Maryland 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

Dawn Koplos, Executive Director
Linda Pearl, Resource Center Coordinator
Pathfinders for Autism
P.O. Box 10501
Baltimore, MD 21285
(410) 769-9500; (866) 806-8400
E-mail: info@pathfindersforautism.org
Web: www.pathfindersforautism.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

Terry Eason, Executive Director
Low Vision Center
7701 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 604
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 951-4444
E-mail: Terry@lowvisioninfo.org
Web: www.lowvisioninfo.org/

Brain Injury
Diane Triplett, Executive Director
Brain Injury Association of Maryland
2200 Kernan Drive
Baltimore, MD 21207
(410) 448-2924; (800) 221-6443 (in MD)
E-mail: info@biamd.org
Web: www.biamd.org

Cerebral Palsy
Mitzi Bernard, Executive Director
United Cerebral Palsy of Southern Maryland
1919A West Street
Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 224-4205
E-mail: ucpinfo@ucpsm.org
Web: www.ucpsm.org

Diane Coughlin, President/CEO
United Cerebral Palsy of Central Maryland
1700 Reisterstown Road, Suite 226
Baltimore, MD 21208
(410) 484-4540; (800) 451-2452
E-mail: dcoughlin@ucp-cm.org
Web: www.ucp-cm.org

Charles McNelly, Ph.D., Executive Director
United Cerebral Palsy of Prince George's and Montgomery Counties, Inc.
William Irwin Buck Center
4409 Forbes Boulevard
Lanham, MD 20706
(301) 459-0566
E-mail: ucppgmc@aol.com
Web: www.ucppgmc.com
Web: www.high-school-high-tech.com
Web: www.netathon.org

Epilepsy
Lee Ann Kingham, Executive Director
Abilities Network
Epilepsy Foundation of the Chesapeake Region
8503 LaSalle Road
Towson, MD 21286
(410) 828-7700; (800) 492-2523 (in MD only)
Web: www.abilitiesnetwork.org

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Cristine Boswell Marchand, Executive Director
The Arc of Maryland, Inc.
49 Old Solomons Island Road, Suite 205
Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 571-9320; (410) 974-6139 (In Balt.)
E-mail: cmarchand@thearcmd.org
Web: www.thearcmd.org

Learning Disabilities
Learning Disabilities Association of Maryland
P.O. Box 268
Huntingtown, MD 20639
(888) 265-6459
E-mail: LDAMaryland@aol.com
Web: www.ldamaryland.org

Mental Health
Linda Raines, Executive Director
Mental Health Association of Maryland
711 W. 40th Street, Suite 460
Baltimore, MD 21211
(410) 235-1178; (800) 572-6426
E-mail: info@mhamd.org
Web: www.mhamd.org

Lynn H. Albizo, Executive Director
(National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Maryland)
NAMI MD
MarylandÕs Voice on Mental Illness
804 Landmark Drive, Suite 122
Glen Burnie, MD 21061
(410) 863-0470; (800) 467-0075
E-mail: namimd@nami.org
Web: http://md.nami.org

Speech, Language, and Hearing
Lisa Oriolo, Association Manager
Maryland Speech-Language-Hearing Association
P.O. Box 31
Manchester, MD 21102
(410) 239-7770
E-mail: office@mdslha.org
Web: www.mdslha.org

Spina Bifida
Susan Whelan, President
Spina Bifida Association of Maryland
2416 Lamp Post Lane
Baltimore, MD 21234
(410) 665-1543
E-mail: sbamaryland@comcast.net

Tourette Syndrome
Sue Jacob, Acting Executive Director
Tourette Syndrome Association of Greater Washington
33 University Boulevard East
Silver Spring, MD 20901-2485
(301) 681-4133; (877) 295-2148
E-mail: TSAGW@aol.com
Web: www.TSAGW.org