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Local Disability Organizations
| Arkansas Disability Coalition (ADC) | The Arkansas Disability Coalition (ADC) is a state-wide non-profit organization that provides support to families and individuals dealing with various disabilities. ADC’s mission is to empower individuals with disabilities by offering information, resources, and support to make informed choices. The ADC collaborates with families, healthcare providers, service organizations, legislators, and the community. ADC’s goal is to promote full and equal participation of people with disabilities in all aspects of life. |
| Arkansas Spinal Cord Commission | A state agency established in 1975 to provide a specialized range of services to Arkansans with spinal cord disabilities (SCI/D), at no cost to the client, with emphasis on individualized case management. ASCC case managers provide “one-to-one” customized services with focus on each client’s needs. |
| Brain Injury Association of Arkansas | Their mission is to be a guiding voice that expands awareness, enhances the quality of life, and create a better future for brain injury survivors and caregivers in Arkansas. We provide comprehensive support, empowering individuals to thrive beyond adversity, and fostering a community of resilience and compassion. |
| Disability Rights Arkansas | DRA is Arkansas’s protection and advocacy organization. They help people with disabilities that need legal advice or representation, information, or a referral to another agency for services. They also provide information about voting rights, self-advocacy, and laws and policies that affect the lives of people with disabilities. |
| Mainstream | Mainstream is a non-profit, non-residential, consumer-driven Independent Living Resource Center for people with disabilities in central Arkansas. Consumers of Mainstream set their own goals and take the lead in developing plans to meet those goals and objectives. Mainstream, which has been in existence since the summer of 1987, offers services to consumers and other stakeholders free of charge. |
National Disability Organizations
| American Disabilities Act (ADA) | The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) protects people with disabilities from discrimination. Disability rights are civil rights. From voting to parking, the ADA is a law that protects people with disabilities in many areas of public life. |
| Brain Injury Association of America | Provides many resources including brain injury education, caregiver resources, brain injury news, stories, awareness and much more. |
| Brainline | BrainLine is a national multimedia project offering authoritative information and support to anyone whose life has been affected by brain injury or PTSD: people with brain injuries, their family and friends, and the professionals who work with them. BrainLine also provides military-specific information and resources on traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to veterans, service members, and their families. Through BrainLine, we seek to provide a sense of community, a place where people who care about brain injury can go 24 hours a day for information, support, and ideas. |
| Brain Trauma Foundation | For over 30 years, Brain Trauma Foundation has been conducting innovative clinical research and developing evidence-based guidelines that improve outcomes for the millions of people who suffer from traumatic brain injuries every year. |
| Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation | This foundation is dedicated to curing spinal cord injury by advancing innovative research and improving quality of life for individuals and families impacted by paralysis. |
| Craig Hospital: Neurorehabilition Center | Craig Hospital is a world-renowned rehabilitation hospital that exclusively specializes in neurorehabilitation and research for individuals with spinal cord injury and brain injury. |
| Disabled American Veterans | DAV Helps more than a million veterans every year. They stand ready to provide a lifetime of support to veterans of all generations, their families and their survivors at no cost including VA benefits help, medical transportation, employment and transition services. |
| Facing Disability | FacingDisability.com connects families who suddenly have to deal with paralysis after a spinal cord injury to people like them who have already been there. |
| Love Your Brain Foundation | The LoveYourBrain Foundation is a non-profit organization that improves the quality of life of people affected by traumatic brain injury and raises awareness about the importance of brain health. |
| Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center | The MSKTC is a national center that helps facilitate the knowledge translation process to make research meaningful to those with Spinal Cord Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury and Burn Injury. |
| National Association of State Head Injury Administrators (NASHIA) | Since 1990, National Association of State Head Injury Administrators has been fulfilling its mission of assisting State government in promoting partnerships and building systems to meet the needs of individuals with brain injury and their families. |
