Services for Students with Disabilities - Student Manual

Other Resources

There are a number of organizations, public and private, non-profit and otherwise, that serve persons with disabilities. A brief list of resources is provided; however, it would be beneficial to any individual with a disability to contact these and other organizations that can offer services.

General Information

Association for Higher Education And Disability (AHEAD) - (614) 488-7972 (Voice/TDD)
HEATH Resource Center - (800) 544-3284 (Voice/TDD)
The Family Village – a website maintained by the University of Wisconsin.
http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/index.html

Chronic Health Impairment

Arthritis Foundation
1330 West Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30309

AIDS Action Council
2033 M Street, NW, Suite 802
Washington, D.C. 20036

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
6931 Arlington Rd.
Bethesda, MD 20814

American Diabetes Association
1660 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314

Epilepsy Foundation of America
4351 Garden City Dr.
Landover, MD 20785

National Kidney Foundation of Louisiana
8200 Hampson St., Ste. 425
New Orleans, LA 70118

United Cerebral Palsy Association
1660 L Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036

Hearing Impairment

American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association P.O. Box 25154 Little Rock, AR 72225	Deaf Action Center of NW Louisiana 601 Jordan Street Shreveport, LA 71101
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf 4217 Volta Place NW Washington, DC. 20007	National Captioning Institute 5203 Leesburg Pike, Suite 1500 Falls Church, VA 22041
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association 10801 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852	Self-Help for Hard of Hearing People, Inc. 7800 Wisconsin Ave. Bethesda, MD 20814

Learning Disabilities

Council for Learning Disabilties P.O. Box 40303 Overland Park, KS 66204	Learning Disabilities Network 25 Accord Park Dr. Rockland, MA 02370

Learning Disabilities Association 4156 Library Rd. Pittsburgh, PA 15234	National Center for Learning Disabilities 99 Park Ave., 6th Floor New York, New York 10016

Center on Postsecondary Education for Students with Learning Disabilities University of Connecticut, U-64 249 Glenbrook Rd. Storrs, CT 06269

Mobility Impairments

American Amputee Foundation 2506 Riverfront Dr., #3 Little Rock, AR 72202	National Head Injury Foundation 1140 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 812 Washington, D.C. 20036

Gazette International Networking Institute 4506 Maryland Ave. St. Louis, MO 63108	National Spinal Cord Injury Association 600 W. Cummings Park, Suite 2000 Woburn, MA 01801

RTA: The LIFT Handicapped Service 2817 Canal St. New Orleans, LA 70119

Psychological Impairment

Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation Boston University 930 Commonwealth Ave. Boston, MA 02215	National Mental Health Consumer Self-Help Clearinghouse 311 S. Juniper St., Suite 902 Philadelphia, PA 19107

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill 2101 Wilson Blvd., Suite 302 Arlington, VA 22201	National Mental Health Association 1021 Prince St. Alexandria, VA 22314

Visual Impairments

American Council for the Blind 1155 15th St., MW, Suite 720 Washington, D.C. 20005	American Printing House for the Blind, Inc. 1839 Frankfort Ave. P.O. Box 6085 Louisville, KY 40206

American Foundation for the Blind 15 W. 16th Street New York, New York 10011	National Alliance of Blind Students 1155 15th St., NW, Suite 720 Washington, D.C. 20005

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