| AGING | ||
| NAME | WEBSITE | PHONE |
| Administration on Aging - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | www.aoa.gov | (202) 619-0724 |
| American Association for Retired Persons (AARP) | www.aarp.org | (800) 424-3410 |
| Eldercare Locator | www.eldercare.gov | (800) 677-1116 |
| Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center - University of Southern California | www.homemods.org | (213) 740-6060 |
| Rehabilitation, Research & Training Center on Aging | agerrtc.washington.edu | (562) 401-7402 |
| AIDS Housing Works | www.housingworks.org | (800) 734-7104 |
| ALS ALS Association of America (ALSA) | www.alsa.org | (800) 782-4747 |
| ALZHEIMER'S | ||
| NAME | WEBSITE | PHONE |
| Alzheimer's Association | www.alz.org | (800) 272-3900 |
| ARTHRITIS National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases National Institutes of Health | www.nih.gov/niams | (877) 22-NIAMS |
| ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY | ||
| NAME | WEBSITE | PHONE |
| ABLEDATA | www.abledata.com | (800) 227-0216 |
| California State University Northridge (CSUN) Center on Disabilities | csun.edu/cod | (818) 677-2684 |
| Center for Assistive Technology University at Buffalo | cat.buffalo.edu | (800) 628-2281 |
| Cornucopia of Disability Information University at Buffalo | codi.buffalo.edu/assistiv.htm | |
| Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) | www.resna.org | (703) 524-6686 |
| AUTOMOBILE & HOME ACCESS | ||
| NAME | WEBSITE | PHONE |
| Association for Driver Rehabilitation Specialists (ADED) | www.driver-ed.org | (608) 884-8833 |
| The Center for Universal Design | www.design.ncsu.edu/cud/ | (919) 515-3082 |
| National Mobility Equipment Dealers Association (NMEDA) | www.nmeda.org | (800) 833-0427 |
| BRAIN/SPINAL CORD INJURY | ||
| NAME | WEBSITE | PHONE |
| Brain Injury Association of America | www.biausa.org | (800) 444-6443 |
| Brain Trauma Foundation | www.braintrauma.org | (212) 772-0608 |
| National Spinal Cord Injury Association | www.spinalcord.org | (800) 962-9629 |
| Rehabilitation, Research & Training Center on Aging | www.usc.edu/dept/gero/RRTConAging/ | (562) 401-7402 |
| Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundation | www.samschmidt.org | (317) 236-9999 |
| CANCER | ||
| NAME | WEBSITE | PHONE |
| American Cancer Society | www.cancer.org | (800) ACS-2345 |
| American Childhood Cancer Organization | www.acco.org | (855) 858-2226 |
| National Cancer Institute | www.cancer.gov | (800) 4-CANCER |
| National Foundation for Cancer Research | www.nfcr.org | (800) 321-2873 |
| CAREGIVER SUPPORT | ||
| NAME | WEBSITE | PHONE |
| AARP Caregivers Circle | community.aarp.org/rp-health | (800) 424-3410 |
| AgeNet Eldercare Network | www.caregivers.com | (608) 256-0488 |
| Empowering Caregivers | www.care-givers.com | |
| Family Caregiver Alliance | www.caregiver.org | (415) 434-3388 |
| National Family Caregivers Association | www.nfcacares.org | (800) 896-3650 |
| Today's Caregiver magazine | www.caregiver.com | (800) 829-2734 |
| CEREBRAL PALSY | ||
| NAME | WEBSITE | PHONE |
| United Cerebral Palsy Association | www.ucp.org | (800) USA-5UCP |
| CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS | ||
| NAME | WEBSITE | PHONE |
| National Easter Seal Society/Easter Seals | www.easter-seals.org | (800) 221-6827 |
| International Shrine Headquarters | shrinershq.org | (800) 237-5055 |
| March of Dimes Birth Defect Foundation | www.marchofdimes.com | (914) 997-4488 |
| CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES | ||
| NAME | WEBSITE | PHONE |
| The Access Board (ADA & Play Area Information) | www.access-board.gov/play/guide/intro.htm | (800) 872-2253 |
| Advocates Across America | www.axa.org | |
| American Camping Association | www.acacamps.org | (765) 342-8456 |
