List of disability associations
Disabled people's associations represent the interests of people with disabilities or chronic diseases in the sense of self-help .
European non-governmental organizations and associations
The Forum européen des personnes handicapés brings together various European or global organizations:
- Association international aphasia (AIA)
- Association de recherche et de formation sur l'insertion en Europe (ARFIE), based in Bettange-sur-Mess, Luxembourg
- Confederation of european social firms, employment initiatives and social co-operatives (CEFEC), based in Athens, Greece
- Design for all Europe (EIDD) based in Ireland
- Eucrea International (Europe Créative) based in Brussels, Belgium
- Confédération européenne des laryngectomisés - European Confederation of Laryngectomees (CEL)
- European Federation of Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis Associations (EFCCA)
- European Federation of Associations of Families of People with Mental Illness (EUFAMI), European federation of organizations for relatives of the mentally ill
- European Haemophilia Consortium (EHC)
- European Multiple Sclerosis Platform (EMSP) based in Brussels, Belgium
- European Paralympic Committee (EPC) headquartered in Vienna, Austria
- European Parkinson's Disease Association (EPDA) based in Sevenoaks, Kent, UK
- European Spinal Cord Injury Federation (ESCIF) based in Nottwil, Switzerland
- European Society for Mental Health and Deafness (ESMHD), European Society for Mental Health and Deafness
- European Union of Supported Employment (EUSE)
- Mental Health Europe - Santé Mentale Europe (MHE-SME)
- Rehabilitation International - Europe (RI-Europe)
- Workability Europe (WE) based in Brussels, Belgium
The above organization is not affiliated with
National umbrella organizations
In order to be heard in the political process, the disability organizations have come together to form umbrella organizations, in particular
Germany (selection)
- General Association of the Disabled in Germany ABiD
- Federal working group self-help
- Federal Association of Workshops for Disabled People V. , BAG WfbM
- Federal Association of Caritas Disability Aid and Psychiatry CBP
- Federal Association for the Physically and Multiple Disabled BvKM
- Federal Association of Psychiatry Experienced Bpe
- Federal Association of Self-Help for the Physically Disabled BSK
- German Multiple Sclerosis Society DMSG
- German Rheumatism League
- German Disability Council
- German Disabled Sports Association DBS
- German Association of the Blind and Visually Impaired
- German Association of the Deaf
- Simply together eV
- Fördergemeinschaft der paraplegten Deutschlands e. V. (FGQ)
- ForseA e. V.
- Social Association Germany SoVD
- Integ-Jugend Youth Association of the SOViD
- Social Association VdK
- MyHandicap Foundation
In addition, there are numerous associations at regional and state level such as B. the Hamburg State Working Group for Disabled People e. V.
Switzerland (selection)
- AGILE Disabled Self-Help Switzerland
- Autism Forum Switzerland
- Inclusion Handicap - umbrella organization for disabled people's organizations in Switzerland
- Procap - largest self-help organization
- Pro Infirmis - umbrella association of Swiss specialist aid organizations
- Swiss Paraplegic Association - umbrella organization for paraplegics
- Center for Self-Determined Living Switzerland - Swiss Self-Determined Life Movement
France
- Association des accidents de la vie (FNATH)
- Association des paralysés de France (APF)
- Association pour adultes et jeunes handicapés (APAJH)
- Fédération française des associations d'infirmes moteurs cérébraux (FFAIMC)
- Groupement pour l'insertion des handicapés physiques (GIHP)
- Union nationale des associations de parents de personnes handicapés mentales et de leurs amis (UNAPEI)
Austria
- Youth at work
- Lebenshilfe Austria
- Austrian Working Group for Rehabilitation , umbrella organization of the Austrian Disability Associations (ÖAR)
- Austrian Civil Disabled Association (ÖZIV)
Federal professional associations for the disabled in Germany
- German Disability Aid - Aktion Mensch e. V.
- Federal Association of Protestant Disability Aid e. V. (BeB)
- Lebenshilfe : Bundesvereinigung Lebenshilfe for people with intellectual disabilities e. V. (BVLH)
- Caritas Disability Aid and Psychiatry e. V. (CBP)