|
Adoption
|
|
|
|
National
Council for Adoption
|
800-862-3678
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Aging
|
|
|
|
Administration
of Aging/Department of Health and Human Services
|
202-401-4634
|
|
|
|
Central
Massachusetts Agency on Aging
|
800-244-3032
|
|
|
|
Eldercare
Locator
|
800-677-1116
|
|
|
|
National
Institute on Aging
|
800-222-2225
|
|
|
|
National
Council of the Aging, Inc.
|
800-824-9046
|
|
|
|
Older
Women's League
|
800-825-3695
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
AIDS
|
|
|
|
AIDS info (http://aidsinfo.nih.gov)
|
800-448-0440
|
|
|
AIDS
Clinical Trials Information Service
|
800-874-2572
|
|
|
|
Committee
of Ten Thousand (AIDS)
|
800-488-2688
|
|
|
|
National
AIDS Clearinghouse
|
800-458-5231
|
|
|
|
TTY/TDD
|
800-243-7012
|
|
|
|
National
AIDS Hotline
|
800-342-2437
|
|
|
|
National
Indian AIDS Hotline
|
800-283-6880
|
|
|
|
Project
Inform
|
800-822-7422
|
|
|
|
Treatment
Information Services
|
800-448-0440
|
|
|
|
TDD
|
800-243-7889
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Alzheimer's Disease
|
|
|
|
Alzheimer's
Association
|
800-272-3900
|
|
|
|
Alzheimer's
Disease Education and Referral Center
|
800-438-4380
|
|
|
|
Alzheimer’s
Foundation of America
|
866-232-8484
|
|
|
|
French
Foundation for Alzheimer Research
|
800-477-2243
|
|
|
|
National
Caregiving Foundation
|
800-930-1357
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Allergy and Asthma
|
|
|
|
American
Academy of Allergy and Immunology
|
800-822-2762
|
|
|
|
Lung
Line Information Service
|
800-222-5864
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Arthritis
|
|
|
|
Arthritis
Foundation Information Line
|
800-283-7800
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Assisted Living
|
|
|
|
|
Assisted
Federation of America
|
703-691-8100
|
|
|
|
Eldercare Locator
|
800-677-1116
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Autism
|
|
|
|
Autism
Society of America
|
800-328-8476
|
|
|
|
Back Injury, Prevention of
|
|
|
American Academy of Orthopaedic
Surgeons
|
847-823-7186
|
|
|
|
|
Batten Disease
|
|
|
Batten
Disease Support and Research Association
|
800-448-4570
|
|
|
|
|
Blind
|
|
|
American
Council for the Blind
|
800-424-8666
|
|
American
Foundation for the Blind, Inc.
|
800-232-5463
|
|
Guide
Dog Foundation for the Blind
|
800-548-4337
|
|
Lighthouse Center for Vision and Aging
|
800-334-5497
|
|
National
Association for Parents of the Visually Impaired
|
800-562-6265
|
|
National Center for Sight
|
800-221-3004
|
|
National
Eye Research Foundation
|
847-564-4652
|
|
Prevent
Blindness America
|
800-331-2020
|
|
|
|
|
Brain Tumor
|
|
|
American
Brain Tumor Association
|
800-886-2282
|
|
Children’s
Brain Tumor Foundation
|
866-228-4673
|
|
National
Brain Tumor Society
|
800-934-2873
|
|
|
|
|
Breastfeeding
|
|
|
La Leche League International
|
800-525-3243
|
|
Cancer
|
|
|
American
Cancer Society Cancer Response Line
|
800-227-2345
|
|
American
Institute for Cancer Research
|
800-843-8114
|
|
Cancer
Care Inc.
