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Disability Rights Advocacy & Self-Advocacy Empowerment

Every indexed organization working in the activity groups below — who they are, where they operate, and the approaches they share.

01 Disability Rights Advocacy & Self-Advocacy Empowerment · 240 activities edit slice
180
orgs
240
activities
85
strategies
NY
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 180 organizations and 240 activities — YAD HACHAZAKAH - THE JEWISH DISABILITY EMPOWERMENT CENTER, RI Foundation, Center for Self Advocacy, NEW YORK STATE INDEPENDENT LIVING COUNCIL and others. Activity concentrates in New York (100%). The field's most common shared approach is "Consumer-Controlled Model", run by 39 orgs.
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Shortlist

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where this slice is thin

Gap signals

Concrete structural gaps — method mix, geographic concentration, coalition density, funder diversity. Evidence is cited from the slice's own numbers.

where the field lives · works

Geography

Orange headquarters dots are sized by how many grantees are based in the state. Green circles mark real locations these orgs say they serve — from city-level populations in this slice's impact_map_populations data. Toggle layers at the bottom right.

regional breakdown · hq density
New York 100% · 180 orgs
who's here

Organizations in this field · 180

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direct service advocacy research capacity building
where the money comes from

Funders already active in this field

Funders named as a funding source on these orgs' own materials. The count is the number of orgs in this slice that cite them — higher means a funder with demonstrable commitment to the field.

Medicaid 18
Government
OPWDD 11
Government
New York State Department of Health 7
Government
New York State Education Department 5
Government
ACCES-VR 4
Government
Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) 4
Government
New York State 3
Government
New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) 3
Government
United Nations 3
Government
New York State Commission for the Blind 2
Government
New York State Education Department (NYSED) 2
Government
New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) 2
Government
New York State Office of Mental Health 2
Government
Social Security Administration 2
Government
how the field thinks

Strategies in this slice

Theories of action extracted from the orgs in this slice. The count is how many orgs cite each one — a strategy run by many orgs in common is a through-line; one cited by a single org is still surfaced so the reader can gauge the full spread.

Consumer-Controlled Model 39 orgs
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BL…NEW YORK STATE INDEPENDENT LI…NORTHERN REGIONAL CENTER FOR …TACONIC RESOURCES FOR INDEPEN…
Person-Centered Planning 34 orgs
GENERAL HUMAN OUTREACH IN THE…GENESEE-LIVINGSTON-ORLEANS-WY…IN FLIGHT INCTHE CENTER FOR FAMILY SUPPORT…
Self-Directed Support Model 11 orgs
ALLEGANY-STEUBEN COUNTIES CHA…DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AL…GLENS FALLS INDEPENDENT LIVIN…RESOURCE CENTER FOR INDEPENDE…
Family and Peer Empowerment 8 orgs
AUTISM SOCIETY OF AMERICA NAS…PERSON CENTERED CARE SERVICES…QSAC INCTACONIC RESOURCES FOR INDEPEN…
Community-Led Systems Change 7 orgs
ALLIANCE OF RESIDENT THEATRES…Center for Self Advocacy IncPROJECT GUARDIANSHIP INCUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF
Empowerment Through Lived Experience 5 orgs
LONG ISLAND CENTER FOR INDEPE…NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BL…THE GLOBAL AND REGIONAL ASPER…VISION WITHOUT BARRIERS INC
Inclusive Design for Belonging 5 orgs
ALBANY AUTISM SOCIETY INCAUTISTIC ADULTS NYC INCNATIONAL ORGANIZATION ON DISA…TEAM PERI FOUNDATION INC
Inclusive Immersion Model 4 orgs
AUTISM SOCIETY OF AMERICA Cen…L'ARCHE SYRACUSE INCMouth to Hand Parent Associat…NYSARC INC MADISON CORTLAND C…
Integrated Care Coordination 4 orgs
ABILITIES FIRST INCBrilliant Divergent Foundatio…CARE MANAGEMENT ALLIANCE OF N…KINEXION INC
Strengths-Based Empowerment 4 orgs
Center for Self Advocacy IncFRANZISKA RACKER CENTERS INCNYSARC INC ROCKLAND COUNTY CH…UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOC C…
where strategy meets practice

Strategies × activity types

How each shared strategy breaks down across the four activity types the orgs running it actually do.

direct service
advocacy
research
capacity building
Consumer-Controlled Model
18
45
5
7
Person-Centered Planning
11
30
4
Self-Directed Support Model
3
12
Family and Peer Empowerment
3
5
1
Community-Led Systems Change
3
7
1
2
Empowerment Through Lived Experience
3
4
1
Inclusive Design for Belonging
2
4
Inclusive Immersion Model
1
3
who works with whom

Named partnerships · coalitions · networks

Entities these orgs explicitly call out as partners, coalition members, or networks — relationships the orgs claim on their own sites.

OPWDD Government
shared by 27 orgs
Facebook Partner
shared by 11 orgs
Medicaid Government
shared by 11 orgs
Office for People with Developmental Disabilities Government
shared by 11 orgs
The Arc New York Network
shared by 11 orgs
ACCES-VR Government
shared by 10 orgs
ACCES-VR Partner
shared by 9 orgs
New York State Government
shared by 9 orgs
New York State Education Department Government
shared by 9 orgs
Social Security Administration Government
shared by 8 orgs
New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities Government
shared by 7 orgs
NYS Office for People with Developmental Disabilities Government
shared by 6 orgs
United Nations Government
shared by 6 orgs
NY Connects Network
shared by 5 orgs
New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities Government
shared by 5 orgs
United Nations Partner
shared by 5 orgs