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Colorado State Disability Resources (continued)

Source: National Dissemination Center for Children With Disabilities
Topics: Colorado

Organizations Especially for Parents

Parent Training and Information Center (PTI)
Barbara Buswell, Executive Director
PEAK Parent Center, Inc.
611 N. Weber, Suite 200
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
(719) 531-9400; (800) 284-0251
E-mail: info@peakparent.org
Web: www.peakparent.org

Parent-To-Parent
Dianne McNamara, Coordinator
Parent to Parent of Colorado
(A Service of CP of Colorado)
801 Yosemite Street
Denver, CO 80230
(877) 472-7201
E-mail: mail@p2p-co.org
Web: www.p2p-co.org

Community Parent Resource Center
Yvette Plummer, Director
Denver Metro Community Parent Resource Center
14231 E. 4th Avenue #100
Aurora, CO 80011
(303) 365-2772
E-mail: info@denvermetrocprc.org
Web: www.denvermetrocprc.org

Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
Pamela Hurd-Keyzer, President
Colorado PTA
7859 W. 38th Avenue
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
(303) 420-7820; (888) 225-8234
E-mail: office@copta.org
Web: www.copta.org

Other Disability Organizations

Lynn Robinson, President
Easter Seals Colorado
5755 W. Alameda Avenue
Lakewood, CO 80226
(303) 233-1666 (V/TTY); (800) 875-4732
E-mail: lrobinson@eastersealscolorado.org
Web: www.eastersealscolorado.org

Esther Fretz, Executive Director
Rocky Mountain Stroke Association
5666 S. Bannock Street
Littleton, CO 80120
(303) 730-8800; (877) 630-7444
E-mail: rmstroke@aol.com
Web: www.strokecolorado.org

Damon McLeese, Executive Director
VSA arts Colorado
909 Santa Fe Drive
Denver, CO 80204
(303) 777-0797; (303) 777-0798 (TTY)
E-mail: vsaco@earthlink.net
Web: www.vsaco.org

Independent Living

To find out the contact information for the Statewide
Independent Living Council (SILC) in your state, contact:

Independent Living Research Utilization Project
The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research
2323 South Sheppard, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77019
(713) 520-0232 (V); (713) 520-5136 (TTY)
E-mail: ilru@ilru.org
Web: www.ilru.org

To find out the contact information for centers for
independent living (CILs) in your state, contact:

National Council on Independent Living
1710 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, 5th Floor
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 207-0034 (V); (202) 207-0340 (TTY)
E-mail: ncil@ncil.org
Web: www.ncil.org

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