BUILDING COMMUNITY FOR ALL
Home and community-based services are the key for people with disabilities.
Our Mission
Promoting and protecting the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and actively supporting their full inclusion and participation in the community throughout their lifetimes.
Our Impact
With your help, we are working every day to build a future of inclusive work, play, worship, community, travel, and more.
600+
LOCAL CHAPTERS
69 Years
DRIVING CHANGE AND PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
1,000+
NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
What We Do
Link to: Policy & Advocacy
PUBLIC POLICY
A strong presence at the local, state, and national legislative levels
Link to: Grassroots
GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY
Transforming legislation and numbers into real-life impact
Link to: OUR INITIATIVES
OUR INITIATIVES
Innovative programs on almost every aspect of community life
Link to: Find A Chapter
OUR NETWORK
Hundreds of state & local chapters in communities across the US
Link to: Events
ANNUAL EVENTS
Meet others from across the US and strengthen your work
Link to: Find Resources
RESOURCES
Fact sheets, webinars, toolkits, and more on a variety of topics
Tell Congress to Support a Historic Investment in Disability Services
For years, the service system that people with IDD and their families rely on has needed an update. Now, the Administration has proposed a historic investment in disability services as a part of a COVID-19 economic recovery. Tell Congress to provide funding to reduce waiting lists, increase direct support wages, and eliminate gaps in service.
Registration Open: 2021 National Convention
Our 2021 National Convention will both honor the struggles of the past year and renew our hope as we look to the future of the disability rights movement. The event will feature dozens of speakers from across the disability sector, including family members and advocates, policy experts, and innovators. See what our sponsors have to offer.
Join Our Fight for Equal Rights for All
The Arc fights every day to protect civil rights and access to vital programs, such as Medicaid, for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). But we can’t do it alone! We need the help of people with I/DD, their families, and allies of the cause.
Sign up today to receive updates on our movement, take action, and make a difference in the lives of people with disabilities.
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The Arc promotes and protects the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and actively supports their full inclusion and participation in the community throughout their lifetimes.
