Organizations

Topic Name  Acronym Website Location
ADHD ADDitude Magazine and website – https://www.additudemag.com –
ADHD Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder CHADD http://www.chadd.org/ Local & National
Adoptive & Foster Families Formed Families Forward FFF https://www.formedfamiliesforward.org/ Local
Autism Autism Self Advocacy Network ASAN http://autisticadvocacy.org/ National
Autism Autism Society of Northern VA ASNV https://www.asnv.org/ Local
Autism Autism Speaks https://www.autismspeaks.org/ National
Autism Organization for Autism Research OAR https://researchautism.org/ Local & National
Autism Parents of Autistic Children NOVA POAC – NOVA https://poac-nova.org/ Local & National
Blind & Vision Impaired National Federation of the Blind NFB https://nfb.org/ National
Blind & Vision Impaired Department for Blind and Vision Impaired DBVI https://www.vdbvi.org/ Virginia
Blind & Vision Impaired Accessible Instructional Materials AIM – VA https://aimva.org/ VA
Brain Injury Brain Injury Services http://braininjurysvcs.org/
Cerebral Palsy United Cerebral Palsy UCP https://www.ucp.org/ National
Deaf & Hard of Hearing Gallaudet University https://www.gallaudet.edu/about
Deaf & Hard of Hearing National Association of the Deaf NAD https://www.nad.org/ National
Deaf & Hard of Hearing Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons NVRC https://nvrc.org/ Local
Developmental Disabilities American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities AAIDD https://aaidd.org/home National
Down Syndrome Down Syndrom Association of Northern Virginia DSANV https://www.dsanv.org/ Local
Dyslexia Accessible Instructional Materials AIM – VA https://aimva.org/ VA
Dyslexia Atlantic Seaboard Dyslexia Education Center ASDEC http://www.asdec.org/ Regional
Dyslexia Decoding Dyslexia Virginia DDVA https://decodingdyslexiava.wordpress.com/ Virginia
Dyslexia The Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity http://dyslexia.yale.edu/ National
Eating Disorders National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders ANAD http://www.anad.org/our-services/treatment-directory/ National
General Disability The Arc of Northern Virginia ARC NOVA https://thearcofnova.org/ Local & National
Learning Disabilities Accessible Instructional Materials AIM – VA https://aimva.org/ VA
Learning Disabilities Smart Kids with Learning Disabilities – https://www.smartkidswithld.org CT
Learning and Thinking Differences Understood – https://www.understood.org –
Mental Health National Alliance on Mental Illness NAMI – NOVA http://www.nami-northernvirginia.org/ Local & National
Parent Advocacy Parent Education and Advocacy Training Center PEATC http://www.peatc.org/ Local and National
Parent Advocacy WrightsLaw http://www.wrightslaw.com/National National
Service Facilitators Moms in Motion https://momsinmotion.net/ Virgina