Index >> Organizations >> Advocacy
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Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities
The Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities, Inc., is a non-profit organization providing protection and advocacy services in the State of Florida. The mission of the ACPD is to advance the dignity, equality, self-determination and expressed choices of individuals with disabilities.
Advocacy, Inc.
The mission of Advocacy, Inc.is to advocate for, protect, and advance the legal, human, and service rights of people with disabilities.
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety is an alliance of consumer, health and safety groups and insurance companies and agents working together to make America's roads safer. Advocates encourages the adoption of federal and state laws, policies and programs that save lives and reduce injuries. By joining its resources with others, Advocates helps build coalitions to increase participation of a wide array of groups in public policy initiatives which advance highway and auto safety.
Advocates for Youth
Advocates for Youth is dedicated to creating programs and advocating for policies that help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health. Advocates for Youth works on issues related to sex education, HIV, teen pregnancy prevention, emergency contraception, youth of color, lesbian, gay, bisexual, contraceptive access and condoms.
Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program
The Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP) is part of the nationwide federally mandated protection and advocacy (P&A) system.
American Humane Association
The American Humane Association has been protecting children and animals from cruelty, abuse and neglect for over 130 years.
Animal Activism Queensland
Animal Activism Queensland is a grassroots network of activists dedicated to the exposure of practices that cause cruelty to animals.
Arizona Center For Disability Law
The Arizona Center for Disability Law is a not for profit public interest law firm, dedicated to protecting the rights of individuals with a wide range of physical, mental, psychiatric, sensory and cognitive disabilities. As part of the nationwide protection and advocacy (P&A) system, the Center provides free legal services under several major incentives.
Disability Law Center, Massachusetts
The Disability Law Center (DLC) is the Protection and Advocacy agency for Massachusetts. DLC is a private, non-profit organization responsible for providing protection and advocacy for the rights of Massachusetts residents with disabilities. DLC receives federal, state and private funding but is not part of the state or federal government. The mission of DLC is to provide legal advocacy on disability issues that promote the fundamental rights of all people with disabilities to participate fully and equally in the social and economic life of Massachusetts.
Disability Law Center, Utah
The Disability Law Center (DLC) is a private non-profit organization, designated as the Protection and Advocacy agency for the state of Utah to protect the rights of people with disabilities in Utah.
Disability Rights California
Disability Rights California is a nonprofit disability rights organization, working since 1978 to advance human and legal rights of Californians with disabilities.
Disability Rights Montana
Disability Rights Montana envisions a society where people with disabilities have equality of opportunity and are able to participate fully in community life by exercising choice and self-determination. Because of this vision, the Mission of Disability Rights Montana is to protect and advocate for the human, legal, and civil rights of Montanans with disabilities while advancing dignity, equality, and self-determination.
Disability Rights New Mexico
Disability Rights New Mexico is a congressionally mandated service run as a non-governmental, non-profit organization. Disability Rights New Mexico is made up of advocates and attorneys who represent the interests of persons with disabilities.
Disability Rights Washington
Disability Rights Washington (DRW) is a private non-profit organization that protects the rights of people with disabilities statewide.
Disability Rights Wisconsin
Disability Rights Wisconsin is a private non profit organization which was founded in 1977. Designated by the Governor to ensure the rights of all state citizens with disabilities through individual advocacy and system change, DRW is part of a national system of federally mandated independent disability agencies. DRW is completely independent of government and the disability service system in order to be free of any conflicts of interests which would undermine our capacity to advocate vigorously on behalf of the human and legal rights of people with disabilities. Disability Rights helps people across Wisconsin gain access to services and opportunity through its advocacy and legal expertise.