|
800-813-4673
|
|
Cancer
Help Line
|
800-862-2215
|
|
Cancer
Hope Network
|
877-467-3638
|
|
Cancer
Information Service
|
800-422-6237
|
|
Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation
|
800-366-2223
|
|
Chemocare (Cancer)
|
800-552-4366
|
|
National
Cancer Institute (Cancer Information Service)
|
800-422-6237
|
|
National
Children's Cancer Society
|
800-532-6459
|
|
Us
Too (Prostate Cancer)
|
800-242-2383
|
|
Y-Me
National Organization
for Breast Cancer Information and Support
|
800-221-2141
|
|
|
|
|
Caregiving
|
|
|
National Caregivers Alliance
|
800-445-8106
|
|
National
Caregiving Foundation
|
800-930-1357
|
|
National
Family Caregivers Association
|
800-896-3650
|
|
|
|
|
Care Managers
|
|
|
National
Association of Professional
Geriatric Care Managers
|
520-881-8008
|
|
|
|
|
Cerebral Palsy
|
|
|
United
Cerebral Palsy Association, Inc.
|
800-872-5827
|
|
|
|
|
Children
|
|
|
Boys & Girls Hotline
|
800-448-3000
|
|
Cancer
Hope Network
|
877-467-3638
|
|
Cystic
Fibrosis Foundation
|
800-344-4823
|
|
Father
Flanagan's Boys Town
|
800-448-3000
|
|
Federation
for Children with Special Needs
|
800-331-0688
|
|
Human
Growth Foundation
(Growth Disorders in Children)
|
800-451-6434
|
|
National Center for Missing and Exploited
Children
|
800-843-5678
|
|
National
Children's Cancer Society
|
800-532-6459
|
|
National
Clearinghouse on
Child Abuse and Neglect Information
|
800-394-3366
|
|
National
Easter Seals Society
|
800-221-6827
|
|
National Information Center
for Children and Youth with Disabilities
|
800-695-0285
|
|
Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation
|
800-981-2663
|
|
Safe
Sitter
|
800-255-4089
|
|
Shriner's Hospital Referral Line
|
800-237-5055
|
|
Sturge-Weber Disease Foundation
|
800-627-5482
|
|
Sudden
Infant Death Syndrome
|
800-221-7437
|
|
Virginia Missing Children Information Clearinghouse
|
800-822-4453
|
|
|
|
|
Chronic Fatigue
|
|
|
Chronic
Fatigue Immune Dysfunctional
Syndrome Society International
|
800-442-3437
|
|
|
|
|
Craniofacial Handicaps
|
|
|
American
Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association
|
800-242-5338
|
|
Children's
Craniofacial Association
|
800-535-3643
|
|
Faces
National Association for the
Craniofacial Handicapped
|
800-332-2373
|
|
National
Foundation for Facial Reconstruction
|
212-263-6656
|
|
|
|
|
Crohn's Disease
|
|
|
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America
|
800-932-2423
|
|
Deafness
|
|
|
Cochlear
Implant Information Center
|
800-458-4999
|
|
Voice/TTY
|
800-523-5798
|
|
Deaf,
Hard of Hearing and Speech Disabled
|
800-877-8339
|
|
Deafness
Research Foundation
|
800-535-3323
|
|
Hear
Now
|
800-648-HEAR
|
|
John
Tracy Clinic
|
800-522-4582
|
|
National
Institute on Deafness and Other
Communication Disorders Information Clearinghouse
|
800-241-1044
|
|
Starkey
Foundation
|
800-328-8602
|
|
Tripod
(Help Families of Deaf
Children) Voice/TDD
|
818-972-2080
|
|
Voice/TDD California Only
|
800-287-4763
|
|
|
|
|
Depression
|
|
|
National
Institute of Mental Health
|
800-421-4211
|
|
|
|
|
Diabetes
|
|
|
American
Diabetes Association
|
800-342-2383
|
|
American
Diabetes Foundation
|
800-232-3472
|
|
Diabetes
Information Clearinghouse
|
800-860-8747
|
|
Juvenile
Diabetes Foundation International Hotline
|
800-223-1138
|
|
National
Diabetes Outreach Program
|
800-438-5383
|
|
|
|
|
Diet
|
|
|
American
Dietetic Association
|
800-366-1655
|
|
|
|
|
Domestic Violence
|
|
|
National
Domestic Violence Hotline
|
800-799-7233
|
|
|
|
|
Down Syndrome
|
|
|
National
Down Syndrome Congress
|
800-232-6372
|
|
National
Down Syndrome Society Hotline
|
800-221-4602
|
|
|
|
|
Drugs/Medicines
|
|
|
Alternative Medicine
|
888-644-6226
|
|
Department
of Health and Human Resources
|
877-696-6775
|
|
Derwent Drug Registry
|
800-523-7668
|
|
Drug
Hotline
|
800-550-0467
|
|
Drug
Prevention and Treatment
|
800-729-6686
|
|
Drug
Treatment Referrals
|
800-662-4357
|
|
Pharmaceutical
Research and Manufacturers of America
(Directory of pharmaceutical companies that provide
medicines to physicians whose patients cannot afford them.
