Kentucky 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
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
Melinda Mast, Executive Director
Brain Injury Association of Kentucky
7410 New Lagrange Road, Suite 100
Louisville, KY 40222
(502) 493-0609; (800) 592-1117 (in KY)
E-mail: melinda.mast@biak.us
Web: www.biak.us

Down Syndrome
Gail T. Lowe, Coordinator
Down Syndrome InfoSource, Inc.
P.O. Box 221316
Louisville, KY 40252-1316
(502) 412-3759; (888) 999-3759
E-mail: gail619@bellsouth.net

Epilepsy
Kathy Stewart, Executive Director
Epilepsy Council of Greater Cincinnati, Inc.
3 Centennial Plaza
895 Central Avenue, Suite 550
Cincinnati, OH 45202
(513) 721-2905; (877) 804-2241
E-mail: ecgc@fuse.net
Web: www.epilepsyfoundation.org/cincinnati/

Debbie McGrath, Executive Director
Epilepsy Foundation of Kentuckiana
501 E. Broadway, Suite 380
Louisville, KY 40202
(502) 584-8817; (866) 275-1078
E-mail: dmcgrath@efky.org
Web: www.efky.org

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Patty Dempsey, Executive Director
The Arc of Kentucky
706 E. Main, Suite A
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 875-5225; (800) 281-1272
E-mail: arcofky@aol.com
Web: http://arcofky.org/

Learning Disabilities
Tim Woods, Executive Director
Learning Disabilities Association of Kentucky, Inc.
2210 Goldsmith Lane, Suite 118
Louisville, KY 40218
(502) 473-1256
E-mail: LDAofky@yahoo.com
Web: www.LDAofky.org

Mental Health
Sheriall A. Cunningham, Executive Director
Mental Health America of Kentucky
120 Sears Avenue, Suite 213
Louisville, KY 40207
(502) 893-0460; (888) 705-0463
E-mail: mhaky@mhaky.org
Web: www.mhaky.org

David Olds, Executive Director
Mental Health Association of Northern Kentucky
605 Madison Avenue
Covington, KY 41011
(859) 431-1077
E-mail: mhanky@mhanky.org
Web: www.mhanky.org

Sheila A. Schuster, Ph.D., Executive Director
Kentucky Mental Health Coalition
120 Sears Avenue, Suite 212
Louisville, KY 40207
(502) 894-0222
E-mail: drs@advocacyaction.net
Web: www.advocacyaction.net

Carol Carrithers, Executive Director
NAMI Kentucky
10510 LaGrange Road, Building 103
Louisville, KY 40223
(502) 245-5284; (800) 257-5081
E-mail: ccarrithers@bellsouth.net
Web: http://www.nami.org/MSTemplate.cfm?Site=NAMI_Kentucky

Carol Cecil, Executive Director
Kentucky Partnership for Families and Children
207 Holmes Street, First Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 875-1320; (800) 369-0533
E-mail: kpfc@kypartnership.net
Web: www.kypartnership.net

Deborah Anderson, Administrator
Opportunities for Family Leadership
Division of Mental Health
100 Fair Oaks Lane, 4E-B
Frankfort, KY 40621
(502) 564-4527
E-mail: deborah.anderson2@ky.gov
Web: http://mhmr.chs.ky.gov

Speech, Language, and Hearing
Peter Faoro, Executive Director
Kentucky Speech-Language-Hearing Association
535 W. Second Street, Suite 103
Lexington, KY 40508
(859) 252-3776; (800) 837-2446
E-mail: KSHAoffice@aol.com
Web: www.kysha.org

Spina Bifida
Kelly Davenport, President
Patty Dissell, Executive Director
Spina Bifida Association of Kentucky
Kosair Charities Centre
982 Eastern Parkway, Box 18
Louisville, KY 40217
(502) 637-7363; (866) 340-7225
E-mail: sbak@sbak.org
Web: www.sbak.org

Tourette Syndrome
Linda Saunders, Program Manager
Tourette Syndrome Association Mid-South Regional Office
(Serving Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia)
423 Summertrees Drive
Auburn, AL 36832
(334) 502-0055
E-mail: tsamidsouth@bellsouth.net
Web: http://tsa-usa.org/TSANatlLocal/Chapters/Midsouth.htm