| Boundless Playgrounds | www.boundlessplaygrounds.org | (860) 243-8315 |
| Canines for Disabled Kids | www.caninesforkids.org | (978) 422-5299 |
| Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates | www.copaa.net | (202) 544-2210 |
| Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) | idea.ed.gov | (877) CEC-IDEA |
| National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities | www.nichcy.org | (800) 695-0285 |
| Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the U.S. (PBTFUS) | www.pbtfus.org | (800) 253-6530 |
| The World Playground Directory | world-playground.com/accessible.htm | (800) 352-1137 |
| CONSULTING SERVICES | ||
| NAME | WEBSITE | PHONE |
| Accreditation Commission for Health Care | www.achc.org | (919) 785-1214 |
| The Braff Group | www.thebraffgroup.com | (412) 833-5733 |
| Gladson and Associates Store Design Group | www.gladson.com | (630) 435-2200 |
| HealthCom Services | www.healthcomservices.com | (800) 536-1972 |
| Joint Commission of Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) | www.jcaho.org | (630) 792-5000 |
| Lieber Consulting | www.lieberconsulting.com | (818) 789-0670 |
| The MED Group | www.medgroup.com | (800) 825-5633 |
| The Orion Consulting Group, Inc. | www.orionreimbursement.net | (803) 758-6002 |
| RemitDATA, Inc. | www.remitdata.com | (901) 767-9830 |
| Ultimate Resource, Inc. | www.ultimateresource.com | (610) 353-1321 |
| VGM | www.vgm.com | (800) 642-6065 |
| CYSTIC FIBROSIS | ||
| NAME | WEBSITE | PHONE |
| The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | www.cff.org | (800) 344-4823 |
| DIABETES | ||
| NAME | WEBSITE | PHONE |
| American Diabetes Association | www.diabetes.org | (800) DIABETES |
| Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International | www.jdf.org | (800) JDF-CURE |
| EDUCATION & TRAINING | ||
| NAME | WEBSITE | PHONE |
| American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) | www.aahomecare.org | (703) 836-6263 |
| American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) | www.aota.org | (301) 652-2682 |
| Dynamic Seminars & Consulting, Inc. | www.DynamicSeminars.com | (954) 435-8182 |
| The MED Group | www.medgroup.com | (800) 825-5633 |
| Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) | www.resna.org | (703) 524-6686 |
| VGM | www.vgm.com | (800) 642-6065 |
| VNU Expositions/Medtrade | www.medtrade.com | (800) 241-9034 |
| EVENTS/SHOWS | ||
| NAME | WEBSITE | PHONE |
| Abilities Expo | www.abilitiesexpo.com | (800) 562-7469 |
| National Veterans Wheelchair Games | www.wheelchairgames.org | (800) 424-8200 |
| Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference California State University Northridge (CSUN) Center on Disabilities | www.csun.edu/cod/conf/index.htm | (818) 677-2684 |
| VNU Expositions/Medtrade | www.medtrade.com | (800) 241-9034 |
| World Congress & Exposition on Disabilities | www.wcdexpo.com | (201) 226-1446 |
| World of Possibilities Disabilities Expo | expo.caringcommunities.org | (866) 227-4644 |
| FINE ARTS | ||
| NAME | WEBSITE | PHONE |
| Association of Mouth and Foot Painting | www.amfpa.com | |
| Coalition for Disabled Musicians | www.disabled-musicians.org | (631) 586-0366 |
| Dancing Wheels | www.dancingwheels.org | (216) 432-0306 |
| Drake Music Project | www.drakemusicproject.com | |
| National Arts and Disabilities Center University of California, Los Angeles | nadc.ucla.edu | (310) 794-1141 |
| National Theatre Workshop of the Handicapped | nadc.ucla.edu | (212) 206-7789 |
| U.S. Handicapable Square Dancing Association | nadc.ucla.edu | |
| VSA (formerly Very Special Arts) | www.vsarts.org | (800) 933-8721 |
| GOVERNMENT | ||
| NAME | WEBSITE | PHONE |
| Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | www.cms.gov | (877) 267-2323 |
| MED Capitol Connection | capitol.medgroup.com | |
