Kansas 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 (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
Autism Alliance of Greater Kansas City
P.O. Box 45664
Kansas City, MO 64171
(816) 842-2452
Email: robin@autismalliancekc.org
Web: www.autismalliancekc.org
Web: www.kcautismservices.com

Sue Ann Kline, Executive Director
Autism Asperger Resource Center
2031 DDC Building, MS 3055
3901 Rainbow Boulevard
Kansas City, KS 66160-7335
(913) 588-5988
E-mail: theaarc@msn.com
Web: www.autismasperger.org

Bill Robinson, President
Autism Society of the Heartland
A Chapter of the Autism Society of America
P.O. Box 860984
Shawnee, KS 66286-0984
(913) 706-0042
E-mail: Bill@autismsocietyoftheheartland.org
Web: www.autismsocietyoftheheartland.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
Lynn Flaherty, Development Director
Brain Injury Association of Kansas and Greater Kansas City
P.O. Box 413072
Kansas City, MO 64141-3072
(816) 842-8607; (800) 783-1356
E-mail: lflaherty@biaks.org
Web: www.biaks.org

Cerebral Palsy
Dave Jones, Executive Director
United Cerebral Palsy of Kansas
5111 E. 21st Street
Wichita, KS 67208
(316) 688-1888
(785) 266-2266 (Topeka)
E-mail: Davej@cprf.org
Web: www.ucpofkansas.org

Mary Carter, SACT Program Director
Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation of Kansas, Inc.
School of Adaptive Computer Training
5111 E. 21st Street North
Wichita, KS 67208
(316) 688-1888
E-mail: mcarter@cprf.org
Web: www.cprf.org

Epilepsy
Sean Taylor, Executive Director
Epilepsy Foundation of Kansas and Western Missouri
6550 Troost, Suite B
Kansas City, MO 64131-1272
(816) 444-2800; (800) 972-5163
E-mail: staylor@efha.org
Web: www.efha.org

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Mike Purdon, Advocacy Coordinator
TARC
2701 S.W. Randolph
Topeka, KS 66611
(785) 232-0597
E-mail: mpurdon@tarcinc.org
Web: www.tarcinc.org

Learning Disabilities
Diane Miller, President
Learning Disabilities Association of Kansas
P.O. Box 4424
Topeka, KS 66604
(785) 273-4505
E-mail: marciasu@aol.com
Web: www.ldakansas.org

Mental Health
Rose Mary Mohr, President
Mental Health Association of South Central Kansas
555 N. Woodlawn, Suite 3105
Wichita, KS 67208
(316) 685-1821
E-mail: rosemary@mhasck.org
Web: www.mhasck.org

Rick Cagan, Executive Director
NAMI Kansas
112 S.W. 6th, Suite 505
P.O. Box 675
Topeka, KS 66601
(785) 233-0755; (800) 539-2660
E-mail: namikansas@nami.org
Web: www.namikansas.org

Speech, Language, and Hearing
Dixie Heinrich, KSHA Coordinator
Kansas Speech-Language-Hearing Association
6001 Cherokee Drive
Fairway, KS 66205
(913) 362-0015; (800) 248-5742
E-mail: ksha@ksha.org
Web: www.ksha.org

Organizations Especially for Parents

Parent Training and Information Center (PTI)
Connie Zienkewicz, Executive Director
Families Together, Inc.
3033 W. Second, Suite 106
Wichita, KS 67203
(316) 945-7747; (877) 499-5369 (Kansas City)
(888) 815-6364 (Wichita); (800) 264-6343 (Topeka)
(888) 820-6364 (Garden City); (800) 499-9443 (Espanol)
E-mail: wichita@familiestogetherinc.org
Web: www.familiestogetherinc.org

Community Parent Resource Center
Jane Adams, Executive Director
Key for Networking, Inc. (CPRC)
211 SW 33rd Street
Topeka, KS 66612-1816
(785) 233-8732
E-mail: jadams@keys.org
Web: www.keys.org

Partners in Policymaking
Kim Strunk, Coordinator
Partners in Policymaking
Kansas Developmental Disabilities Council
Docking State Office Building, Room 141
915 S.W. Harrison Street
Topeka, KS 66612-1570
(785) 296-2608
E-mail: partnersinpolicy@alltel.net
Web: www.kcdd.org

Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
Jan Long, President
Kansas Congress of Parents and Teachers
715 S.W. 10th Street
Topeka, KS 66612-1686
(785) 234-5782
E-mail: ks_office@pta.org
Web: www.ptasonline.org