INFORMATION ON SPECIFIC DISABILITIES
ADD/ADHD
Anxiety Disorder
Autism Spectrum
Bipolar Disorder
Central Auditory Processing Disorder
Deafness and Hearing Impairment
Down Syndrome
Dyslexia
Epilepsy
Mental Illness
Nonverbal Learning Disability
Sensory Integration
Tourette Syndrome
ADD/ADHD
Local Resources
CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder)
The nation's leading non-profit organization serving individuals with AD/HD and their
families.
Local group meets in Wayland
http://www.chadd.net/template.cfm?affid=467&p=about
Dore Clinic
Drug free treatment for ADHD, ADD, Dyslexia and Dyspraxia
http://www.doreusa.com
National resources
American Academy of Pediatrics:
http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics%3b105/5/1158
Autism Spectrum:
Local resources
Family Autism Center,
789 Clapboard tree St, Westwood, MA 02090 http://www.sncarc.org/FAC.htm
Asperger’s Association of New England, Watertown, MA;
617-527-2894 phone consultation, referrals, seminars aane.autistics.org
National resources
Autism Speaks
www.autismspeaks.com
Asperger Syndrome Coalition of the US
www.asperger.org
Autism Society of America
www.autism-society.org
Center for the Study of Autism
www.autism.org
CAN: Cure Autism Now
www.cureautismnow.org
Families for Early Autism Treatment
www.feat.org
Bipolar Disorder
Children and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation
www.bpkids.org
The Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation
http://www.jbrf.org/
Central Auditory Processing Disorder
National Coalition on Auditory Processing Disorders, Inc.
http://www.ncapd.org/php/
Deafness and Hearing Impairment
NIDCD: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
www.nidcd.nih.gov
Down Syndrome
Local resources
T.H.R.E.A.D.S
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/T-H-R-E-A-D-S
Together Helping Raise, Educate and Advocate for Down Syndrome
Every Second tuesday of the month 6:30pm
Middleboro Elks Club
24 High Street
Middleboro, MA
Contacts:
Lauren Cogswell email: Wingnut1974@comcast.net
Pam Caffrey email: Pamela.Caffrey@comcast.net
National and State resources
National Down Syndrome Society; 212-460-9330
Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress; 1-800-664-MDSC
www.ndss.org
Dyslexia
International Dyslexia Association; 410-296-0232
www.interdys.org
Epilepsy
Local resources
The Epilepsy Foundation of Massachusetts and Rhode Island
http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/local/massri/index.cfm
National resources
http://www.epilepsy.com/
Mental Illness
National resources
NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill); 800-950-NAMI [6264]
www.nami.org
NIMH: National Institute of Mental Health
www.nimh.nih.gov
Mental Retardation
Local resources
Charles River Arc; 800-433-5255 services to families
www.crarc.org
Best Buddies; 617-597-0029
www.bestbuddies.org
Nonverbal Learning Disability
Local resources
(TAWK) Talking as a Way of Learning Natick, MA
local NLD listserv and support group
www.nldsupport.org
National resources
NLDline
www.nldline.com
NLD on the Web
www.nldontheweb.org
Sensory Integration
S.I. Network: Sensory Integration ResourceNetwork
www.sinetwork.org
Tourette Syndrome
Local resources
Tourette Syndrome Association of Massachusetts
(Taunton) 617-277-7589
website : www.tsa-ma.org
e-mail : info@tsa-ma.org
National resources
Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc
42-40 Bell Blvd., Suite 205
Bayside, NY 11361-2820
718-224-2999
www.tsa-usa.org
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