Connecticut State Disability Resources (continued)

Disability-Specific Organizations

Attention Deficit Disorder
To identify an ADD group in your state or locality, contact either:

Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
8181 Professional Place, Suite 150
Landover, MD 20785
(301) 306-7070
(800) 233-4050 (Voice mail to request information packet)
Web: www.chadd.org

Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
P.O. Box 543
Pottstown, PA 19464-0543
(484) 945-2101
Web: www.add.org

Autism
To identify an autism group in your state, contact:
Autism Society of America
7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 300
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 657-0881; (800) 3-AUTISM
Web: www.autism-society.org

Blind/Visual Impairments
Jaclyn Packer, Ph.D., Director of Information Center
American Foundation for the Blind
11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300
New York, NY 10001
(212) 502-7600; (800) 232-5463
E-mail: afbinfo@afb.net
Web: www.afb.org

Brain Injury
Julie Peters, Executive Director
Brain Injury Association of Connecticut
333 E. River Drive, Suite 106
East Hartford, CT 06108
(860) 721-8111; (800) 278-8242
E-mail: general@biact.org
Web: www.biact.org

Cerebral Palsy
Barry Buxbaum, President/CEO
St. Vincents Special Needs Services
Trumbull Corporate Park
95 Merritt Boulevard
Trumbull, CT 06611
(203) 375-6400
Web: www.stvincentsspecialneeds.org

Margaret Morrison, Executive Director
UCP of Eastern Connecticut
42 Norwich Road
Quaker Hill, CT 06375
(860) 443-3800
E-mail: mmorrison@ucpect.org
Web: www.ucpect.org

Epilepsy
Linda Wallace, Executive Director
Epilepsy Foundation of Connecticut, Inc.
386 Main Street
Middletown, CT 06457
(860) 346-1924; (800) 899-3745
E-mail: efct@sbcglobal.net
Web: www.epilepsyct.net

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Lynn Warner, Executive Director
The Arc of Connecticut
43 Woodland Street, Suite 260
Hartford, CT 06105
(860) 246-6400
E-mail: arcct@aol.com
Web: www.arcct.com

Learning Disabilities
Joan Shapiro, President
Learning Disabilities Association of Connecticut (LDA-CT)
999 Asylum Avenue, Suite 504
Hartford, CT 06105
(860) 560-1711
E-mail: ldact@ldact.org
Web: www.ldact.org

(also serving Westchester County, NY)
Beryl Kaufman, Executive Director
Connecticut Association for Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities (CACLD)
25 Van Zant Street, Suite 15-5
East Norwalk, CT 06855-1719
(203) 838-5010
E-mail: cacld@optonline.net
Web: www.cacld.org

Mental Health
Beverly Walton, President/CEO
Mental Health Association of Connecticut
20-30 Beaver Road, Suite 108
Wethersfield, CT 06109
(860) 529-1970
E-mail: bwalton@mhact.org
Web: www.mhact.org

Kate Mattias, Executive Director
NAMI Connecticut
241 Main Street, 5th Floor
Hartford, CT 06016
(860) 882-0236; (800) 215-3021
E-mail: namicted@namict.org
Web: www.namict.org

Speech, Language, and Hearing
Vernice Jury, President
Connecticut Speech-Language-Hearing Association
213 Back Lane
Newington, CT 06111-4204
(860) 666-6900
E-mail: csha.assoc@snet.net
Web: www.ctspeechhearing.org

Spina Bifida
Fred Liguori, President
Spina Bifida Association of Connecticut
P.O. Box 2545
Hartford, CT 06146-2545
(800) 574-6274
E-mail: sbac@sbac.org
Web: www.SBAC.org

Tourette Syndrome
Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc.
42-40 Bell Boulevard
Bayside, NY 11361-2820
(718) 224-2999
E-mail: ts@tsa-usa.org
Web: www.tsa-usa.org

Organizations Especially for Parents

Parent Training and Information Center (PTI)
Nancy Prescott, Director
Connecticut Parent Advocacy Center (CPAC)
338 Main Street
Niantic, CT 06357
(860) 739-3089; (800) 445-2722 (in CT)
E-mail: cpac@cpacinc.org
Web: www.cpacinc.org

Parent-to-Parent
Nanfi Lubogo, Co-Director
Carmina Cirioli, Co-Director
PATH Parent to Parent CT (Parents Available to Help)
P.O. Box 117
Northford, CT 06472
(203) 234-9554; (800) 399-7284 (in CT)
E-mail: pathp2pct@pathct.org
Web: www.pathct.org

Pat Tomka, Executive Director
WeCAHR (Western Connecticut Association for Human Rights)
211 Main Street
Danbury, CT 06810
(203) 792-3540
E-mail: ptomka@wecahr.org
Web: www.wecahr.org

Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
Melissa Johnson, President
Connecticut Parent-Teachers Association
Wilbur Cross Commons Building, Suite 12
60 Connolly Parkway
Hamden, CT 06514-2519
(203) 281-6617
E-mail: connecticut.pta@snet.net
Web: www.ctpta.org