor, Washington, DC, 20006
Main:
(202) 207-0334
Toll Free:
(877) 525-3400
Fax:
(202) 207-0341
Disability Rights Information and Enforcement
U. S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division
950 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, 20530
Main:
(202) 514-3847
Fax:
(202) 307-1197
Advocacy, Persons with Disabilities
Virginia Board for People With Disabilities
1100 Bank Street, 7th Floor, Richmond, VA, 23219
Main:
(804) 786-0016
Fax:
(804) 786-1118
Partners in Policymaking
Virginia Board for People With Disabilities
1100 Bank Street, 7th Floor, Richmond, VA, 23219
Main:
(804) 786-0016
I'm Determined
Virginia Department of Education
101 N. 14th Street, Richmond, VA, 23219
Main:
(800) 292-3820
Individuals with Disabiity Education Act (IDEA)
Virginia Department of Education - Division of Special Education
101 North 14th Street, Richmond, VA, 23219
Main:
(804) 786-8079
Toll Free:
(800) 292-3820
Fax:
(804) 786-8520
Transition Coordinator
Virginia Department of Education - Division of Special Education
101 N. 14th Street, Richmond, VA, 23218
Main:
(800) 292-3820
Grantmaking Organization, Parkinson's Disease
An organization whose primary activity is granting funds to other organizations to achieve their mission. Foundation is often included in the organization’s name. Organizations solicit contributions, endowments and other financial support from public and private sources which are used directly by the organization to provide services for individuals living with Parkinson’s Disease or their caregivers. Also included are governmental and quasi-governmental entities that manage the allocation of public monies.
Grant-making Organization, Parkinson's Disease
American Brain Foundation
201 Chicago Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, 55415
Main:
(866) 770-7570
Toll Free:
(866) 770-7570
Grant-making Organization, Parkinson's Disease
Davis Phinney Foundation for Parkinson's
357 S McCaslin Boulevard, Suite 105, Louisville, CO, 80027
Main:
(303) 733-3340
Toll Free:
(866) 358-0285
Fax:
(303) 733-3350
Grant-Making Organization for Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson Alliance
4454 Route 27, Fl. 2, Kingston, NJ, 08528
Main:
(609) 688-0870
Toll Free:
(800) 579-8440
Fax:
(609) 688-0875
Health Condition and Care Advocacy
Organizations that are dedicated to protecting and improving the quality and affordability of health and long term care for all individuals and advocating for changes in the health care system that will achieve these goals; or which advocate more broadly for legislation and other measures that have a positive impact on public health.
Five Wishes and Advance Directives
Aging With Dignity
3050 Highland Oaks Terrace, Suite 1, Tallahassee, FL, 32301-3841
Main:
(888) 594-7437
ALS Advocacy, Administration
ALS Association, DC/MD/VA Chapter
30 West Gude Drive, Suite 150, Rockville, MD, 20850
Main:
(301) 978-9855
Toll Free:
(866) 348-3257
Advocacy, Heart Disease
American Heart Association
7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX, 75231
Main:
(800) 242-8721
Toll Free:
(800) 242-8721
Advocacy for Lung Health Services
American Lung Association of Virginia
9702 Gayton Road # 110, Richmond, VA, 23238
Main:
(804) 955-4910
Toll Free:
(800) 586-4872
Fax:
(804) 267-5634
Advocates for Health Care System
American Medical Association
515 North State Street, Chicago, IL, 60610
Main:
(800) 262-3211
Sexual Health Advocacy
American Sexual Health Association
PO Box 13827, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709
Main:
(800) 342-2437
Toll Free:
(800) 243-7889
Fax:
(919) 361-8425
Information, Sickle Cell Anemia
American Sickle Cell Anemia Association
10900 Carnegie Avenue, DD Building at the Cleveland Clinic, Suite DD1-201, Cleveland, OH, 44106
Main:
(216) 229-8600
Fax:
(216) 229-4500
Limb Loss or Difference Advocacy and Information
Amputee Coalition
601 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20004
Main:
(888) 267-5669
Toll Free:
(888) 267-5669
Fax:
(865) 525-7917
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Advocacy and Information
Cure PSP
1216 Broadway, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, 10001
Main:
(347) 294-2873
Toll Free:
(800) 457-4777
Defense Centers of Excellence (DCoE) Speakers Bureau
Defense Centers of Excellence (DCoE)
1335 East West Highway, 9th Floor, Silver Spring, MD, 20910
Main:
(301) 295-3257
Toll Free:
(866) 966-1020