American Rehabilitation Counseling Association
An organization of rehabilitation counseling practitioners, educators, and students who are concerned with improving the lives of people with disabilities.
Annual Disability Statistics Compendium
The Annual Disability Statistics Compendium, Annual Disability Statistics Supplement, and State Reports for County-level Data are web-based tools that pool disability statistics published by various federal agencies together in one place.
Center for Research on Disability
The Center for Research on Disability at the University of New Hampshire is a source for research and statistics on the community participation of people with disabilities, examining key topics like employment, public programs, health, transportation, education, and more.
Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC)
The world's largest rehabilitation counseling organization dedicated to improving the lives of individuals with disabilities. CRCC sets the standard for competent delivery of quality rehabilitation counseling services through its nationally accredited and internationally recognized Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) certification program.
Disability Social History Project
The Disability History Project is a community history project and an opportunity for disabled people to reclaim our history and determine how we want to define ourselves and our struggles.
National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR)
The federal government’s primary disability research agency, whose mission is to generate new knowledge and to promote its effective use to improve the abilities of individuals with disabilities to perform activities of their choice in the community, and to expand society’s capacity to provide full opportunities and accommodations for its citizens with disabilities. ** Due to political influence on federal government agencies, please use U.S. government websites such as this one cautiously. **
National Rehabilitation Counseling Association
The oldest professional organization representing rehabilitation counselors. NRCA champions rehabilitation counseling as a distinct discipline of teaching, practice, and research from which an integrated system of content and skill areas directed toward enhancing the physical, social, and economic inclusion of people with disabilities has developed.
National Rehabilitation Information Center
The library of the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), which collects, catalogs, and disseminates the articles, reports, curricula, guides, and other publications and products of the research projects funded by NIDILRR, as well as the wider community of disability and rehabilitation research.
RESNA: Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America
The premier professional organization dedicated to promoting the health and well-being of people with disabilities through increasing access to technology solutions. RESNA advances the field by offering certification, continuing education, and professional development; developing assistive technology standards; promoting research and public policy; and sponsoring forums for the exchange of information and ideas to meet the needs of our multidisciplinary constituency.
