Overview
The Arc was built as a grassroots organization around kitchen tables, as individuals with disabilities and their families organized and fought for their rights and full inclusion in the community. Today, advocates across the country continue to advocate and share stories about what it means to live every day with a disability and what is possible with proper supports and services. Their stories and activism transform legislation and numbers into real-life impact. Through them, the mission of The Arc comes to life and demonstrates the importance of building a future that includes us all.
Tell Congress: Care Can’t Wait!
Support for people with disabilities and older adults who need assistance with everyday activities can be unpredictable, unaffordable, and often unavailable. Too many families are at a breaking point because of severe underfunding in care programs—and it’s time for a long-overdue investment in these supports and services!
How You Can Help
Join us as we build a larger, stronger movement of people with disabilities, parents, siblings, and allies to advocate for our civil rights. We can’t do it without you!
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DONATE
Protect critical programs and services by supporting our advocacy efforts.
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SHARE YOUR STORY
Use our toolkit to help raise awareness and change policy for people with disabilities.
Engage With Your Elected Officials
Sharing your point of view with your members of Congress is an important part of our democracy. There are important issues at stake, and it’s their job to represent you. Members of Congress need to hear directly from their constituents on how programs and laws make a difference and that they should be preserved, not cut.
Storytelling Toolkit for Advocates
Your life and experiences are powerful and valuable. Sharing your story can change people’s hearts and minds. This toolkit will help you create and share your stories to raise awareness about an issue, encourage elected officials to change laws or policies, ask people to support changes you want to make in your life, and more.
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.
