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# Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities
- URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/consortium-for-constituents-with-disabilities/
- Published: 1999-01-02T14:12:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-08T19:40:33.000Z
- Author: Liam Sturgess
- Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization

The **Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD)** is an American nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C.

## Organization

CCD is a partner of the [Association of University Centers on Disabilities](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Association-of-University-Centers-on-Disabilities) (AUCD).[\[1\]](#fn1)

### Personnel

CCD's personnel is listed on its website.[\[2\]](#fn2)

| Name                 | Position                         | Notes                                                                                               |
| -------------------- | -------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Carol Tyson          | Board Chair                      | Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)                                                |
| Claire Stanley       | Board Vice-Chair                 | American Council of the Blind (ACB)                                                                 |
| Dan Berland          | Treasurer                        | National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS)            |
| Tonia Ferguson       | Secretary                        | Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation (CSAVR)                                |
| Laura Weidner        | Immediate Past Chair             | Epilepsy Foundation                                                                                 |
| Dania Douglas        | At Large Director                | National Health Law Program (NHeLP)                                                                 |
| Vania Leveille       | At Large Director                | American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)                                                               |
| Sarah Malaier        | At Large Director                | American Foundation for the Blind                                                                   |
| Brittany Owens       | At Large Director                | The Arc                                                                                             |
| Germán Parodi        | At Large Director                | Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies                                                       |
| Greg Robinson        | At Large Director                | Autistic Self Advocacy Network                                                                      |
| Wesley Anderson      | Anti-Racism Committee            | National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS)            |
| Sharon daVanport     | Anti-Racism Committee            | Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN)                                                            |
| Morénike Giwa Onaiwu | Anti-Racism Committee            | Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN)                                                            |
| Meghan Ryan          | Anti-Racism Committee            | American Speech-Language-Hearing Association                                                        |
| Gelila Selassie      | Anti-Racism Committee            | Justice in Aging (JIA)                                                                              |
| Ariel Simms          | Anti-Racism Committee            | RespectAbility                                                                                      |
| Nancy Yang           | Anti-Racism Committee            | Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN)                                                            |
| David Goldfarb       | Finance Committee                | The Arc                                                                                             |
| Laura Kaloi          | Finance Committee                | Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools |
| Michael Lewis        | Finance Committee                | Muscular Dystrophy Association                                                                      |
| Swatha Nandhakumar   | Finance Committee                | American Council of the Blind                                                                       |
| Tracey Gronninger    | Membership Committee             | Justice in Aging (JIA)                                                                              |
| Erin Prangley        | Membership Committee             | National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD)                              |
| Alicia Epstein       | Nominations and Bylaws Committee | SourceAmerica                                                                                       |
| Robin Troutman       | Nominations and Bylaws Committee | National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD)                              |

### Members

Current and former member organizations of CCD include:[\[3\]](#fn3)[\[4\]](#fn4)