|
800-762-4636
|
|
|
|
|
Dwarfism
|
|
|
Little
People of America
|
(888) LPA-2001
|
|
|
|
|
Dyslexia
|
|
|
Dyslexia
Society International
|
800-222-3123
|
|
National
Dyslexia Research Foundation
|
(949) 642-7303
|
|
The
Dyslexia Foundation
|
(941) 807-0499
|
|
|
|
|
Dystonia
|
|
|
Dystonia Foundation
|
800-377-3978
|
|
National
Spasmodic Dysphonia Association
|
800-795-6732
|
|
Ear Diseases
|
|
|
Ear
Foundation
|
800-545-4327
|
|
Meniere's Network
|
800-545-4327
|
|
|
|
|
Education
|
|
|
Federal
Student Aid Information Center
- Student Financial Aid program information
TTY
- Teacher Loan Forgiveness information
- Order Materials: Free Application
for Federal Student Aid; Funding Your Education; The Student Guide
|
800-433-3243
800-730-8913
|
|
Defaulted
Loans
- Borrowers whose loans are in default
TTY
- Debt collection services
|
800-621-3115
877-825-9923
|
|
Loan
Consolidation
- Applications for loan consolidation
- Questions about loan consolidation
TTY
|
|
|
800-557-7392
800-557-7395
|
|
|
|
|
|
Eldercare Locator
|
800-677-1116
|
|
|
|
|
Elimination Tract Diseases
|
|
|
National
Foundation for Ileitis & Colitis
|
800-343-3637
|
|
|
|
|
Emergency Air Transportation
|
|
|
Care
Flight Air Critical Care
|
800-282-6878
|
|
|
|
|
Epilepsy
|
|
|
Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy
|
312-255-1801
|
|
Epilepsy
Foundation of America
|
800-332-1000
|
|
|
|
|
Equipment and Products
|
|
|
Abledata
|
800-227-0216
|
|
Abledata, National Rehabilitation Center
|
800-346-2742
|
|
Head
|
|
|
American Council for Headache Education
|
856-423-0258
|
|
Migraine Research Foundation
|
212-249-5402
|
|
Migraine and Pain Fund
|
212-249-5402
|
|
National
Head Injury Foundation Family Hotline
|
800-444-6443
|
|
National
Headache Foundation
|
800-843-2256
|
|
|
888-643-5552
|
|
|
|
|
Health
|
|
|
Health Care Information Clearinghouse
|
800-358-9295
|
|
Health
Practitioner Helpline
|
800-767-6732
|
|
National Health Information Center
|
800-336-4797
|
|
National
Institute of Health
|
800-438-8832
|
|
|
|
|
Heart
|
|
|
American
Heart Association
|
800-242-8721
|
|
Heart
Information Service
|
800-292-2221
|
|
|
|
|
Helping Aids
|
|
|
Appliances
for the Physically Challenged
|
800-235-7054
|
|
AT&T National Special Needs Center
|
800-233-1222
|
|
TDD
|
800-233-3232
|
|
Donovan
Industries (Caring Products for Caregivers)
|
800-334-4404
|
|
Eldercare
Locator
|
800-677-1116
|
|
Home
Instead Senior Care (National Caregivers Programs)
|
800-484-5759
|
|
Keiser
Corporation (Step in the Right Direction)
|
800-888-7009
|
|
Lifeline
(Personal Response & Support Services)
|
800-451-0525
|
|
NU
STEP (Fitness)
|
800-322-2209
|
|
Oreck Corporation (Housekeeping)
|
800-535-8810
|
|
Physician
Problems (Local Solutions) General Medicine
|
800-979-9595
|
|
Protect
Alert Emergency Response Systems, Inc.
