Mississippi 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

Bridgette Yeager, Executive Director
TEAAM (Together Enhancing Autism Awareness in Mississippi)
P.O. Box 579
Magee, MS 39111
(601) 849-2695
E-mail: bridgette@yeagergroup.com
Web: www.teaam.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
Lee Jenkins, Executive Director
Brain Injury Association of Mississippi
P.O. Box 55912
Jackson, MS 39296
(601) 981-1021; (800) 444-6443
E-mail: info@msbia.org
Web: www.msbia.org

Cerebral Palsy
UCP of the Mid South
4189 Leroy Avenue
Memphis, TN 38108
(901) 761-4277
E-mail: ucp@ucpmemphis.org
Web: www.ucpmemphis.org

Down Syndrome
Jean Weiss, President
Laura Gibbes, President
Central Mississippi Down Syndrome Society (CMDSS)
P.O. Box 2189
Brandon, MS 39043
(601) 397-3696
E-mail: info@cmdss.org
Web: www.cmdss.org

Epilepsy
Beth Scarbrough, Executive Director
Epilepsy Foundation of Mississippi
2001 Airport Road, Suite 307
Jackson, MS 39232
(601) 936-5222; (800) 898-0291 (in MS)
E-mail: bethmsepilepsy@bellsouth.net

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Matt Nalker, Executive Director
The Arc of Mississippi
7 Lakeland Circle, Suite 600
Jackson, MS 39216
(601) 982-1180; (800) 717-1180
E-mail: matt@arcms.org
Web: www.arcms.org

Mental Health
Mental Health Association of Mississippi
4803 Harrison Circle
Gulfport, MS 39507
(228) 864-6274
E-mail: mhagptms@aol.com

Sylvia M. Thomas, Executive Director
Mental Health Association of the Capital Area
407 Briarwood Drive, Suite 208
Jackson, MS 39206
(601) 956-2800
E-mail: mhajxn@aol.com

Larry Swearengen, Director
NAMI Mississippi
411 Briarwood Drive, Suite 401
Jackson, MS 39206
(601) 899-9058
E-mail: namimiss1@aol.com

Tessie Schweitzer, Executive Director
Mississippi Families As Allies for Children's Mental Health
5166 Keele Street, Building A
Jackson, MS 39206
(601) 981-1618; (800) 833-9671
E-mail: tschweitzer@msfaacmh.org
E-mail: info@msfaacmh.org
Web: www.msfaacmh.org

Speech, Language, and Hearing
Mississippi Speech-Language-Hearing Association
P.O. Box 22664
Jackson, MS 39225-2664
(800) 664-6742
E-mail: mshahelp@mshausa.org
Web: www.mshausa.org

Spina Bifida
Amy Wilkinson, Executive Director
Spina Bifida Association of Mississippi
P.O. Box 180594
Richland, MS 39218
(601) 420-0030
E-mail: sbaofms@yahoo.com

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

Organizations Especially for Parents

Parent Training and Information Center (PTI)
Charlene Comstock-Galagan, Executive Director
Mississippi Parent Training and Information Center
5 Old River Place, Suite 101
Jackson, MS 39202
(601) 969-0601; (800) 721-7255
E-mail: ccg@mscoalition.com
E-mail: mspti@mscoalition.com
Web: www.mscoalition.com

Community Parent Resource Center
(Serving Six EMPOWER Counties)
Agnes Johnson, Executive Director
EMPOWER Community Resource Center
P.O. Box 1733
136 S. Poplar Street
Greenville, MS 38702-1733
(662) 332-4852; (800) 337-4852
E-mail: empower@suddenlinkmail.com
Web: www.msempower.org

Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
Larry Williams, President
Mississippi Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc.
P.O. Box 1937
Jackson, MS 39215
(601) 352-7383; (800) 795-6123
E-mail: ms_office@pta.org
Web: www.mississippipta.org