ADAPT is a national grass-roots community that organizes disability rights activists to engage in nonviolent direct action, including civil disobedience, to assure the civil and human rights of people with disabilities to live in freedom.
Aging Veteran's Guide to Planning for the Future
Washington Allies in Advocacy is a cross disability, cross-age advocacy group, whose mission is to improve the lives of people with disabilities. We are a group of concerned citizens, who want all people in this world to be treated equally and have the same opportunities in life that their neighbors have.
The mission of the ARC is to promote the education, health, self-sufficiency, self-advocacy, inclusion and choices of individuals with intellectual disabilities and their families.
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network seeks to advance the principles of the disability rights movement with regard to autism. ASAN believes that the goal of autism advocacy should be a world in which Autistic people enjoy the same access, rights, and opportunities as all other citizens. We work to empower Autistic people across the world to take control of our own lives and the future of our common community, and seek to organize the Autistic community to ensure our voices are heard in the national conversation about us. Nothing About Us, Without Us!
A statewide program which coordinates the identification, program development, placement, and development activities for students with autism spectrum disorders, birth through 21, in all school districts, and works with parents and state agencies.
Advocacy, public awareness, education and research related to autism.
Provides prevention education, advocacy, and support to survivors of brain injury and their families.
Provides special education teachers, directors, students and their families with resources, information and news regarding secondary special education and transition services.
A helping hand on your journey--we provide vital guidance and assitance to parents of a child with cerebral palsy.
Join us on our mission to create a deaf-friendly world!
Helps individuals with visual disabilities gain the necessary skills and access opportunities to reach their employment goals. Services focus on independent living by providing orientation training and mobility support to individuals and families.
Assists individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families obtain services/supports based on individual preference, capabilities and needs. DDA serves individuals of all ages.
Promotes a comprehensive system of services, and serves as an advocate and a planning body for Washington State’s citizens with developmental disabilities.
In the past, "fighting for individual rights" has been the basis of what has brought us together. Now that we are coming together and continuing to fight for civil rights, it's time to update the foundation that the Disability community works from.
Provides free advocacy services to people with disabilities. Protects the rights of people with disabilities, advancing the dignity, equality, and self-determination of people with disabilities. Works to pursue justice on matters related to human and legal rights.
YO! connects, organizes and educates youth with disabilities! YO! gives youth leadership opportunities, social networks, resources and more. YO! is for youth with disabilities to be PROUD of who we are and what we can achieve!
Offers a variety of services assisting people to help people with disabilities address life’s challenges and achieve personal goals.
Serves families who have children and youth with special health care needs age birth to 18 years. It provides individual information on advocating for your child in the health care system and refers you to healthcare resources that are available in Washington State.
Provides information on hearing loss in both adults and children, answers frequently asked questions regarding hearing loss, and hearing disorders; new technologies, and links to online resources.
Keeping Seniors Safe while Remodeling
Provides services and support to improve the quality of life for individuals and families affected by learning and attention disabilities.
Making the Move to Assisted Living
Addresses the challenges of living with MS. The Society helps individuals affected by MS by facilitating professional education and providing programs and services that help people with MS and their families move their lives forward.
Addresses the challenges of living with MS. The Society helps individuals affected by MS by facilitating professional education and providing programs and services that help people with MS and their families move their lives forward.
NYLN is a youth-led organization. We work to build power among people with disabilities between the ages of 16- 28 years old. We want to support young people in their role as the next generation of leadership in the Disability Rights Movement. NYLN has been around since 1997. We are the only youth-led disability rights nonprofit organization in the country.
Not Dead Yet is a national, grassroots disability rights group that opposes legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia as deadly forms of discrimination against old, ill and disabled people. Not Dead Yet helps organize and articulate opposition to these practices based on secular social justice arguments. Not Dead Yet demands the equal protection of the law for the targets of so called “mercy killing” whose lives are seen as worth-less.
Provides expertise on a wide variety of issues involving the special needs of veterans of the armed forces who have experienced spinal cord injury or dysfunction. The NW Chapter serves over 650 members in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.
Functions independently from the public school system. Helps solve disputes and conflicts between families and elementary and secondary public schools that affect student learning.
Assists families to verify if they qualify for health insurance and food programs in Washington State.
Matches new parents with parent “mentors” and provides trainings, workshops and support groups for parents with children with disabilities.
A parent-directed organization that works with families, individuals with disabilities, professionals and community members with disabilities. Statewide Parent Training Information Center (PTI), a federally funded program providing training, resources, and support for parents in Washington State whose children have special learning needs.
Supports people with developmental disabilities to strengthen and refine their leadership and advocacy skills.
Gudebook offering support for students with down syndrome, including:
individualized education plans, the importance of inclusivity, scholarships and grants, and colleges for students with down syndrome. You can read through the guide here:
Self Advocates in Leadership (SAIL) is a coalition of over 200 people with developmental disabilities interested in shaping public policy in Washington State. SAIL is unique because the members of the coalition have developmental disabilities as well as the support staff. People with disabilities can have a powerful voice in the legislature. We have been gathering together to learn about how the legislative process works and then putting those skills to work on at least one bill each session since 2004.