|
800-862-1288
|
|
Phillips
Lifeline (Emergency Call System)
|
800-548-8805
|
|
Senior
Technologies (Emergency Call Systems)
|
800-824-4494
|
|
Smart
Caregivers Corporation (Housekeeping)
|
800-650-3637
|
|
|
|
|
Herpes
|
|
|
American
Social Health Association
|
800-230-6039
|
|
|
|
|
High Blood Cholesterol
|
|
|
National
Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
|
800-575-9355
|
|
|
|
|
High Blood Pressure
|
|
|
National
Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
|
800-575-9355
|
|
|
|
|
Hospice
|
|
|
Children's
Hospice International
|
800-242-4453
|
|
Hospice
Education Institute Hospicelink
|
800-331-1620
|
|
Hospice
South of Corinth
|
662-665-9158
|
|
National
Hospice Organization
|
800-658-8898
|
|
|
|
|
Hospitality Houses
|
|
|
National
Association of Hospital Hospitality Houses, Inc.
|
800-542-9730
|
|
|
|
|
Huntington's Disease
|
|
|
Hereditary Disease Foundation
|
212-928-2121
|
|
Huntington's
Disease Society of America
|
877-737-8811
|
|
Medic Alert
|
|
|
Medic
Alert Foundation
|
800-432-5378
|
|
|
|
|
Medicare
|
|
|
Medicare
Telephone Hotline
|
800-633-4227
|
|
|
|
|
Mental Health
|
|
|
The
Arc of the United States
|
800-433-5255
|
|
Mental
Health Information Clearinghouse
|
800-400-2742
|
|
National
Depressive and Manic Depressive Association
|
800-826-3632
|
|
National
Institute of Mental Health
|
800-421-4211
|
|
National
Mental Health Association
|
800-969-6642
|
|
National
Mental Health Consumers'
Self-Help Clearinghouse
|
800-553-4539
|
|
Panic
Disorder Education Program -
National Institute of Mental Health
|
800-647-2642
|
|
|
|
|
Multiple Sclerosis
|
|
|
Multiple Sclerosis Association of America
|
800-532-7667
|
|
MS Friends
|
866-673-7436
|
|
Multiple Sclerosis Foundation
|
800-225-6495
|
|
National
Multiple Sclerosis Society
|
800-344-4867
|
|
|
|
|
Muscular Dystrophy
|
|
|
Muscular
Dystrophy Association
|
800-344-4863
|
|
|
|
|
Myasthenia
Gravis
|
|
|
Myasthenia
Gravis Foundation of America
|
800-541-5454
|
|
Pain
|
|
|
American Pain Foundation
|
888-615-7246
|
|
Neuropathy Association
|
212-692-0662
|
|
|
|
|
Panic Disorder
|
|
|
National
Institute of Mental Health
|
800-647-2642
|
|
|
|
|
Paralysis
|
|
|
|
|
|
Christopher
& Dana Reeves Foundation
|
800-225-0292
|
|
National
Spinal Cord Injury Association
|
800-
962-9629
|
|
|
|
|
Parkinson's Disease
|
|
|
American
Parkinson's Disease Foundation
|
800-223-2732
|
|
International
Essential Tremor Foundation
|
888-387-3667
|
|
Michael
J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research
|
800-708-7644
|
|
National
Ataxia Foundation
|
763-553-0020
|
|
National
Parkinson Foundation
Florida Residents
|
800-327-4545
800-433-7022
|
|
Parkinson's
Disease Foundation
|
800-457-6676
|
|
Society
for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
|
800-457-4777
|
|
Rare Diseases
|
|
|
Aplastic Anemia Foundation of America
|
800-747-2820
|
|
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association
|
800-606-2682
|
|
Cornelia
De Lange Syndrome Foundation
|
800-223-8355
|
|
Flu
or Influenza Information
|
888-232-3228
|
|
Hepatitis
Information
|
888-443-7232
|
|
Histiocytosis-X Association of America
|
800-548-2758
|
|
National
Fragile X Foundation
|
800-688-8765
|
|
National
Organization for Rare Disorders
|
800-999-6673
|
|
National
Sjogren's Syndrome Association
|
800-475-6473
|
|
National
Tuberous Sclerosis Association
|
800-225-6872
|
|
Tourette Syndrome Association
|
800-237-0717
|
|
Turner's
Syndrome Society
|
800-365-9944
|
|
United
Scleroderma Association
|
800-722-4673
|
|
|
|
|
Recreation
|
|
|
|
601
450 2872
|
|
|
|
|
Rehabilitation
|
|
|
National Rehabilitation Center
|
800-346-2742
|
