Disability-Specific Organizations
Attention Deficit Disorder
To identify an ADD group in your state or locality,
contact either:
Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
8181 Professional Place, Suite 201
Landover, MD 20785
(301) 306-7070
(800) 233-4050 (Voice mail to request information packet)
Web: www.chadd.org <http://www.chadd.org>
Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
P.O. Box 543
Pottstown, PA 19464
(484) 945-2101
E-mail: mail@add.org <mailto:mail@add.org>
Web:
www.add.org <http://www.add.org>
Autism
To identify an autism group in your
state, contact:
Autism Society of America
7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 300
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 657-0881; (800) 3-AUTISM
Web:
www.autism-society.org <http://www.autism-society.org>
Blind/Visual Impairments
Gil Johnson, Director
American Foundation for the Blind - West
111 Pine Street, Suite 725
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 392-4845
E-mail: sanfran@afb.net <mailto:sanfran@afb.net>
Web:
www.afb.org <http://www.afb.org>
Scott Birdwell, Marketing & Communications
Assistant
Community Services for the Blind & partially Sighted
9709 Third Avenue N.E., Suite 100
Seattle, WA 98115-2027
(206) 525-5556, ext. 208
Web: www.csbps.com <http://www.csbps.com>
Web:
www.sightconnection.com <http://www.sightconnection.com>
(Adaptive Aids Store)
Brain Injury
Brain Injury Association of Washington
16315 N.E. 87th Street, Suite B-4
Redmond, WA 98052-3537
(425) 895-0047; (800) 523-5438 (in WA)
E-mail: biawa@biawa.org <mailto:biawa@biawa.org>
Web:
www.biawa.org <http://www.biawa.org>
Wanda Godin
Head Injury Support Group
St. Peter Hospital
413 Lilly Road N.E.
Olympia, WA 98506
Developmental Disabilities/Mental Retardation
Susan Atkins and Sue Elliott, Co-Directors
Family Educator Partnership Project
The Arc of Washington State
2600 Martin Way East, Suite D
Olympia, WA 98506
(360) 357-3279; (888) 754-8798 (in WA)
E-mail: info@arcwa.org <mailto:info@arcwa.org>
Web:
www.arcwa.org <http://www.arcwa.org>
Michael Hatzenbeler, CEO
PROVAIL
3670 Stoneway North
Seattle, WA 98103
(206) 363-7303; (206) 440-2206 (TTY)
Web: www.provail.org <http://www.provail.org>
Epilepsy
Joel Neier, Executive Director
Epilepsy Foundation of Washington
3800 Aurora Avenue North
Suite 370
Seattle, WA 98103
(206) 547-4551; (800) 752-3509
E-mail: mail@epilepsywa.org
<mailto:mail@epilepsywa.org>
Web:
www.epilepsywa.org <http://www.epilepsywa.org>
Learning Disabilities
Lee Kueckelhan, President
Learning Disabilities Association of Washington
7819 159th Place N.E.
Redmond, WA 98052-7301
(425) 882-0792; (800) 536-2343 (Information and referral, in WA)
(425) 882-0820 (Business Line)
Web: www.ldawa.org <http://www.ldawa.org>
Speech and Hearing
Jennette Barrow, President
Washington Speech-Language-Hearing Association
2150 N. 107th Street, Suite 204
Seattle, WA 98133-9009
(206) 367-8704
E-mail: office@wslha.org
<mailto: office@wslha.org>
Web:
www.wslha.org <http://www.wslha.org>