| National Institutes of Health | www.nih.gov | |
| Office of the National Ombudsman U.S. Small Business Administration | www.sba.gov/ombudsman/ | (888) 734-3247 |
| Small Business Administration | www.sba.gov | (800) U-ASK-SBA |
| U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | www.hhs.gov | (877) 696-6775 |
| U.S. Department of Justice Disability Rights Section Civil Rights Division | www.justice.gov/crt/about/drs/ | (202) 514-2000 |
| U.S. National Library of Medicine | www.nlm.nih.gov | |
| HEART DISEASE | ||
| NAME | WEBSITE | PHONE |
| American Heart Association | www.americanheart.org | (800) AHA-USA1 |
| HEREDITARY DISEASES | ||
| NAME | WEBSITE | PHONE |
| Hereditary Disease Foundation | www.hdfoundation.org | (310) 575-9656 |
| HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE | ||
| NAME | WEBSITE | PHONE |
| Huntington's Disease Society of America | www.hdsa.org | |
| INDUSTRY ORGANIZATIONS | ||
| NAME | WEBSITE | PHONE |
| American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) | www.aahomecare.org | (703) 836-6263 |
| American Medical Association | www.ama-assn.org | (312) 464-5000 |
| Association of Academic Physiatrists | www.physiatry.org | (410) 637-8300 |
| Better Business Bureau (BBB) | www.bbb.org | (703) 276-0100 |
| Canadian Council of Better Business Bureaus | www.bbb.org/canada | (613) 789-5151 |
| Clinician Task Force | www.cliniciantaskforce.us | |
| Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA) | www.ctaa.org | (202) 628-1480 |
| Essentially Women Buying Group | www.essentiallywomen.com | (800) 988-4484 |
| Florida Association of Medical Equipment Services (FAMES) | www.famesonline.com | (407) 895-5573 |
| America's Health Insurance Plans | www.hiaa.org | (202) 824-1600 |
| Illinois Association for Medical Equipment Services (IAMES) | www.iames.org | (800) 826-1050 |
| ITEM Coalition (Independence Through Enhancement of Medicare and Medicaid) | www.itemcoalition.org | (202) 349-4260 |
| The MED Group | www.medgroup.com | (800) 825-5633 |
| National Coalition for Assistive and Rehab Technology (NCART) | www.ncart.us | (202) 776-0652 |
| VGM | www.vgm.com | (800) 642-6065 |
| MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY | ||
| NAME | WEBSITE | PHONE |
| FacioScapuloHumeral Muscular Dystrophy Society | www.fshsociety.org | (781) 860-0501 |
| The Muscular Dystrophy Association | www.mdausa.org | (800) 572-1717 |
| Parent Project for Muscular Dystrophy Research | www.parentdmd.org | (800) 714-KIDS |
| MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS | ||
| NAME | WEBSITE | PHONE |
| International Multiple Sclerosis Support Foundation | msnews.org | |
| Multiple Sclerosis Association of America | www.msaa.com | (800) 532-7667 |
| Multiple Sclerosis Foundation | www.msfacts.org | (800) 441-7055 |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | www.nationalmssociety.org | (800) FIGHT-MS |
| OSTEOPOROSIS | ||
| NAME | WEBSITE | PHONE |
| National Osteoporosis Foundation | www.nof.org | (202) 223-2226 |
| PARKINSON'S DISEASE | ||
| NAME | WEBSITE | PHONE |
| National Parkinson Foundation, Inc. | www.parkinson.org | (800) 327-4545 |
| Parkinson's Disease Foundation, Inc. | www.pdf.org | (800) 457-6676 |
| PUBLICATIONS | ||
| NAME | WEBSITE | PHONE |
| ABILITY magazine | www.abilitymagazine.com | (949) 854-8700 |
| Active Living magazine | www.activelivingmagazine.com | (905) 957-6016 |
| Children's books | www.kidsource.com/NICHCY/literature.html | |
| Exceptional Parent magazine | www.eparent.com | (201) 489-4111 |
| Mobility Management/MM consumer edition | (714) 532-6235 | |
| New Mobility magazine | www.newmobility.com | (215) 675-9133 |
| Paraplegic News (PN) magazine | www.pn-magazine.com | (888) 888-2201 |
| Quest magazine (MDA) | www.mdausa.org | (800) 572-1717 |