|
|
|
|
Reye's Syndrome
|
|
|
National
Reye's Syndrome Foundation
|
800-233-7393
|
|
Sickle Cell Disease
|
|
|
Sickle
Cell Disease Association of America
|
800-421-8453
|
|
|
|
|
Sight Impairment
|
|
|
Braille
Institute
|
800-272-4553
|
|
|
|
|
Skin Problems
|
|
|
American
Burn Association
|
800-548-2876
|
|
First-Foundation
for Ichthyosis
and Related Skin Types, Inc.
|
800-545-3286
|
|
National
Organization for Albinism
and Hypopigmentation
|
800-473-2310
|
|
National
Psoriasis Foundation
|
800-248-0886
|
|
|
|
|
Social Security
|
|
|
Social
Security Administration
|
800-772-1213
|
|
TTD
|
800-325-0778
|
|
|
|
|
Spinal Cord
|
|
|
Ankylosing Spondylitis Association
|
800-777-8189
|
|
Families
Spinal Muscular Atrophy
|
800-886-1762
|
|
National
Spinal Cord Injury Hotline
|
800-526-3456
|
|
Scoliosis
Association, Inc.
|
800-800-0669
|
|
Spinal
Bifida Association of America
|
800-621-3141
|
|
United
Leukodystrophy Foundation
|
800-728-5483
|
|
|
|
|
Stress
|
|
|
American
Institute of Stress
|
914-963-1200
|
|
|
|
|
Stroke
|
|
|
American Stroke Association
|
888-478-7653
|
|
Brain Attack Coalition
|
301-496-5751
|
|
National
Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke
|
800-352-9424
|
|
National
Stroke Association
|
800-787-6537
|
|
|
800-787-6563
|
|
Stroke
Connection Network
|
800-553-6321
|
|
|
|
|
Stuttering
|
|
|
National Center for Stuttering
|
800-221-2483
|
|
|
|
|
Substance Abuse
|
|
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Al-Anon
Family Group Headquarters
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800-356-9996
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Cocaine
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800-262-2463
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National
Clearinghouse for Alcohol
and Drug Information
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800-729-6686
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National
Drug Information Treatment
and Referral Hotline
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800-662-4357
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National Resource Center for the Prevention of
Perinatal Abuse of Alcohol and Other Drugs
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800-354-8824
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Suicide
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Support Groups
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Alliance of Genetic Support Groups
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800-336-4363
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Community
Transportation Association of America
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800-527-8279
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Federal
Communications Commission -Disability Rights Office
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888-225-5322
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Hospice
Foundation
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800-854-3402
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Medicare
Hotline
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800-638-6833
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National
Hospice and Palliative Care
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800-658-8898
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Parents
Without Partners, Inc.
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800-637-7974
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Well
Spouse Foundation
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800-838-0879
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