Illinois State 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 (CH.A.D.D)
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
Kimberly Maddox, Executive Director
Autism Society of Illinois
2200 S. Main Street, Suite 205
Lombard, IL 60148-5366
(630) 691-1270; (888) 691-1270
E-mail: info@autismillinois.org
Web: www.autismillinois.org

Kathy Gould, Project Director
Illinois Autism/PDD Training and Technical Assistance Project
1590 S. Fairfield Avenue
Lombard, IL 60148
(630) 889-7398
E-mail: gouldkl@comcast.net
Web: www.illinoisautismproject.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
Philicia L. Deckard, Executive Director
Brain Injury Association of Illinois
P.O. Box 64420
Chicago, IL 60664-0420
(312) 726-5699 (V); (800) 699-6443
E-mail: info@biail.org
Web: www.biail.org

Cerebral Palsy
Don Moss, Executive Director
United Cerebral Palsy of Illinois
310 E. Adams
Springfield, IL 62701
(217) 528-9681
E-mail: ucpil@sbcglobal.net
Web: www.ucpillinois.org

Epilepsy
Garett Auriemma, Interim Executive Director/President
Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago
17 N. State, Suite 1300
Chicago, IL 60602
(312) 939-8622; (800) 273-6027
(312) 628-4770(TTY)
E-mail: info@epilepsychicago.org
Web: www.epilepsychicago.org

Epilepsy Resource Center
(serving central Illinois)
1315 W. Lawrence Avenue
Springfield, IL 62704
(217) 726-1839 (V/TTY); (800) 800-6401
E-mail: llobue@spfldsparc.org

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Tony Paulauski, Executive Director
The Arc of Illinois
18207-A Dixie Highway
Homewood, IL 60430
(708) 206-1930
E-mail: tony@thearcofil.org
Web: www.thearcofil.org

Learning Disabilities
Kathy Kirkwood, President
Learning Disabilities Association of Illinois
10101 S. Roberts Road, Suite 205
Palos Hills, IL 60465
(708) 430-7532
E-mail: LDAOFIL@ameritech.net
Web: www.ldail.org

Kathleen Wagner, Executive Director
Illinois Branch of the International Dyslexia Association
751 Roosevelt Road, Suite 116
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
(630) 469-6900
E-mail: info@readibida.org
Web: www.readibida.org

Mental Health
Carol Wozniewski, Executive Director
Mental Health Association in Illinois
70 East Lake Street, Suite 900
Chicago, IL 60601
(312) 368-9070
E-mail: cwoz@mhai.org
Web: www.mhai.org

Lora Thomas, Executive Director
NAMI Illinois
218 W. Lawrence
Springfield, IL 62704
(217) 522-1403; (800) 346-4572
E-mail: namiil@sbcglobal.net
Email: thomas.lora@sbcglobal.net
Web: http://il.nami.org

Speech, Language, and Hearing
Cynthia Keillor, Executive Director
Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association
230 E. Ohio Street, Suite 400
Chicago, IL 60611-3265
(312) 644-0828, ext. 5219
E-mail: ckeillor@bostrom.com
Web: www.ishail.org

Spina Bifida
Adam S. Rappaport, Executive Director
Illinois Spina Bifida Association
8765 W. Higgins Road, Suite 403
Chicago, IL 60631
(773) 444-0305; (800) 969-4722
E-mail: sbail@sbail.org
Web: www.sbail.org

Spinal Cord Injury
Mercedes Rauen, Executive Director
Spinal Cord Injury Association of Illinois
1032 S. La Grange Road
LaGrange, IL 60525
(708) 352-6223; (877) 373-0301
E-mail: SCIInjury@aol.com
Web: www.sci-illinois.org

Organizations Especially for Parents

Parent Training and Information Center (PTI)
Charlotte Des Jardins, Director
Family Resource Center on Disabilities
20 E. Jackson Boulevard, Room 300
Chicago, IL 60604
(312) 939-3513; (800) 952-4199 (In IL)
E-mail: frcdptiil@ameritech.net
Web: www.frcd.org

Donald Moore, Executive Director
Designs for Change
814 S. Western Avenue
Chicago, IL 60612
(312) 236-7252; (312) 236-7944 (TTY)
E-mail: info@designsforchange.org
Web: www.designsforchange.org

Debbie Einhorn, Director
Family Matters
Parent Training and Information Center
1901 S. 4th Street, Suite 209
Effingham, IL 62401
(217) 347-5428 (V/TTY); (866) 436-7842, ext. 116
E-mail: deinhorn@arc-css.org
Web: www.fmptic.org

Partners in Policymaking
Ginny Cooke
Phoenix Perth Institute
P.O. Box 5429
Evanston, Illinois 60401-5429
(847) 425-1967
E-mail: ginnycooke@aol.com

Parent-To-Parent
Charlotte Des Jardins, Executive Director
Family Resource Center on Disabilities
20 E. Jackson Boulevard, Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60604
(312) 939-3513; (800) 952-4199 (In IL)
E-mail: frcdptiil@ameritech.net
Web: www.frcd.org

Charlotte Cronin, Executive Director
Family Support Network of Illinois
5739 W. Martindale Lane
Peoria, IL 61615-9669
(309) 693-8981
E-mail: fsn@familysupportnetwork.org
Web: www.familysupportnetwork.org/

Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
Jean Razunas, President
Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers
901 S. Spring Street
Springfield, IL 62704-2790
(217) 528-9617; (800) 877-9617
E-mail: il_office@pta.org
Web: www.illinoispta.org