Maine 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
Autism Society of Maine
72B Maine Street
Winthrop, ME 04364
(207) 377-9603; (800) 273-5200
E-mail: asm@asmonline.org
Web: www.asmonline.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
John Bott, Executive Director
Brain Injury Association of Maine
325 Main Street
Waterville, ME 04901
(207) 861-9900; (800) 275-1233 (in ME)
E-mail: info@biame.org
Web: www.biame.org

Cerebral Palsy
Bobbie Yeager, Executive Director
United Cerebral Palsy of Northeastern Maine
700 Mt. Hope Avenue, Suite 320
Bangor, ME 04401
(207) 941-2885; (207) 941-2952 (V/TTY)
E-mail: office@ucpofmaine.org
Web: www.ucpofmaine.org

Deafness/Hard of Hearing
Maine Center on Deafness (MCD)
68 Bishop Street, Suite 3
Portland, ME 04103
(207) 797-7656 (V/TTY); (800) 639-3884 (V/TTY)
Web: www.mcdmaine.org

Learning Disabilities
Brenda Bennett, Executive Director
Learning Disabilities Association of Maine
P.O. Box 67
Oakland, ME 04963
(207) 465-7700; (877) 208-4029
E-mail: info@ldame.org
Web: www.ldame.org

Beth McClure, President
New Hampshire Branch of the International Dyslexia Association
(also serving Vermont and Maine)
P.O. Box 3724
Concord, NH 03302
(603) 229-7355
E-mail: referralsMaine@nhida.org
Web: www.nhida.org

Mental Health
Carol Carothers, Executive Director
NAMI Maine
1 Bangor Street
Augusta, ME 04330
(207) 622-5767; (800) 464-5767 (in ME only)
E-mail: clcarothers@gwi.net
Web: www.namimaine.org

Speech, Language, and Hearing
Sabrina M.R. Jellison, President
Maine Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Strong Elementary School
110 N. Main Street
Strong, ME 04983
(207) 491-5219
E-mail: sabrinaslp@yahoo.com
Web: www.mslha.org/

Spina Bifida
Wendy Bondeson, Director
Spina Bifida Association of Maine
P.O. Box 11166
Portland, ME 04104
(207) 675-3589

Tourette Syndrome
Maine/New Hampshire Chapter of the Tourette Syndrome Association
(207) 428-3040; (877) 368-9800
E-mail: info@tsa-maine.org
Web: www.tsa-maine.org

Organizations Especially for Parents

Parent Training and Information Center (PTI)
Janice LaChance, Director
Maine Parent Federation
P.O. Box 2067
Augusta, ME 04338-2067
(207) 623-2144; (800) 870-7746 (in ME)
E-mail: parentconnect@mpf.org
Web: www.mpf.org

Parent-To-Parent
Contact Parent Training and Information Center, listed above.

Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
Tammie Breen, President
Maine PTA
Zone Corporation
P.O. Box 1929
Bangor, ME 04402
(207) 852-6683
E-mail: tbreen@zoneradio.com
Web: www.mainepta.org

Other Parent Organization
Pam Marshall, Manager
Mainely Parents
188 State Street, Suite 400
Portland, ME 04101
(207) 842-2984; (800) 249-5506
E-mail: amandal@day-one.org
Web: www.mainelyparents.org