Mind, Body, Divergence Alliance Resources
2025 Disability & Diversity Calendar
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN)
Autistic Women and Non-binary Network (AWN)
CommunicationFIRST
Disability Belongs
National Council on Independent Living
LILA
The ARC of Lane County
Lane County Developmental Disabilities Services
Health Care for All Oregon
American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)
National Association for Councils on Developmental Disabilities
Oregon Council on Developmental Disabilities
National Disability Rights Network
Disability Rights Oregon
U of O AccessABILITY Student Union
U of O Neurodiversity Alliance
U of O Accessible Education Center
U of O Center on Human Development (CHD) Community Advocacy Council (CAC)
Aging and Disability Resource Connection of Oregon
Oregon Health Care
Oregon State Independent Living Council
NW ADA Center
ADA National Network
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Oregon
Brain Injury Alliance of Oregon
Best Buddies in Oregon
Olmstead Rights
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
AUCD
OHSU UCEDD
ACL
National Center for Learning Disabilities
Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA)
Planning Accessible Events (UO AEC)
Recommended Books, Articles and Videos:
Disability Visibility by Alice Wong
Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law by Haben Girma
Listen, a film created by CommunicationFIRST
Crip Camp, a documentary about the Disability Rights Movement
Being Heumann by Judith Heumann
Sitting Pretty by Rebekah Taussig
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan
NeuroTribes by Steve Silberman
Unmasking Autism by Devon Price
We’re Not Broken by Eric Garcia
The Spectrum Girl's Survival Guide by Siena Castellon
All the Weight of Our Dreams: On Living Racialized Autism Edited by Lydia X. Z. Brown, Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, E. Ashkenazy
The disability experience : working toward belonging by Leavitt, Hannalora
Autisme Handicap Et Pont (Autism, Disability, and the Bridge)
Scholarships and Tax-Deductible Savings Plans:
National Center for Learning Disabilities Scholarships
U of O Accessible Education Center Scholarships Page
OSU Disability Access Services Scholarships Page
OIT Scholarships Page
Oregon Student Aid Resources for persons with disabilities
INCIGHT Scholarship
LDA Scholarships page
AAPD Education and Scholarships Resources
Oregon College Savings Plan
Oregon ABLE Savings Plan
The Washington Center — Provides a total of 50 competitive scholarship awards for students with disabilities interested in working in the executive, judicial, or legislative branches of the federal government.
Career Resources
Job Accommodation Network (JAN) — Free consulting service that provides information about job accommodations, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the employability of people with disabilities
Incight — Headquartered in Portland this organization provides information on scholarships, internships, jobs, and eMentoring as well as other information relevant to people with disabilities.
Federal Jobs Net — Information and employment opportunities within the federal government for people with disabilities.
Disability Equity Index: 2022 Best Places to Work — Most comprehensive benchmarking tool for disability inclusion at top companies
American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) Summer Internship program — geared toward developing innovative leaders that will further the causes of the disability community.
What Can You Do? The Campaign for Disability Employment — Resources for Job Seekers
Employer Assistance and Resource Network for Disability Inclusion (EARN) — Neurodiversity Hiring Initiatives and Partnerships
Oregon Department of Human Services: Vocational Rehabilitation Services — VR helps people with disabilities find and keep a job, and helps businesses with inclusive hiring support.
Workforce Recruitment Program — A federal recruitment and referral program that connects federal and private-sector employers nationwide with highly motivated college students and recent graduates with disabilities who are eager to demonstrate their abilities in the workplace through summer or permanent jobs.
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