| Sports 'n Spokes magazine | www.sportsnspokes.com | (888) 888-2201 |
| Today's Caregiver magazine | www.caregiver.com | (800) 829-2734 |
| REHABILITATION | ||
| NAME | WEBSITE | PHONE |
| American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) | www.aota.org | (301) 652-2682 |
| Association for Driver Rehabilitation Specialists (ADED) | www.driver-ed.org | (800) 290-2344 |
| National Coalition for Assistive and Rehab Technology (NCART) | www.ncartcoalition.org | (202) 776-0652 |
| National Registry of Rehabilitation Technology Suppliers (NRRTS) | www.nrrts.org | (512) 267-6832 |
| National Rehab Network | www.medgroup.com | (806) 793-8421 |
| National Rehabilitation Association (NRA) | www.nationalrehab.org | (703) 836-0850 |
| Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) | www.resna.org | (703) 524-6686 |
| U.S. Rehab | www.usrehab.com | (800) 872-2253 |
| The Center for Universal Design - North Carolina State University | www.design.ncsu.edu/cud | (919) 515-3082 |
| National Association of Home Builders | www.nahb.org | (800) 368-5242 |
| National Association of the Remodeling Industry | www.nari.org | (800) 611-NARI |
| National Center on Accessibility | www.ncaonline.org | (800) 424-1877 |
| Trace Research & Development Center - College of Engineering - University of Wisconsin-Madison | www.trace.wisc.edu | (608) 262-6966 |
| U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development | www.hud.gov | (202) 708-1112 |
| SPINA BIFIDA | ||
| NAME | WEBSITE | PHONE |
| Spina Bifida Association of America | www.sbaa.org | (800) 621-3141 |
| SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY | ||
| NAME | WEBSITE | PHONE |
| Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy | www.fsma.org | (800) 886-1762 |
| SPORTS & RECREATION | ||
| NAME | WEBSITE | PHONE |
| disAbility Information & Resources | www.makoa.org/sports.htm | |
| Disabled Sports/Youth Sports Directory & Resource Guide | www.youthsport.com/disabled.html | (619) 29-YOUTH |
| International Tennis Federation | www.itftennis.com/wheelchair/ | |
| National Wheelchair Basketball Association | www.nwba.org | |
| U.S. Electric Wheelchair Hockey Association | www.powerhockey.com | |
| U.S. Quad Rugby Association | www.quadrugby.com | |
| STROKE | ||
| NAME | WEBSITE | PHONE |
| National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke | www.ninds.nih.gov | (800) 352-9424 |
| National Stroke Association | www.stroke.org | (800) STROKES |
| TRAVEL | ||
| NAME | WEBSITE | PHONE |
| Access-Able Travel | www.access-able.com | (303) 232-2979 |
| Amtrak (train) | www.amtrak.com/plan/accessibility.html | (800) USA RAIL |
| Carnival Cruise Lines | www.carnival.com/Guestservices/specialneeds.asp | (888) CARNIVAL |
| Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Travelers' Health | www.cdc.gov/travel/spec_needs.htm | |
| Global Access Disabled Travel Network | www.geocities.com/Paris/1502 | |
| Greyhound (bus) | www.greyhound.com/services/ada.shtml | (800) 752-4841 |
| National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) | www.nhtsa.dot.gov | (888) 327-4236 |
| Princess (cruise line) | www.princess.com/onboard/answer/access.html | (800) PRINCESS |
| Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) | www.enjoythedrive.com | |
| U.S. Department of Transportation, air travel | www.dot.gov/airconsumer | (202) 366-2200 |
| Wheelchair Getaways | www.wheelchairgetaways.com | (800) 536-5518 |
| World Travel Guide Online, Airports | worldairportguide.com | |
| VETERAN'S SERVICES | ||
| NAME | WEBSITE | PHONE |
| United Spinal Association (formerly Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association) | www.unitedspinal.org | (718) 803-3782 |
| Paralyzed Veterans of America | www.pva.org | (800) 424-8200 |
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