- AARP Foundation
- Access Ready
- Adapted Physical Activity Council (APAC)
- ADHD Aware
- Advance CLASS
- ADvancing States
- The Advocacy Institute
- Alliance for Expanding America's Workforce (AEAW)
- Alliance for Independence (AFI)
- American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD)
- [American Academy of Pediatrics](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/American-Academy-of-Pediatrics) (AAP)
- American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R)
- American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)
- American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD)
- American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)
- American Bar Association Commission on Disability Rights
- American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
- American Civil Liberties Union Foundation[\[5\]](#fn5)
- American Congress of Community Supports and Employment Services (ACCSES)
- American Council of the Blind (ACB)
- American Council on Rural Special Education (ACRES)
- American Counseling Association (ACA)
- American Dance Therapy Association (ADTA)
- [American Diabetes Association](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/American-Diabetes-Association) (ADA)
- American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
- American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association (AMRPA)
- American Music Therapy Association (AMTA)
- American Network of Community Options and Resources (ANCOR)
- American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)
- American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)
- American Printing House (APH)
- American Psychological Association (APA)
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
- American Therapeutic Recreation Association (ATRA)
- Amputee Coalition of America (ACA)
- ALS Association
- The Arc
- Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA)
- Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI)
- Association of Assistive Technology Act Programs (ATAP)
- Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP)
- Association of People Supporting Employment First (APSE)
- [Association of University Centers on Disabilities](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Association-of-University-Centers-on-Disabilities) (AUCD)
- Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
- Autism National Committee (ANC)
- Autism Society
- Autism Speaks
- Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN)
- Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWNN)
- Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
- Best Buddies[\[6\]](#fn6)
- Brain Injury Alliance of New Jersey
- Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA)
- Caring Across Generations
- Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST)
- Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT)
- Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
- Center for Learner Equality (CLE)
- Center for Medicare Advocacy (CMA)
- Center for Public Representation (CPR)
- Center for Workers with Disabilities (CWD)
- Center for Workforce Development (CWD)
- [Center on Budget and Policy Priorities](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Center-on-Budget-and-Policy-Priorities) (CBPP)
- Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
- Christian Blind Mission (CBM)
- Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation
- Communication 4 ALL
- Communication First
- Community Legal Services (CLS)
- Conference of Educational Administrators of Schools and Programs for the Deaf (CEASD)
- Consortia of Administrators for Native American Rehabilitation[\[7\]](#fn7)
- Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH)
- Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
- Council for Learning Disabilities (CLD)
- Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE)[\[5:1\]](#fn5)
- Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA)
- Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation (CSAVR)
- Cure SMA
- Daniel Jordan Fiddle Association
- Deaf Equality
- Dialysis Patient Citizens (DPC)
- Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)
- Disability Rights Legal Center (DRLC)
- Division for Early Childhood (DEC)
- Division for Learning Disabilities (DLD)
- Easter Seals
- Eggleston
- Epilepsy Foundation
- Family Voices
- Goodwill Industries
- Health & Disability Advocates (HDA)
- Helen Keller National Center (HCNC)
- Higher Education Consortium for Special Education (HECSE)
- Huntington's Disease Society of America (HDSA)
- IDEA Infant and Toddler Coordinators Association (ITCA)
- Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL)
- Institute for Exceptional Care (IEC)
- Jewish Federations of North America
- Justice in Aging (JIA)
- The Kelsey
- Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA)
- Legal Action Center (LAC)
- Lupus Foundation of America (LFA)
- Lutheran Services in America (LSA)
- Madison House Autism Foundation (MHAF)[\[6:1\]](#fn6)
- Mental Health America (MHA)
- Michael J. Fox Foundation[\[5:2\]](#fn5)
- Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA)
- National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA)
- National Adult Day Services Association[\[7:1\]](#fn7)
- National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC)
- National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals (NADSP)
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
- National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH)
- National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (NAAOP)
- National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD)
- National Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability Directors (NACBHDD)
- National Association of Disability Representatives (NADR)
- National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)
- National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS)
- National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE)
- National Association of State Head Injury Administrators (NASHIA)
- National Association of the Deaf (NAD)
- National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD)
- National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools (NCSECS)[\[6:2\]](#fn6)
- National Center on Deafblindness (NCDB)
- National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare
- National Consumer Law Center (NCLC)
- National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare (NCCBH)
- National Council for Mental Wellbeing
- National Council on Aging (NCOA)
- National Council on Independent Living (NCIL)
- National Disability Institute (NDI)
- National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)
- National Down Syndrome Congress (NDSC)
- National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS)
- [National Health Council](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/National-Health-Council)
- National Health Law Program (NHeLP)
- National Industries for the Blind (NIB)
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society
- National Organization of Social Security Claimaints' Representatives (NOSCR)
- National Organization on Disability (NOD)
- National Partnership for Women & Families
- National PLACE
- National PLAN Alliance
- National PTA
- National Respite Coalition
- National Tourette Syndrome Association (NTSA)
- National Women's Law Center (NWLC)
- Pandemic Patients
- Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA)
- Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies
- Perkins School for the Blind
- Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA)
- Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (RAC)
- Research Institute for Independent Living (RIIL)
- RespectAbility
- School Social Work Association of America (SSWAA)
- Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Elders (SAGE)
- SourceAmerica
- Special Needs Alliance (SNA)
- Spina Bifida Association
- TASH
- Teacher Education Division (TED)
- TeachingLD
- Tourette Association of America
- United Cerebral Palsy (UCP)
- United Spinal Association
- United States International Council on Disabilities (USICD)
- Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA)
- Viscardi Center
- VisionServe Alliance
- World Institute on Disability (WID)
- Wounded Warrior Project

## External links

- [OpenCorporates](https://opencorporates.com/companies/us%5Fdc/EXTUID%5F2659927)
- [Website](https://www.c-c-d.org/)

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1. *Partners.* AUCD. Retrieved November 27, 2024, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20241127044322/https://www.aucd.org/partners> [↩︎](#fnref1)
2. *CCD Board of Directors & Committees.* Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities. Retrieved December 15, 2024, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20241214003337/https://www.c-c-d.org/rubriques.php?rubpage=22> [↩︎](#fnref2)
3. *Member Organizations.* Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities. Retrieved December 14, 2024, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20241214003205/https://www.c-c-d.org/rubriques.php?rub=organization.php> [↩︎](#fnref3)
4. *Member Organizations.* Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities. Retrieved September 16, 2013, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20130916143648/http://www.c-c-d.org/rubriques.php?rub=organization.php> [↩︎](#fnref4)
5. *CCD Membership Directory 2017.* (2017, September 5). Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities. <https://web.archive.org/web/20241214235311/https://c-c-d.org/members/CCD-Membership-Directory-2017.pdf> [↩︎](#fnref5) [↩︎](#fnref5:1) [↩︎](#fnref5:2)
6. *CCD Membership Directory 2015.* (2015, November 12). Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities. <https://web.archive.org/web/20160413141925/http://c-c-d.org/members/CCD-Membership-Directory-2015.pdf> [↩︎](#fnref6) [↩︎](#fnref6:1) [↩︎](#fnref6:2)
7. *CCD Membership Directory 2014.* (2014, July 7). Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities. <https://web.archive.org/web/20150426080429/http://www.c-c-d.org/fichiers/new%5FMembership%5FDirectory%5F2014.pdf> [↩︎](#fnref7) [↩︎](#fnref7:1)