Local, Statewide and Nationwide
Disability Rights and Advocacy
Groups and organizations that protect the rights of people who have physical, mental, developmental or learning disabilities.
Advocacy, Visually Impaired and Blind
American Council of the Blind
1703 North Beauregard Street, Suite 420, Alexandria, VA, 22311
Main:
(202) 467-5081
Toll Free:
(800) 424-8666
Fax:
(202) 467-5085
Advocacy and Support, Tourette Syndrome
Tourette Syndrome Association of Greater Washington
4709 Harford Road, Baltimore, MD, 21214
Main:
(443) 327-9667
Toll Free:
(888) 486-8738
Statewide and Nationwide
Disability Rights and Advocacy
Groups and organizations that protect the rights of people who have physical, mental, developmental or learning disabilities.
Spinal Cord Injury, Advocacy
United Spinal Association of Virginia
800 East Leigh Street, Richmond, VA, 23219
Main:
(804) 803-3696
Transtion IEP
Virginia Legal Aid Society
513 Church Street, Lynchburg, VA, 24505
Main:
(434) 528-4722
Toll Free:
(866) 534-5243
Information Line at Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
ADA Information Center for the Mid-Atlantic Region
12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 350, Rockville, MD, 20850
Main:
(800) 949-4232
Fax:
(301) 251-3762
Library of ADA & Disability Related Publications
ADA Information Center for the Mid-Atlantic Region
12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 350, Rockville, MD, 20850
Main:
(301) 217-0124
Toll Free:
(800) 949-4232
Fax:
(301) 251-3762
Education & Advocacy
American Association on Health and Disability
110 North Washington Street , Suite 328-J, Rockville, MD, 20850
Main:
(301) 545-6140
Fax:
(301) 545-6144
Advocacy, Developmental Disabilities
Arc of Virginia
2147 Staples Mill Road, Richmond, VA, 23230
Main:
(804) 649-8481
Toll Free:
(888) 604-2677
Fax:
(804) 649-3585
Advocacy, Blind and Visually Impaired
Association of Blind Citizens
P O Box 246, Holbrook, MA, 02343
Main:
(781) 961-1023
Publications, Behavioral Health Rights
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
1101 15th Street NW Suite 1212, Washington, DC, 20005
Main:
(202) 467-5730
Fax:
(202) 223-0409
Healthcare Advocacy for People with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities
Center for Dignity in Healthcare for People with Disabilities
Advocacy Law for Students with Disabilities
College of William and Mary
116 Jamestown Road, Williamsburg, VA, 23187
Main:
(757) 221-5735
Fax:
(757) 221-1855
Client Assistance Program (CAP)
disAbility Law Center of Virginia (dLCV)
1512 Willow Lawn Drive, Suite 100, Richmond, VA, 23230
Main:
(804) 225-2042
Toll Free:
(800) 552-3962
Fax:
(804) 662-7057
Legal and Advocacy, Developmental Disabilities Program (DD)
disAbility Law Center of Virginia (dLCV)
1512 Willow Lawn Drive, Suite 100, Richmond, VA, 23230
Main:
(804) 225-2042
Toll Free:
(800) 552-3962
Fax:
(804) 662-7057
Protection and Advocacy Mental Illness Program (PAIMI)
disAbility Law Center of Virginia (dLCV)
1512 Willow Lawn Drive, Suite 100, Richmond, VA, 23230
Main:
(804) 225-2042
Toll Free:
(800) 552-3962
Fax:
(804) 662-7057
Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights (PAIR)
disAbility Law Center of Virginia (dLCV)
1512 Willow Lawn Drive, Suite 100, Richmond, VA, 23230
Main:
(804) 225-2042
Toll Free:
(800) 552-3962
Fax:
(804) 662-7431
Speakers Bureau
disAbility Law Center of Virginia (dLCV)
1512 Willow Lawn Drive, Suite 100, Richmond, VA, 23230
Main:
(804) 225-2042
Toll Free:
(800) 552-3962
Fax:
(804) 662-7057
Advocacy for People with Hearing Loss, Richmond
Hearing Loss Association of America
c/o Beulah United Methodist Church, 6930 Hopkins Road, North Chesterfield, VA, 23234
Main:
(804) 239-9546
Fax:
(301) 913-9413
Behavioral Health Advocacy
Mental Health America of Virginia
2008 Bremo Road, Suite 101, Richmond, VA, 23226
Main:
(804) 257-5591
Toll Free:
(866) 257-5591
Fax:
(804) 447-7786
Recovery Education, and CELT Leadership Training
Mental Health America of Virginia
2008 Bremo Road, Suite 101, Richmond, VA, 23226
Main:
(804) 257-5591
Toll Free:
(866) 257-5591
Fax:
(804) 447-7786
Mental Health Advocacy
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
4301 Wilson Blvd., Suite 300, Arlington, VA, 22203
Main:
(703) 524-7600
Mental Health Advocacy, Northern Virginia
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
PO Box 8693, Reston, VA, 20195
Main:
(571) 458-7310
Mental Illness
National Alliance on Mental Illness Virginia (NAMI VA)
PO Box 8260, Richmond, VA, 23226
Main:
(804) 285-8264
Toll Free:
(888) 486-8264
Fax:
(804) 285-8464
Advocacy, Law and Advocacy Center
National Association of the Deaf (NAD)
8630 Fenton Street, Suite 820, Silver Spring, MD, 20910
Main:
(301) 587-1788
Fax:
(301) 587-1791
Advocating Issues Concerning People with Disabilities
National Council on Disability (NCD)
1331 F Street, NW, Suite 850, Washington, DC, 20004
Main:
(804) 272-2004
Fax:
(804) 272-2022
Advocacy for People with Disabilities
National Council on Independent Living (NCIL)
2013 H St. NW, 6th Floor, Washington , DC, 20006
Main:
(202) 207-0334
Toll Free:
(844) 778-7961
Fax:
(202) 207-0341
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