A non-profit organization providing support and information for Minnesota families raising children with disabilities and extra needs.

A network of self-advocacy groups from all around the state. Advocating Change Together (ACT) supports, funds, and administers the SAM network and its Leadership Circle. Member groups around the state work together to build personal power, connect to the disability rights movement and make community changes.

A document created by Volunteers of America explains the rights of people who live their daily lives under guardianship. The document also explains the powers, duties, and limitations of a guardian.

A 2018 PDF report outlining top management and performance challenges facing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services across HHS programs and covering critical HHS responsibilities, including delivering quality services and benefits, exercising sound fiscal management, safeguarding public health and safety, and enhancing cybersecurity.

Maysoon Zayid, an Arab-American comedian, delivered a TED Talk titled “I got 99 problems… palsy is just one” In this talk, she shares her experiences as an actress, stand-up comic, philanthropist, and advocate for the disabled. She also talks about her life with cerebral palsy and how she overcame the challenges that came with it. Maysoon’s talk offers a unique perspective on the difficulties that people with disabilities face.

Comedian and journalist, Stella Young, happens to go about her day in a wheelchair — a fact that doesn’t, she’d like to make clear, automatically turn her into a noble inspiration to all humanity.

YouTube video interviewing people living with disabilities identifying their disabilities and what they want others to know about them.

Youtube video interviewing people living with disabilities demonstrating who they are and how they want to be treated.

An independent federal agency charged with advising the President, Congress, and other federal agencies regarding policies, programs, practices, and procedures that affect people with disabilities.

NARIC is the library of the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). They collect, catalog, and disseminate the articles, reports, curricula, guides, and other publications and products of the research projects funded by NIDILRR. They fund more than 250 projects each year that conduct research on a wide range of issues including technology, health and function, independent living, and capacity building.