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 201
Landover, MD 20785
(301) 306-7070
(800) 233-4050 (Voice mail to request information packet)
Web: www.chadd.org
Pam Esser, Executive Director
Attention Deficit Disorders Association - Southern Region (ADDA-SR)
12345 Jones Road, Suite 287-7
Houston, TX 77070
(281) 897-0982
E-mail: addaoffice@pdq.net
Web: www.adda-sr.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
Eric Makowski, President
Brain Injury Association of Texas
316 W. 12th Street, Suite 405
Austin, TX 78701
(512) 326-1212; (800) 392-0040 (in TX)
E-mail: info@biatx.org
Web: www.biatx.org
Cerebral Palsy
Peggy Fryer, Executive Director
United Cerebral Palsy of Texas
1016 La Posada, Suite 145
Austin, TX 78752
(512) 472-8696; (800) 798-1492 (in TX)
E-mail: pfryer@ucpmemphis.org
Web: www.ucptexas.org
Epilepsy
Donna Stahlhut, Executive Director
Epilepsy Foundation of Southeast Texas
2630 Fountain View, Suite 210
Houston, TX 77057
(713) 789-6295
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Donna Stahlhut, Executive Director
Epilepsy Foundation Dallas/Fort Worth
8802 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, TX 75235
(888) 548-9716 (in certain service areas)
E-mail: dstahlhut@efset.org
Web: www.efset.org
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Mike Bright, Executive Director
The Arc of Texas, Suite 100
8001 Centre Park Drive
Austin, TX 78754
(512) 454-6694; (800) 252-9729
E-mail: secretary@thearcoftexas.org
Web: www.thearcoftexas.org
Learning Disabilities
Ann Robinson, Executive Director
Learning Disabilities Association of Texas
1011 W. 3lst Street
Austin, TX 78705
(512) 458-8234; (800) 604-7500 (in TX)
E-mail: contact@ldat.org
Web: www.ldat.org
Mental Health
Shaintay Abudu, Ph.D.
Council of Families for Children
P.O. Box 14259
Austin, TX 78714-2591
E-mail: info@counciloffamilies.org
Web: www.counciloffamilies.org
Lynn Lasky Clark, President & CEO
Mental Health America of Texas
1210 San Antonio, Suite 200
Austin, TX 78701
(512) 454-3706
E-mail: Lynn@mhatexas.org
Web: www.mhatexas.org
Robin Peyson, Executive Director
NAMI Texas
Fountain Park Plaza III
2800 South IH 35, Suite 140
Austin, TX 78704
(512) 693-2000; (800) 633-3760
Web: www.namitexas.org
Patti Derr, Director
Texas Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
7701 N. Lamar, Suite 518
Austin, TX 78752
(512) 944-9972; (866) 893-3264
E-mail: info@txffcmh.org
Web: www.txffcmh.org
Speech, Language and Hearing
Don Canada, Executive Director
Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association
918 Congress Avenue, Suite 200
Austin, TX 78701
(512) 494-1127; (888) 729-8742
Web: www.txsha.org
Traumatic Brain Injury
Traumatic Brain Injury Recovery Center
Web: www.tbirecoverycenter.org
Tourette Syndrome
Sheryl Kadmon, Executive Director
Tourette Syndrome Association of Texas
3919 River Forest
Richmond, TX 77469
(281) 238-8096
E-mail: TouretteTexas@aol.com
Web: www.tourettetexas.org
Organizations Especially for Parents
Parent Training and Information Centers (PTI)
(Serving San Antonio, Houston, and the Lower Rio Grande Valley)
Jeanetta B. Alexander, Program Manager
Team Project
Partners Resource Network, Inc.
3311 Richmond, Suite 334
Houston, TX 77098
(713) 524-2147; (877) 832-8945 (in TX)
Email: prnteam@sbcglobal.net
Web: www.partnerstx.org
(Serving Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, Wichita Falls, Southeast and East Texas)
Alice Robertson, Program Manager
PATH Project
1090 Longfellow Drive, Suite B
Beaumont, TX 77706-4819
(409) 898-4684; (800) 866-4726 (in TX)
E-mail: partnersresource@sbcglobal.net
Web: www.partnerstx.org
(Serving Amarillo, Lubbock, Abilene, San Angelo, and El Paso)
Jon Howell, Program Manager
PEN Project
1001 Main Street, Suite 804
Lubbock, TX 79401
(806) 762-1434; (877) 762-1435 (in TX)
E-mail: wtxpen@sbcglobal.net
Community Parent Resource Centers
Gilda Lopez, Project Director
CDIC - Community Parent Resource Center
1101 E. Schuster
El Paso, TX 79902
(915) 217-2747
E-mail: gilda@elprc.org
Parents Supporting Parents Network at The Arc in the Rio Grande Valley
601 N. Texas Boulevard
Weslaco, TX 78596
(956) 447-8408; (888) 857-8668
Web: www.pspofrgv.org/
(Serving Houston independent school districts: South, South central & Central)
Rose Ferguson, Director
Special Kids, Inc. (SKI)
P.O. Box 266958
Houston, TX 77207
(713) 734-5355
E-mail: speckidsinc@yahoo.com
Web: www.specialkidsinc.org
Parent-To-Parent
Laura J. Warren, Executive Director
Jeanine Pinner, Training and Outreach Coordinator
Texas Parent to Parent
3710 Cedar Street, Box 12
Austin, TX 78705
(512) 458-8600; (866) 896-6001
E-mail: Laura@txp2p.org
Web: www.txp2p.org
Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
Kyle Ward, Executive Director
Texas PTA
408 W. 11th Street
Austin, TX 78701-2113
(512) 476-6769; (800) 825-5782
E-mail: txpta@txpta.org
Web: www.txpta.org
Other Parent Organizations
Mary Jane Williams, Executive Director
Family to Family Network
13150 FM 529, Suite 106
Houston, TX 77041
(713) 466-6304
E-mail: f2fnetwork@sbcglobal.net
Web: www.familytofamilynetwork.org
Web: www.texasprojectfirst.org
Amy Sharp, Director
Family Support Network, Texas A&M University
4225 Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-4225
(979) 845-4612
E-mail: fsn@tamu.edu
Web: http://fsn.tamu.edu
Other Disability Organizations
Monica Prather, President/CEO
Easter Seals North Texas
1555 Merrimac Circle, Suite 102
Ft. Worth, TX 76107
(817) 759-7900; (888) 288-8324 (in TX)
E-mail: mail@easterseals-fw.org
Web: www.fortworth.easterseals.com
Disability Policy Consortium
1016 La Posada Drive, Suite 145
Austin, TX 78752
(512) 371-1783
E-mail: toni@dpctexas.org
E-mail: info@dpctexas.org
Web: www.dpctexas.org
Independent Living
Regina Blye, Executive Director
Texas State Independent Living Council (SILC)
5555 N. Lamar, Suite K103
P.O. Box 9879
Austin, TX 78766
(512) 371-7353; (877) 371-7353
E-mail: texsilc@texas.net
Web: www.txsilc.org
Reprinted with the permission of the National Dissemination Center.
