Disability-Specific Organizations that Can Be Resources

Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
• Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
  8181 Professional Place
  Suite 150
  Landover, MD 20785
  301.306.707
  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
  484.945.2101
  Web: www.add.org
  
  Autism
• Autism Society of America
  7910 Woodmont Ave
  Suite 300
  Bethesda, MD 80814
  301.657.0881
  800.3-AUTISM
  Web: www.autism-society.org
  
  Blind/Visual Impairments
• Gil Johnson, Director
  American Foundation for the Blind - West
  111 Pine St
  Suite 725
  San Francisco, CA 94111
  415.392.4845
  Web: www.afb.org
  Email: sanfran@afb.net
  
  Brain Injury
• Bob Hogan, Program Director
  Nevada Community Enrichment Program
  6375 W Charleston Blvd
  Suite L200/WCL
  Las Vegas, NV 89146
  702.259.1903
  Web: www.accessiblespace.org
  Email: bobthogan@att.net
  
  
• Lisa Stiegman, President
  Northern Nevada Head Injury Association
  555 Gould St
  Reno, NV 89502
  775.972.7002
  Web: www.hiann.org
  Email: lstiegman@renown.org
  
  Down Syndrome
• Joe Desimone, Board Charman
  Down Syndrome Organization of Southern Nevada
  5300 Vegas Dr
  Las Vegas, NV 89108-2347
  702.648.1990
  Web: www.dsosn.org
  Email: ceo@dsosn.org
  
  Learning Disabilities
• Learning Disabilities Association of America
  4156 Library Rd
  Pittsburg, PA 15234
  412.341.1515
  888.300.6710
  Web: www.ldaamerica.org
  
  Mental Health
• Joe Tyler, President
  NAMI Nevada
  1170 Curti Dr
  Reno, NV 89502
  775.322.1346
  Web: www.nami-nevada.org
  
  Mental Retardation and Related Developmental Disabilities
• Edward R Guthrie, Executive Director
  Opportunity Village
  6300 W Oakey Blvd
  Las Vegas, NV 89146
  702.259.3707
  Web: www.opportunutyvillage.org
  Email: guthrie@opportunityvillage.org
  
  Speech and Hearing
• Nevada Speach-Language and Hearing Association
  PO Box 7313
  Reno, NV 89510-7313
  775.828.0843
  Web: www.nvsha.org
  Email: info@nvsha.org
  
  Spina Bifida
• Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Association of Nevada
  3106 Laentrada St
  Henderson, NV 89014
  702.296.7242