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Disability Resources

Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD)

The Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD) is an international organization promoting excellence through education, communication and training. Founded in 1977, AHEAD addresses the need and concern for upgrading the quality of services and support available to persons with disabilities in higher education.
(614) 488-4972
http://www.ahead.org/

National Health Information Center (NHIC)

The National Health Information Center is a referral service that puts health professionals and consumers who have health questions in touch with those organizations that are best able to provide answers. NHIC maintains an extensive database of resources on virtually all disabling health conditions.
(800) 336-4797
http://nhic-nt.health.org/

National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC)

Complete literature collection, including commercially published books, journal articles, and audiovisuals, averages around 200 new documents per month. Serves anyone, professional or lay person, who is interested in disability and rehabilitation, including consumers, and family members.
http://www.naric.com/

More Resources

Organization
Phone Number
Web site
Alzheimer’s Association (800) 272-3900 www.alz.org
American Association on Mental Retardation (800) 424-3688 www.aamr.org
American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (800) 598-4668 www.aarda.org
American Cancer Society (800) 227-2345 www.cancer.org
American Council for the Blind (800) 424-8666 www.acb.org
American Diabetes Association (800) 232-3472 www.diabetes.org
American Foundation for the Blind (800) 232-5463 www.afb.org
American Lung Association (800) 586-4872 www.lungusa.org
American Parkinson’s Disease Association (800) 223-2732 www.apdaparkinson.com
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (800) 638-8255 www.asha.org
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Association (800) 782-4747 www.alsa.org
Arthritis Foundation (800) 283-7800 www.arthritis.org
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (800) 727-8462 www.aafa.org
Autism Society of America (800) 328-8476 www.autism-society.org
Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America (800) 343-3637 www.ccfa.org
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (800) 344-4823 www.cff.org
Epilepsy Foundation of America (800) 332-1000 www.efa.org
Huntington’s Disease Society of America (800) 345-4372 www.hdsa.org
Immune Deficiency Foundation (800) 296-4433 www.primaryimmune.org
International Dyslexia Association (800) 222-3123 www.interdys.org
Learning Disabilities Association of America (888) 300-6710 www.ldanatl.org
Lupus Foundation of America (800) 558-0121 www.lupus.org
Multiple Sclerosis Foundation (800) 441-7055 www.msfacts.org
Muscular Dystrophy Association (800) 572-1717 www.mdausa.org
National AIDS Clearinghouse (800) 342-2437 www.cdcnpin.org
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (800) 950-6264 www.nami.org
National Attention Deficit Disorder Association   www.add.org
National Center for Disability Services (800) 949-4232 www.ncds.org
National Center for Stuttering (800) 221-2483 www.stuttering.com
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (800) 788-2(800) www.health.org
National Down Syndrome Congress (800) 232-6372 www.members.carol.net/ndsc
National Down Syndrome Society (800) 221-4602 www.ndss.org
National Easter Seal Society (800) 221-6827 www.easter-seals.org
National Head Injury Foundation (800) 444-6443 www.nhif.org
National Health Information Center (800) 336-4797 http://nhic-nt.health.org
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (800) 241-1044 www.nih.gov/nidcd
National Institute of Mental Health Information Line (800) 647-2642 nimh.nih.gov
National Kidney Foundation (800) 622-9010 www.kidney.org
National Mental Health Association (800) 969-6642 www.nmha.org
National Neurofibromatosis Foundation (800) 323-7938 www.nf.org
National Organization for Rare Disorders (800) 999-6673 www.rarediseases.org
National Spinal Cord Injury Hotline (800) 526-3456 www.scihotline.org
National Sexually Transmitted Disease Hotline (800) 227-8922 www.ashastd.org
National Stroke Association (800) 787-6537 www.stroke.org
Spina Bifida Association (800) 621-3141 www.sbaa.org
Tourette’s Syndrome Association (800) 237-0717 http://tsa.mgh.harvard.edu
United Cerebral Palsy (800) 872-5827 www.ucpa.org

 

 

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