Vermont 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
Lisa W. Lawlor, Director
Autism Society of Vermont
P.O. Box 978
White River Junction, VT 05001
(802) 457-3764; (800) 559-7398
Web: www.autism-info.org

Lynn George, President
Autism Support Daily
P.O. Box 4556
Burlington, VT 05406
(802) 985-8773
E-mail: Info@AutismSupportDaily.com
Web: www.AutismSupportDaily.com

Claudia Pringles, President
AAWARE - Approach Autism with Advocacy Recovery & Education
7 River Street
Montpelier, VT 05602
(802) 229-4665
E-mail: info@aaware.org
Web: www.aaware.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

Steve Pouliot, Executive Director
Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired
37 Elmwood Avenue
Burlington, VT 05401
(802) 863-1358; (800) 639-5861
E-mail: general@vabvi.org
Web: www.vabvi.org/

Brain Injury
Brain Injury Association of Vermont
P.O. Box 226
Shelburne, VT 05482-0226
(877) 856-1772
E-mail: biavtsupport@comcast.net
Web: www.biavt.org

Cerebral Palsy
James Lund, Executive Director
Association for Cerebral Palsy
73 Main Street, Room 17
Montpelier, VT 05602
(802) 223-5161

Down Syndrome
(serving Rutland county)
Down Right Special, Rutland
29 Ronaldo Court
Rutland, VT 05701
(802) 773-6849 (Leigh)
(802) 773-7343 (Fred)
E-mail: LLombardy@aol.com
E-mail: fwortman@verizon.net

Epilepsy
Audrey Butler, Executive Director
Epilepsy Foundation of Vermont
P.O. Box 6292
Rutland, VT 05702
(802) 775-1686; (800) 565-0972
E-mail: epilepsy@sover.net

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
James Lund, Executive Director
Central Vermont Advocacy
73 Main Street, Suite 17
Montpelier, VT 05602
(802) 223-6149
E-mail: cvtarc@comcast.net

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

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

Mental Health
National Mental Health Association (NMHA)
( to identify an NMHA chapter in your state )
1021 Prince Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-2971
(800) 969-6642
Web: www.nmha.org

Larry Lewack, Executive Director
NAMI Vermont
132 S. Main Street
Waterbury, VT 05676
(802) 244-1396; (800) 639-6480
E-mail: info@namivt.org
Web: www.namivt.org

Kathy Holsopple, Executive Director
Vermont Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
P.O. Box 507
Waterbury, VT 05676-0507
(802) 434-6757; (800) 639-6071 (Families only)
E-mail: vffcmh@vffcmh.org
Web: www.vffcmh.org

Speech, Language, and Hearing
Kari Fabrizio, President
Vermont Speech-Language-Hearing Association
E-mail: president@vsha.us
Web: www.vsha.us

Tourette Syndrome
Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc.
42-40 Bell Boulevard
Bayside, NY 11361-2820
(718) 224-2999
E-mail: ts@tsa-usa.org
Web: www.tsa-usa.org