| National Center on Physical Activity and Disability (NCHPAD) | Founded in 1999, the NCHPAD is a public health practice and resource center on health promotion for people with disability. NCHPAD seeks to help people with disability and other chronic health conditions achieve health benefits through increased participation in all types of physical and social activities, including fitness and aquatic activities, recreational and sports programs, adaptive equipment usage, and more. |
| National Organization on Disability | The National Organization on Disability (NOD) increases employment opportunities for Americans with disabilities. Our programs and services enable companies to realize the competitive advantages of hiring people with disabilities. |
| National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC) | The NARIC is the library of the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). They collect, catalog, and disseminate the articles, reports, curricula, guides, and other publications and products of the research projects funded by NIDILRR. NIDILRR funds more than 250 projects each year that conduct research on a wide range of issues including technology, health and function, independent living, and capacity building. |
| Paralyzed Veterans of America | Paralyzed Veterans of America, a congressionally chartered veterans service organization founded in 1946, has developed a unique expertise on a wide variety of issues involving the special needs of our members – veterans of the armed forces who have experienced spinal cord injury or dysfunction. |
| PRIDE Industries | PRIDE Industries is a pioneer in social enterprise. For 55 years, they’ve provided competitive business services to fuel their mission of creating employment for people with disabilities. |
| Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) | The purpose of RESNA is to contribute to the public welfare through scientific, literary, professional and educational activities by supporting the development, dissemination, and utilization of knowledge and practice of rehabilitation and assistive technology in order to achieve the highest quality of life for all citizens. |
| Shepherd Center: Brain & Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation | Located in Atlanta, Georgia, Shepherd Center is a private, not-for-profit hospital specializing in medical treatment, research and rehabilitation for people with spinal cord injury, brain injury, stroke, multiple sclerosis, spine and chronic pain, and other neuromuscular conditions. |
| Southwest ADA Center | The Center’s mission is to promote voluntary compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by providing three core services — technical assistance, training and materials dissemination. Activities designed to carry out the mission in Texas, Arkansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Louisiana are facilitated through the home office in Houston, TX as well as its affiliates. |
| The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) | As a national disability-led and cross-disability rights organization, AAPD advocates for full civil rights for over 70 million Americans with disabilities. They do this by promoting equal opportunity, economic power, independent living, and political participation. |
| The National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care | Consumer Voice works to empower long-term care residents, their families, and advocates in the pursuit of quality care and services, quality of life, and protection of rights. |
| The United States Department of Justice – Disability Rights Section | The Disability Rights Section works to achieve equal opportunity for people with disabilities in the United States by implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and Executive Order 12250. The Section’s enforcement, regulatory, coordination, and technical assistance activities, along with an innovative mediation program, provide a multi-faceted and dynamic approach for carrying out this mission. |
| Travis Roy Foundation | Dedicated to helping spinal cord injury survivors and their families live more independent and hopeful lives. |
| United Spinal Association | United Spinal Association is a national 501(c) (3) nonprofit membership organization dedicated to empowering and advocating for people living with spinal cord injuries and disorders (SCI/D) and all wheelchair users, to discover greater independence and quality of life. |
| United States Access Board | The Access Board is an independent federal agency that promotes equality for people with disabilities through leadership in accessible design and the development of accessibility guidelines and standards. Created in 1973 to ensure access to federally funded facilities, the Access Board is now a leading source of information on accessible design. |
| Wounded Warrior Project Independence Program | If you are a post-9/11 veteran or service member with a moderate to severe brain injury, spinal cord injury, or neurological condition that causes you to struggle with day-to-day living, Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) can provide the kind of high-touch services that will help you live life to the fullest and as independently as possible. This one-of-a-kind program focuses on aligning your care and support, helping you set achievable goals, get more active in your community, and embrace the future on your terms. Whether you live with family, on your own, or in an assisted care facility, we’re dedicated to providing the support and resources that will empower you to lead a more fulfilling life. |