ResourceD
ORGANIZATIONS SERVING
PARENTS AND CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS 

In addition to local agencies, the following can offer speakers, advice, publications or filmstrips in their particular fields. In some cases, a state or local office may be found in the yellow pages of the phone book under "Associations".

Closer Look
Box 1492
Washington, D.C. 20013

Closer Look, the National Information Center for the Handicapped, is set up to provide practical advice on how to find educational programs and other kinds of special services for handicapped children and youth. Write indicating what kind of help is being sought. Staff will respond with an information packet that includes background pamphlets, suggestions on steps to take to locate services, facts about laws affecting the handicapped, lists of helpful organizations, suggested reading, and other down-to-earth information.
 

HEARING AND LANGUAGE DIFFICULTIES

National Association of the Deaf
814 Thayer Avenue
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
(301) 587-1788

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf
317 Volta Place, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20007
(202) 337-5220

Speech Rehabilitation Institute
61 Irving Place
New York, New York 10003

National Association of Hearing and Speech Agencies
919 18th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20014
(202) 295-3844
 

PHYSICAL HANDICAPS

American Heart Association
44 E. 23rd Street
New York, New York 10010

Epilepsy Foundation of America
1828 L Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036

Muscular Dystrophy Association of America
1700 Broadway
New York, New York 10019
(212) 586-0808

National Easter Seal Society for Crippled Children and Adults
2023 W. Odgen Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60612
(312) 243-8400

National Multiple Sclerosis Society
257 Park Avenue South
New York, New York 10010
(212) 674-4100

United Cerebral Palsy Association, Inc.
66 E. 34th Street
New York, New York 10016
(212) 889-6655

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
202 E. 44th Street
New York, New York 10017

National Paraplegia Foundation
333 N. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60601
 

EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS, LEARNING
DISABILITIES AND MENTAL
RETARDATION

National Association for Mental Health
1800 N. Kent Street
Arlington, Virginia 22209

National Association for Retarded Children
2709 Avenue E
East Arlington, Texas 76011

National Society for Autistic Children
64 Central Avenue
Albany, New York 12206

Association for Children with Learning Disabilities
2200 Browsville Road
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania 15210

Family Service Association of America
44 E. 23rd Street
New York City 10010

League of Emotionally Disturbed Children
171 Madison Avenue
New York City 10017
 

BLINDNESS AND VISUAL PROBLEMS

National Society for the Prevention of the Blindness, Inc.
79 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10011

American Foundation for the Blind
1511 K Street, N.W., Suite 637
Washington, D.C. 20005
(202) 347-1559

American Printing House for the Blind
1839 Frankford Avenue
Louisville, Kentucky 40206

SPECIAL PARENT NEEDS

The American Humane Association, Children's Division
Box 1266
Denver, Colorado 80201

Ask for the association's publication on child protection (request price list).

La leche league International, Inc.
9616 Minneapolis Avenue
Franklin Park, Illinois 60131
(312)445-7730

National Alliance Concerned with School-Age Parents
7315 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, Maryland
(301)645-2335

The National Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect
University of Colorado Medical Center
1001 Jasmine
Denver, Colorado 80220

National Mothers of Twins Club
612 Wallace Drive
WAyne, Pennsylvania 19087

NIMH Communications Center
Rockville, Matyland 20852

Ask for selected references on child abuse and neglect.

Parents Anonymous
2810 Artesia Blvd.
Redondo Beach, California 90287
(800)421-0353 (toll free number)

Parents without Partners, Inc.
7910 Woodmount Avenue
Washington, D.C. 20014

Widowed, Inc.
1406 Spring Rock
Houston, Texas 77055
 

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