Hot Lines
Alphabetical Listing
A
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
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
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
Lung
Line Information Service 800-222-5864
Arthritis
Arthritis
Foundation Information Line 800-283-7800
Assisted Living
Assisted Living Federation of
Eldercare
Locator 800-677-1116
Autism
Autism
Society of
B
Back Injury, Prevention of
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
National Association for Parents of the
Visually
Impaired 800-562-6265
National Eye Research Foundation 847-564-4652
Prevent
Blindness
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
C
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
Family Caregivers
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
Federation for Children with Special Needs 800-331-0688
Human Growth Foundation
(Growth
Disorders in Children) 800-451-6434
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
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
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
D
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
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 Services 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 800-762-4636
(Directory of pharmaceutical companies that provide medicines
to physicians whose patients cannot afford them.)
Dwarfism
Little
People of
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
E
Ear Diseases
Ear
Foundation and Meniere’s Network 800-545-4327
Education
Federal Student Aid Information
Center 800-433-3243
Student Financial Aid program information 800-730-8913
Eldercare
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
Equipment and Products
Abledata,
800-346-2742
G
Gastrointestinal Disorders
International
Foundation for Functional
Gastrointestinal Disorders 888-964-2001
Grief
Recovery
Grief Recovery Institute 818-907-9600
H
Head
American Council for Headache Education 856-423-0258
Migraine Research Foundation/Migraine & Pain Fund 212-249-5402
National Brain Injury Foundation Family Hotline 800-444-6443
National
Headache Foundation 800-843-2256
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 Sepcial 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
Phillips Lfeline (Emergency Call
System) 800-548-8805
Physician Problems (Local Solutions)
General Medicine 800-979-9595
Protect Alert Emergency Response
Systems, Inc. 800-862-1288
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
National
Hospice Organization 800-658-8898
Hospitality Houses
National
Association of Hospitality Houses, Inc. 800-542-9730
Huntington’s Disease
Heredity
Disease Foundation 212-928-2121
Huntington’s
Disease Society of
I
Immunization
Immunization
Referral Locator Service 800-232-2522
Incontinence
Help for Incontinent People 800-252-3337
Overactive Bladder Hotline 800-242-2383
Simon Foundation for Continence 800-237-4666
Insurance
Life Rates of
Medicaid 800-233-1124
Medicare 800-233-1124
National Insurance Consumer Helpline 800-942-4242
Veterans
Administration 800-827-1000
K
Kidney
American Association of Kidney Patients 800-749-2257
American Kidney Fund 800-638-8299
Kidney and Urologic Disease Information 800-891-5390
National Kidney Foundation 800-622-9010
Polycystic
Kidney Disease Research Foundation 800-753-2873
L
Lead Poisoning
National
Lead Information Center 800-532-3394
Leukemia
Leukemia
Society of
Liver
American
Liver Foundation 800-223-0179
Lung
American
Lung Association 800-586-4872
Lupus
Lupus
Foundation of
Lyme’s Disease
Lyme
Foundation, Inc. 800-886-5963
Lymphedema
National
Lymphedema Network 800-541-3259
M
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 Foundation for Depressive Illness 800-248-4344
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 Assoication of
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
N
Narcotics
Narcotics Anonymous
800-777-1515
Neurofibromatosis
National
Neurofibromatosis Foundation 800-323-7938
Neurological Disorders
American Spasmodic Torticollis Association 800-487-8385
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association 800-782-4747
National
Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke 800-352-9424
Neuromuscular Diseases
ALS Association 800-782-4747
Moebius Syndrome Foundation 660-834-3406
Muscular Dystrophy Association 800-344-4863
Neuropathy
Association 212-692-0662
Nutrition
O
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Obsessive-Compulsive
Foundation 617-973-5801
Organ Donations
The Living Bank 800-528-2971
Organ
Transplant Fund, Inc. 800-489-3863
P
Pain
American Pain Foundation 888-615-7246
Neuropathy Association 212-692-0662
Panic Disorder
National Institute of Mental Health 800-647-2642
Paralysis
Christopher
Reeves Paralysis Foundation 800-225-0292
National
Spinal Cord Injury Association 800-962-9629
Parkinson’s Disease
American Parkinson’s Disease Association 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 800-327-4545
Parkinson’s
Disease Foundation 800-457-6676
Society
for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy 800-457-4777
R
Rare Diseases
Aplastic Anemia Foundation of
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
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
American Therapeutic Recreation Association 601-450-2872
National
Therapeutic Recreation Society 703-858-0784
Rehabilitation
National
Rehabilitation Center 800-346-2742
Reye’s Syndrome
National
Reye’s Syndrome Foundation 800-233-7393
S
Sickle Cell Disease
Sickle
Cell Disease Association of
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
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 & Stroke Disorders 800-352-9424
National Stroke Association 800-787-6537
Stroke
Connection Network 800-553-6321
Stuttering
National
Center for Stuttering 800-221-2483
Substance Abuse
Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters 800-356-9996
Cocaine 800-262-2463
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol
and Drug Information 800-729-6686
National
Drug Information Treatment
and Referral Hotline 800-662-4357
Perinatal
Abuse of Alcohol and Other Drugs 800-354-8824
Suicide
VA
Suicide Hotline 800-273-TALK
Support Groups
Alliance of Genetic Support Groups 800-336-4363
Community Transportation Association of America 800-527-8279
FCC Disability Rights 888-225-5322
Hospice Foundation of America 800-854-3402
Medicare Hotline 800-638-6833
National Hospice and Palliative Care 800-658-8898
Parents Without Partners 800-637-7974
Well
Spouse Foundation 800-838-0879
T
Thyroid
Myasthenia
Gravis Foundation 800-541-5454
Transplant
National Bone Marrow Transplant Program 800-627-7692
Trauma
American
Trauma Society 800-556-7890
Brain
Injury Association of America 800-444-6443
Brain
Trauma Foundation 212-772-0608
Tumor
American Brain Tumor Association 800-886-2282
National
Brain Tumor Foundation 800-934-2873
V
Vestibular Disorders
Vestibular
Disorders Association 800-837-8428
Veterans
VA Benefits 800-827-1000
Education (GI Bill) 888-442-4551
VA Health Care Benefits 877-222-8387