Office on Disability

Advocacy

Topics on this Page

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

• ADA Homepage
• ADA Enforcement
• ADA Fact Sheet
• ADA Information Line
• ADA Mediation Program

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Federal Agencies

• Department of Commerce (DOC)
• Department of Defense (DoD)
• Department of Education (Ed)
• Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Department if Justice (DOJ)
• Department of Labor (DOL)
• Department of Transportation (DOT)
• Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
• Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
• Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
• Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
• Social Security Administration (SSA)
• White House

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Federal Web Resources

• DisabilityInfo.gov

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Presidential Commissions/Committees

• Access Board
• President Committee for People with Intellectual Disorders (PCPID)

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Fact Sheets

Office on Disability Documents

• Office on Disabilities Background
• Healthy People 2010
  • HIV and Disability – a Companion to Chapter 13 of Healthy People 2010
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Disability – a Companion to Chapter 25 of Healthy People 2010
  • Substance Abuse and Disability
  • Substance Abuse and Disability – a Companion to Chapter 26 of Healthy People 2010
• Office on Disabilities A Record of Accomplishment
• The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Improve the Health and Wellness of Persons with Disabilities
• What Is Disability? Who Is Affected by Disability
• Bringing the New Freedom Initiative Alive to Serve Persons with Disabilities – 2005
• Caregiving Initiative
• Federal Resources on Disability and Health
• Health, Wellness and Disabilities
• Prevalence and Impact
• State Children’s Health Insurance Program
• State/Territorial/Tribal Resources
• Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

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Federal Documents

• ADA Fact Sheet
  • Reasonable Accommodation for Attorneys
• Administration for Children and Families Fact Sheets (ACF)
  • Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD)
  • Head Start Bureau (HSB)
• Employment Rights of People with Hearing Loss (EEOC)
• U.S Department on Justice – Civil Rights Division: Disability Rights Online News (DOJ)

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Non-Federal Documents

• Senior Lawyers Division (American Bar Association)

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Additional Information

Federal Documents

• Office on Disabilities Constituency Quarterly Expert Input Meetings (OD)
• Department of Health and Human Services – Office for Civil Rights (HHS-OCR)
  • Filing a Discrimination Complaint (OCR) (DOC - 79KB)
  • Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA-OCR)
  • Civil Rights on the Basis of Disabilities (OCR)
• Supreme Court of the United States

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Non-Federal Documents

• American Foundation for the Blind(AFB)
• American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR)
• American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)
• Arc of the United States
• Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
• Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation
• Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
• Disabled American Veterans (DAV)
• Disability Information (NFA)
• Disability Rights and Advocacy (LAD)
• Epilepsy Foundation
• Families with Children who have Special Needs
• Family Ties
• Family Voices National Office
• Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
• Internet Resource For Special Children
• National Alliance for the Mentally III (NAMI)
• National American Families Together Parent Center
• National Coalition on Self Determination (NCSD)
• National Disability Rights Network (NAPAS)
• National Mental Health Association (NMHA)
• National Organization on Disability (NOD)
• Nonverbal Learning Disorder (NLD)
• Olmstead Supreme Court Decision
• Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA)
• Senior Lawyer Division (American Bar Association)
• United Cerebral Palsy Association (UCP)
• United Spinal Association
• Worldwide Institute on Disability (WID)

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State/Social Documents

• State Offices on Disability
• National Governors Association (NGA)
• U.S. Conference of Mayors (USMayors)
• National Association of Counties (NACo)
• National Association of Towns and Townships (NATAT)
• National League of Cities (NLC)
• National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)

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Tribal Documents

• National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)
• National Indian Health Board (NIHB)

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Last revised: February 16, 2007