Office of Disability Affairs

Illustrated people. A dark-complected person with curly hair is wearing a sweater with a rainbow autism symbol. Another person with dark hair wearing a hijab sips from a mug with a white cane at their side. A light-skinned person with reddish hair and a bionic arm does martial arts. A person with medium-complected in a wheelchair holds a megaphone. A dark-complected person with blue curly hair and a hearing aid smiles as they work. Two lightly-complected people with dark hair sign to each other.

The County of Santa Clara, Office of Disability Affairs (ODA) is part of the Office of County Executive in the Division of Equity and Social Justice. As a local government policy office, ODA works to create bridges to communities in an effort to end ableism in Santa Clara County and influence others to do the same.

Office highlights

Three Black and disabled folx raise fists in front of a white wall. On the left, a non-binary person raises her right fist while holding her cane. On the right, a non-binary person in a power wheelchair and a femme in a folding chair have their left fists up.

County Disability Equity Pledge

Learn about the Disability Inclusion Equity Pledge

We Move Together book cover

We Move Together

View We Move Together – Book trailer

An Indigenous Two-Spirit person and a Black woman face each other and gesture while smiling and speaking into microphones. They are both wearing prosthetic legs.

Disability language: do's and don't

Coming soon