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2. List of disability organizations - Wikipedia

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   American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) (1995) – a cross-disability organization that focuses on advocacy and services. American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities (ACCD) (1975) – coalition of local, state and national disability organizations.

3. Easterseals (U.S.) - Wikipedia

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   President Nixon with Peter Helteme, 1971 Easter Seal Child and family. Easterseals (formerly known as Easter Seals; [1] founded in 1919 as the National Society for Crippled Children) [2] is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing disability services, with additional support areas serving veterans and military families, seniors, and caregivers.

4. American Association of People with Disabilities - Wikipedia

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   Following a 1999 proclamation from President Bill Clinton, Disability Mentoring Day (DMD) was established to provide mentorship and career advice for people with disabilities. [11] [12] AAPD administers the program as part of National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Every October, Mentoring Day is observed nationwide, with over 10,000 ...

5. Category : Disability organizations based in the United States

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   National Center on Disability and Journalism; National Council on Disability; National Disabled Women's Educational Equity Project; National Down Syndrome Congress; National Down Syndrome Society; National Inclusion Project; National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research; National Multiple Sclerosis Society

6. National Disability Employment Awareness Month - Wikipedia

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   This office has created the Disability Employment Initiative (DEI) which aims to improve education, training and employment opportunities and outcomes for youth and adults with disabilities who are unemployed, underemployed and/or receiving Social Security disability benefits. [6] Through the DEI, there are 70 Disability Resource Coordinators.

7. Paralympian Scout Bassett pushes boundaries to become the ...

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   Now, at 36 years old, ... Bassett had her right leg amputated as a toddler due to injuries from a chemical fire. She was abandoned on the street before being taken into a government-run orphanage ...