Monday, April 13, 2026

Top 10 Autism Awareness/Advocacy Organizations and Groups

1. United Nations 

https://docs.un.org/en/A/RES/62/139

2. Institute of Neurodiversity 

https://ioneurodiversity.org/

3. Autism Speaks https://www.autismspeaks.org/

4. The Arc of the United States 

https://thearc.org/

5. The ARC of Tucson https://arcoftucson.org/

6. Autistic Self-Advocacy Network

https://autisticadvocacy.org/

7. Academic Autistic Spectrum Partnership in Research and Education

https://aaspire.org

8. Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee https://iacc.hhs.gov/

9. Association for Autism and Neurodiversity https://aane.org/

10. Autism National Committee 

https://www.autcom.org





Tuesday, April 7, 2026

The ARC of the United States

 Seal of Approval


The ARC of the United States is a Washington D.C. based organization that was started in the 1950s that stands apart from other autism organizations. In 2019, Consumer Reports rated the ARC of the United Stated one of the top organizations under the mental health and disabilities category. The ARC of the United States was originally called the National Association for Retarded Children (NARC). Then changed to National Association for Retarded Citizens. In 1992 the National Association for Retarded Citizens assumed its present name the ARC doing away with the pejorative use of the word retarded. 

The ARC of the United States has over 500 chapters in every state except Maine. The ARC of the United States gets a thumbs up; way up 👍