Tennessee 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

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

Cerebral Palsy
Peggy Fryer, President/CEO
UCP of the Mid South, Inc.
4189 Leroy Avenue
Memphis, TN 38108
(901) 761-4277
E-mail: pfryer@ucpmemphis.org

Epilepsy
Joyce Whitmer, Executive Director
Epilepsy Foundation Middle and West Tennessee
2002 Richard Jones Road, Suite C-202
Nashville, TN 37215
(615) 269-7091; (800) 244-0768
E-mail: jwhitmer@epilepsytn.org
Web: http://epilepsytn.org

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Walter F. Rogers, Executive Director
The Arc of Tennessee
151 Athens Way, Suite 100
Nashville, TN 37228
(615) 248-5878; (800) 835-7077
E-mail: wrogers@thearctn.org
E-mail: walterrogersarc@aol.com
Web: www.thearctn.org

Learning Disabilities
Learning Disabilities Association of America
4156 Library Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15234-1349
(412) 341-1515
Web: www.ldaamerica.org/

Mental Health
Angie Thompson, Executive Director
Mental Health Association of Middle Tennessee
2416 21st Avenue South, Suite 201
Nashville, TN 37212
(615) 269-5355
E-mail: forinfo@mhamt.org
Web: www.ichope.com

Elliott Garrett, President
Sita Diehl, Executive Director
NAMI-Tennessee
1101 Kermit Drive, Suite 605
Nashville, TN 37217
(615) 361-6608; (800) 467-3589 (in TN)
E-mail: sdiehl@namitn.org
Web: http://namitn.org

Charlotte Bryson, Executive Director
Elizabeth Boggs, Executive Administrative Assistant
Tennessee Voices for Children
701 Bradford Avenue
Nashville, TN 37204
(615) 269-7751; (800) 670-9982
E-mail: TVC@TNVoices.org
Web: www.tnvoices.org

Laura Fair, Respite Project Coordinator
Tennessee Respite Network
701 Bradford Avenue
Nashville, TN 37204
(615) 269-7751; (800) 670-9882
E-mail: tvc@tnvoices.org
Web: www.tnvoices.org

Speech, Language, and Hearing
Nelia Westenberger, Executive Director
Tennessee Association of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists
P.O. Box 70
Spring Hill, TN 37174
(931) 487-9871
E-mail: wmijohn@aol.com
Web: www.taaslp.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

Organizations Especially for Parents

Parent Training and Information Center (PTI)
Jenness Roth, Executive Director
Support and Training for Exceptional Parents, Inc. (STEP)
712 Professional Plaza
Greeneville, TN 37745
(423) 639-0125
(800) 280-7837 (English toll free in TN only)
(800) 975-2919 (Spanish Toll free in TN only)
(423) 639-8802 (TTY)
E-mail: jenness.roth@tnstep.org
E-mail: information@tnstep.org
Web: www.tnstep.org

Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
Cindy Dearing, President
Tennessee Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc.
1905 Acklen Avenue
Nashville, TN 37212-3788
(615) 383-9740
E-mail: president@tnpta.org
Web: www.pta.org

Other Parent Organization
Kate Driskill Kanies, M.A., M.L.S., RIP Coordinator
Regional Intervention Program (RIP)
3411 Belmont Boulevard
Nashville, TN 37215
(615) 963-1177
Email: Kate.Kanies@state.tn.us
Web: www.ripnetwork.org