Disability Services
Services Offered by Affiliated Agencies
* VADSA.ORG Disability Organizations Listing
View a comprehensive listing of Disability Related Organizations across the state and the nation.
Virginia Dept. for the Blind and Vision Impaired (DBVI)
Enables blind or visually impaired individuals to achieve their maximum level of employment, education, and personal independence.
Virginia Industries for the Blind (VIB)
Established over seven decades ago as a not-for-profit organization offering vocational rehabilitation for blind Virginians, VIB is a self-funded division of the Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired (DBVI).
Virginia Dept. for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (VDDHH)
Operates with the full understanding that communication is the most critical issue facing persons who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Virginia Board for People with Disabilities (VBPD)
Empower Virginians with Disabilities to achieve their personal goals, to be self-reliant, and to participate fully in their communities by strengthening community involvement, building advocacy capacity, enhancing service delivery, and informing public policy.
Department of Rehabilitative Services
Collaborates with the public and private sectors to provide and advocate for the highest quality services that empower individuals with disabilities to maximize their employment, independence and full inclusion into society.
Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center
is the first state-owned and operated comprehensive rehabilitation center in the country. WWRC provides comprehensive medical, assistive technology and vocational rehabilitation services to persons with disabilities to help them gain increased independence and employment.
Other Resources
Voice of the Blue Ridge
is a non-profit organization chartered in 1981 to help people who cannot read newspapers or magazines because of physical impairments such as partial vision loss, blindness or stroke.
Virginia Relay
The telecommunications system for the deaf and hard of hearing communities in Virginia.
American Council of the Blind
Strives to improve the well-being of all blind and visually impaired people by: serving as a representative national organization of blind people; elevating the social, economic and cultural levels of blind people; improving educational and rehabilitation facilities and opportunities; cooperating with the public and private institutions and organizations concerned with blind services; encouraging and assisting all blind persons to develop their abilities and conducting a public education program to promote greater understanding of blindness and the capabilities of blind people
National Federation of the Blind
The purpose of the National Federation of the Blind is two-fold—to help blind persons achieve self-confidence and self-respect and to act as a vehicle for collective self-expression by the blind. By providing public education about blindness, information and referral services, scholarships, literature and publications about blindness, aids and appliances and other adaptive equipment for the blind, advocacy services and protection of civil rights, development and evaluation of technology, and support for blind persons and their families, members of the NFB strive to educate the public that the blind are normal individuals who can compete on terms of equality.
Make a Wish Foundation of America
Share the power of a wish
The ARC
National organization of and for people with mental retardation and related developmental disabilities and their families.
Low Vision Information Center (LVIC)
Nonprofit organization that helps people with low vision maintain their independence
Special Education Resources from the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia
Information on disabilities categories: Attention Deficit Disorder, Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Communication Disorders, Hearing Impairment, Learning Disabilities, Mental Retardation, Serious Emotional Disturbance, Traumatic Brain Injury, Visual Impairment
Commonwealth Community Trust
Established for Virginia residents to provide a convenient and economical way to have trust funds administered for people with disabilities that will supplement the benefits offered by entitlement programs.
Dept of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse Services (DMHMRSAS)
Improves the quality of life for people with mental disabilities and substance abuse problems by providing the very best services possible, at minimal burden to the taxpayer
Disability Services Agencies Forms
Consumer forms for the Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired, Department for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Department of Rehabilitative ServicesDRS, and the Virginia Board for Persons with Disabilities
The Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy (VOPA)
helps with disability-related problems like abuse, neglect, and discrimination. We also help people with disabilities obtain services and treatment. All callers receive help with these problems. Individuals with problems, targeted in our program priorities, may also receive advocacy services and/or legal representation.
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