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Advocacy Organizations

ANGELMAN SYNDROME

Angelman Syndrome Foundation

3015 E. New York Street, Suite A2265

Aurora, IL 60504

1-800-432-6435

http://www.angelman.org/angel/

ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER

National Resource Center on AD/HD

A Program of CHADD

8181 Professional Place, Suite 150

Landover, MD 20785

800-233-4050

http://www.help4adhd.org/

Attention Deficit Disorder Association

15000 Commerce Parkway, Suite C
Mount Laurel, NJ 08054

856-439-9099

http://www.add.org/

AUTISM

Autism Society of America

7910 Woodmont Ave., Suite 300

Bethesda, MD 20814-3067

(301) 657-0881

http://www.autism-society.org/

Autism Society of Connecticut (ASCONN)

207 Metacomet Drive

Meriden, CT 06450

(203) 235-7629

http://www.autismsocietyofct.org/

Autism Speaks

2 Park Avenue, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Phone: (212) 252-8584

http://www.autismspeaks.org/

PDD/Asperger Support Group of Fairfield County

60 Lealand Street

Bridgeport, CT 06606

(203) 374-5111

http://www.pddaspergersupportct.org/

CEREBRAL PALSY

United Cerebral Palsy

1660 L Street, NW

Suite 700

Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (800) 872-5827

http://www.ucp.org/

American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM)

555 E. Wells Street, Ste 1100
Milwaukee, WI 53202

(414) 918-3014

http://www.aacpdm.org/

DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL RETARDATION (DMR)

State Department of Connecticut/DMR

Department of Mental Retardation

460 Capitol Ave.

Hartford, CT 06106

(860) 418-6000

http://www.dmr.state.ct.us/

DYSLEXIA

International Dyslexia Association (IDA)

Chester Building Suite 382

8600 LaSalle Road

Baltimore, Maryland 21286-2044

(410) 296-0232

http://www.interdys.org/

DYSTROPHIC EPIDEMOLYSIS BULLOSA

DebRA of America, Inc.

5 West 36th Street
Suite 404
New York, NY 10018
Tel: (212) 868-1573

http://www.debra.org/

DOWN SYNDROME

National Down Syndrome Congress (NDSC)

1370 Center Drive, Suite 102
Atlanta, GA 30338
800.232.NDSC (6372)
http://ndsccenter.org/

National Down Syndrome Society

666 Broadway

New York, NY 10012

800-221-4602

http://www.ndss.org/

EPILEPSY

American Epilepsy Society

342 North Main Street
West Hartford, CT 06117

860.586.7505

http://www.aesnet.org/

Epilepsy Foundation

8301 Professional Place Landover

MD 20785-7223

(800) 332-1000

http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/

HEARING IMPAIRMENTS

National Center for Stuttering

1-800 221-2483

http://www.stuttering.com/

National Association of the Deaf

8630 Fenton Street, Suite 820

Silver Spring, MD 20910-3819
301-587-1788
http://www.nad.org/

INTEREST GROUPS

Council for Exceptional Children

1110 North Glen Rd, Suite 300

Arlington, VA 22201

800 224-6830

http://www.cec.sped.org/

LEARNING DISABILITIES

The Connecticut Association for Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities (CACLD)

25 Van Zant Street, Suite 15-5

East Norwalk, CT 06855-1719

(203) 838-5010

http://www.cacld.org/

Council for Learning Disabilities (CLD)

PO Box 4014

Leesburg, VA 20177

(571) 258-1010

http://www.cldinternational.org/home.asp

Learning Disabilities Association (LDA)

4156 Library Rd

Pittsburgh, PA 15234

(412) 341-1515

http://www.ldaamerica.org/

Learning Disabilities Association of Connecticut

999 Asylum Ave. 5^th Floor

Hartford, CT 06105

(860) 560-1711

http://www.ldact.org/

National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD)

381 Park Ave. South, Suite 1420

New York, NY 10016

(212) 545-7510

http://www.ncld.org/

Nonverbal Learning Disorders Association (NLDA)

2446 Albany Ave

West Hartford, CT 06117

(860) 570-0218

http://www.nlda.org/

SPEECH IMPAIRMENTS

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

10801 Rockville Pike
Rockville, Maryland 20852

(800) 638-8255

http://www.greenwichschools.org/www.asha.org

National Center for Stuttering

1-800 221-2483

http://www.stuttering.com/

SPINA BIFIDA

Spina Bifida Association of America

4590 MacArthur Blvd., NW, Suite 250
Washington, DC 20007-4226

(800) 621-3141

www.sbaa.org

TURNER SYNDROME

Turner Syndrome Society of the United States

14450 TC Jester

Suite 260

Houston TX 77014

800-365-9944
http://www.turnersyndrome.org/

VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS

American Council of the Blind

1155 15th Street NW
Suite 1004
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 467-5081

http://www.acb.org/

American Foundation for the Blind

AFB Headquarters
11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300
New York, NY 10001
(212) 502-7600
http://www.greenwichschools.org/www.afb.org

DB-LINK (Deaf-Blindness)

Teaching Research
345 N. Monmouth Ave.
Monmouth, OR 97361

800.438.9376

http://dblink.org/

National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS)

Library of Congress
Washington, DC 20542

(202) 707-5100

http://www.loc.gov/nls/

The New York Institute for Special Education, Blindness Resource Center

999 Pelham Parkway
Bronx, New York 10469 USA
Phone: (718) 519-7000 Ext

http://www.greenwichschools.org/www.nyise.org/bllind.htm

Greenwich High School

10 Hillside Road, Greenwich, CT 06830