Person affected by type 1 diabetes.

Provides research and advocacy for persons with type 1 diabetes.

An advocacy/social service program collaborative with DCFS to support and promote volunteer advocacy to protect the best interests of children in the child welfare system.

Provides resources and advocacy for disabled individuals and their families. May help with finding equipment and advocate for needs including medications, doctors visits, home visits, and respite.

Families with children with mental health needs.

As the designated Statewide Family Network, Nevada PEP helps families with children with mental health needs. PEP representatives assist families in advocating for their children to access services, information, support, and resources.

Adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities.

Provides individual and family advocacy with issues such as transportation, recreation, self-determination, respite care, medical care, and individual support plans.

Adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities.

Provides individual and family advocacy with issues such as transportation, recreation, self-determination, respite care, medical care, and individual support plans.

Adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities.

Provides individual and family advocacy with issues such as transportation, recreation, self-determination, respite care, medical care, and individual support plans.

Adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities.

Provides individual and family advocacy with issues such as transportation, recreation, self-determination, respite care, medical care, and individual support plans.

Adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities.

Provides individual and family advocacy with issues such as transportation, recreation, self-determination, respite care, medical care, and individual support plans.

Must currently have existing IEP or waiting on IEP.

Individuals with a documented developmental disability, some physical requirements apply.

Advocates for and with individuals with Down syndrome and their families to break down any barriers to full, productive and satisfying lives.

A national grassroots disability rights organization for the autistic community, advocating for systems change and ensuring that the voices of autistic people are heard in policy debates and the halls of power. Our staff work to advance civil rights, support self-advocacy in all its forms, and improve public perceptions of autism. 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. Policy advocacy toolkits, action alerts.

Protection and Advocacy Systems (P&As) work at the state level to protect individuals with disabilities by empowering them and advocating on their behalf. There are 57 P&As in the United States and its territories, and each is independent of service-providing agencies in their states. Find local P&A Agency information at the bottom of this page.