ADA Resources | Disability-Specific Organizations

Attention Deficit Disorder

To identify an ADD group in your state or locality, contact either:

• Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
  8181 Professional Place, Suite 150
  Landover, MD 20785
  Phone:  (301) 306-7070
  Phone:  (800) 233-4050 (Voice mail to request information packet)
  Web: www.chadd.org
  
  
• Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
  P.O. Box 543
  Pottstown, PA 19464-0543
  Phone:  (484) 945-2101
  Web: http://www.add.org
  

Autism

• Autism Society of Florida, Inc.
  P.O. Box 970646
  Coconut Creek, FL 33097
  Phone:  (954) 349-2820
  Web: http://www.autismfl.com
  
  
• Autism Recovery Network
  Holly Bortfeld, President
  E-mail: maximom@yahoo.com
  Web: http://www.autismrecoverynetwork.org/
  
  
• Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (CARD)
  (One of six regional centers for autism and related disabilities)
  University of Florida
  P.O. Box 100234
  Gainesville, FL 32610
  Phone:  (352) 846-2761; (800) 754-5891
  E-mail: card@mbi.ufl.edu
  Web: http://www.card.ufl.edu
  To identify the CARD serving your region, either call the 800 number above, or visit:
  http://www.card.ufl.edu/content/find.php
    

Blind/Visual Impairments

• American Foundation for the Blind-National Literacy Center
  Frances Mary D'Andrea, Director
  100 Peachtree Street, Suite 620
  Atlanta, GA 30303
  Phone:  (404) 525-2303
  E-mail: literacy@afb.net
  Web: http://www.afb.org
  

Brain Injury

• Brain Injury Association of Florida (BIAF)
  Valerie Breen, Executive Director
  North Broward Medical Center
  201 E. Sample Road
  Pompano Beach, FL 33064
  Phone:  (954) 786-2400; Phone:  (800) 992-3442 (in FL)
  E-mail: info@biaf.org
  Web: http://www.biaf.org
  

Cerebral Palsy

• United Cerebral Palsy of Florida
  Gloria Wetherington, President of the Board of Directors
  1830 Buford Court
  Tallahassee, FL 32308
  Phone:  (850) 878-2141
  E-mail: ucpadm@nettally.com
  Web: http://www.sunrisegroup.org
  

Cognitive, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

• ARC/Florida
  John Hall, Executive Director
  2898 Mahan Drive, Suite 1
  Tallahassee, FL 32308
  Phone:  (850) 921-0460
  E-mail: arcofflorida@comcast.net
  Web: http://www.arcflorida.org
  

Down Syndrome

• Broward Gold Coast Down Syndrome Organization
  Diane DeBraga, Director
  10250 NW 53rd St.
  Sunrise, FL 33351
  Phone:  (954) 577-4122
  E-mail: jmaia@aol.com
  Web: http://www.bgcdownsyndrome.org
  
  
• Down Syndrome Association of Central Florida
  Amy Van Bergen, Executive Director
  1137 Edgewater Drive, Suite 101
  Orlando, FL 32804
  Phone:  (407) 540-1121
  E-mail: info@dsacf.org
  Web: http://www.dsacf.org

Epilepsy

• Epilepsy Services Program
  Sheryl Mosley, Program Manager
  Florida Department of Health
  4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin A-18
  Tallahassee, FL 32399-1744
  Phone:  (850) 245-4330, ext. 4366
  E-mail: sheryl_mosley@doh.state.fl.us
  Web: http://www.floridaepilepsy.com
  Web: http://www.doh.state.fl.us/family/epilepsy/index.html
  

Mental Health

• National Alliance on Mental Illness
  Judith Evans, Executive Director
  NAMI-Florida
  1030 E. Lafayette St., Suite 10
  Tallahassee, FL 32301-4587
  Phone:  (850) 671-4445
  E-mail: mailto:Info@namiflorida.org
  Web: http://www.namiflorida.org/
  

Speech and Hearing

• Florida Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (FLASHA)
  Tina Kautter, Executive Director
  222 S. Westmonte Drive #101
  Altamonte Springs, FL 32714
  Phone:  (407) 774-7880; (800) 243-3574
  E-mail: tkautter@kmgnet.com
  Web: http://flasha.org/
  

Spina Bifida

• Nemours Children's Clinic
  Spina Bifida Program
  807 Children's Way
  Jacksonville, FL 32207
  Phone: (904) 390-3562
  Web: http://www.nemours.org/