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Disability Resource Guide : National Resources

This guide provides resources on local, statewide, and national resources for and by disabled and chronically ill people.

Organization Contact Information

Autistic Self Advocacy Network

Email: info@autisticadvocacy.org

Disability Visibility Project

Email: 

DisabilityVisibilityProject

@gmail.com

Sins Invalid

Email: info@sinsinvalid.org

National Resources

The resources listed below include national organizations invested in disability art, advocacy, rights, journalism, and justice. 

National Resources

Autistic Self-Advocacy Network

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 equal access, rights, and opportunities.

Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network

The mission of Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network (AWN) is to provide community, support, and resources for Autistic women, girls, nonbinary people, and all other marginalized genders.

Disability Visibility Project

The Disability Visibility Project is an online community dedicated to creating, sharing, and amplifying disability media and culture.

DREAM- Disability Rights, Education, Activism, and Mentoring

DREAM (Disability Rights, Education, Activism, and Mentoring) is a national organization for and by college students with disabilities. Our work is supported by our sponsoring organization, the National Center for College students with disabilities (NCCSD) which is based at the Association on Higher Educaton and Disability (AHEAD).

Invisible Disability Project

The Invisible Disability Project creates projects and services dedicated to disrupting the silence around what it means to live with an invisible disability.

Rooted in Rights

Rooted in Rights tells authentic, accessible stories to challenge stigma and redefine narratives around disability, mental health, and chronic illness. As part of Disability Rights Washington, their Seattle-based team of disabled video producers, editors, and digital organizers partner with both local coalitions and national advocacy campaigns to fight for concrete changes.

Sins Invalid

Sins Invalid is a disability justice based performance project that incubates and celebrates artists with disabilities, centralizing artists of color and LGBTQ/ gender-variant artists as communities who have been historically marginalized.