The name of the incorporated Association is the National Ethnic Disability Alliance Incorporated (NEDA).

NEDA is the national consumer-based peak body for people from a non-English speaking background (CaLD/NESB) with disability, their families and carers.

The founding members of NEDA were: Action on Disability within Ethnic Communities (Victoria), Ethnic Disability Advocacy Centre (Western Australia), Multicultural Advocacy & Liaison Service of South Australia (South Australia) and Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association (New South Wales).