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NATIONAL TOLL-FREE NUMBERS The following is a selected list of toll-free numbers for national organizations concerned with disability and children's issues. There are also many national disability organizations providing services and information which do not have toll-free numbers. Note:
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA) Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund ADA Technical
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Job Accommodation Network
U.S. Architectural and Transportation Barriers
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY/DEVICES AbleNet
Apple Office for Special Education Material
AT&T Accessible Communications Product
IBM Special Needs Information Referral Center
TECHKNOWLEDGE
BLINDNESS/VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS American Council of the Blind
American Foundation for the Blind
Blind Children's Center
Hadley School for the Blind
Job Opportunities for the Blind
Lighthouse National Center for Vision and
National Association of Parents of the
National Society to Prevent Blindness
Recording for the Blind
The Foundation Fighting Blindness
BURNS Phoenix Society
CANCER Cancer Information and Counseling Line
Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation
National Cancer Information Service
CHILD ABUSE Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and
National Resource Center on Child Sexual Abuse
COMMUNICATION DISORDERS National Institute on Deafness and Other
CRANIOFACIAL SYNDROMES Children's Craniofacial Association
FACES -- National Association for the Craniofacially Handicapped
DEAFNESS/HEARING IMPAIRMENTS American Society for Deaf Children
Better Hearing Institute
Deafness Research Foundation
Hear Now
John Tracy Clinic
National Hearing Aid Society
National Institute on Deafness and Other
TRIPOD (Information for parents of deaf
DISABILITY AWARENESS Kids on the Block
EDUCATION American Association for Vocational Instructional Materials
Association for Childhood Education International
National Center for Research in Vocational
National Center for School Leadership
U.S. Office of Educational Research and
EMPLOYMENT Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Job Accommodation Network
Job Opportunities for the Blind
FINANCIAL COUNSELING National Foundation for Consumer Credit
HOSPICE Children's Hospice International
HOSPICELINK
INFORMATION SERVICES ABLEDATA/National Rehabilitation
ACCESS ERIC
BRS Information Technologies
National Easter Seal Society
National Information Center for Children
National Information Clearinghouse for Infants with Disabilities
ODPHP National Health Information Center
Office of Minority Health Resource Center
LITERACY National Literacy Hotline
MEDICAL/HEALTH DISORDERS American Association of Kidney Patients
American Brain Tumor Association
American Diabetes Association
American Kidney Fund
American Liver Foundation
American Lupus Society
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction
Federal Hill-Burton Free Hospital Care Program
Leukemia Society of America
Lupus Foundation of America
National Association for Sickle Cell Disease
Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children
United Ostomy Association
MENTAL HEALTH National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
National Clearinghouse on Family Support and
National Mental Health Association
MENTAL RETARDATION American Association on Mental Retardation
The Arc
NUTRITION Beech-Nut Nutrition Hotline
Gerber Consumer Information
PHYSICAL DISABILITIES National Spinal Cord Injury Hotline
Human Growth Foundation
Physically Challenged Resource Center
RARE SYNDROMES Alliance of Genetic Support Groups
National Information Center on Orphan Drugs
National Organization for Rare Disorders
RECREATION Adventures in Movement for the
Magic Foundation
North American Riding for the
Sunshine Foundation
REHABILITATION Clearinghouse for Rehabilitation and
National Clearinghouse of Rehabilitation
National Rehabilitation Information
RESPIRATORY DISORDERS National Jewish Center for Immunology and
RESPITE CARE Access to Respite Care and Help (ARCH)
RURAL ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools
Rural Institute on Disabilities (Montana Univ.
SPECIFIC DISABILITIES Attention Deficit Disorder Association
Cleft Palate Foundation
Cooley's Anemia Foundation
Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Foundation
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Epilepsy Foundation of America
National Down Syndrome Congress
National Down Syndrome Society
National Fragile X Foundation
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation
National Reye's Syndrome Foundation
National Tuberous Sclerosis Association
Orton Dyslexia Society
Prader-Willi Syndrome Association 1(800) 926-4797 (V) Spina Bifida Associations of America
Stuttering Foundation of America
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Alliance
Tourette Syndrome Association
United Cerebral Palsy Associations
United Leukodystrophy Foundation
United Scleroderma Foundation
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME (SSI) Social Security Administration
TRAUMA American Trauma Society
National Brain Injury Association
National Spinal Cord Injury Association
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