West Virginia 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
Dr. Barbara Cottrill, Director
West Virginia Autism Training Center
Marshall University
One John Marshall Drive
Huntington, WV 25755-2430
(304) 696-2332; (800) 344-5115 (in WV)
Web: www.marshall.edu/coe/atc

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

Mark Uslan, Director
American Foundation for the Blind Technology
949 Third Avenue, Suite 200
Huntington, WV 25701
(304) 523-8651
E-mail: techctr@afb.net
Web: www.afb.org

Brain Injury
Michael Davis, Acting President
Brain Injury Association of West Virginia, Inc.
P.O. Box 574
Institute, WV 25112
(304) 766-4892; (800) 356-6443 (in WV)
Web: www.BIAUSA.org/WVirginia

Learning Disabilities
Jennifer Carriger, President
Learning Disabilities Association of West Virginia
908 Highland Road
Charleston, WV 25302
(866) 985-3211 (in WV)
E-mail: jcarriger@citynet.net
Web: www.wvlda.org

Mental Health
Ellen Ward, Executive Director
Mental Health Association in the Greater Kanawha Valley, Inc.
One United Way Square
Charleston, WV 25301-1098
(304) 340-3512
E-mail: mha@wvinter.net
Web: http://mha-kanawha.org

Michael Ross, Executive Director
NAMI WV
P.O. Box 2706
Charleston, WV 25330-2706
(304) 342-0497
E-mail: NAMIWV@aol.com
Web: http://namiwv.org

Teri Isaly, Executive Director
Mountain State Parents-CAN
1201 Garfield Street
McMechen, WV 26040
(304) 233-5399; (800) 244-5385
E-mail: tisaly@mspcan.org
Web: www.mspcan.org

Lorie Roberts, Executive Director
West Virginia Health Consumers Association
910 Quarrier Street, Suite 414
Charleston, WV 25301
(304) 345-7312; (800) 598-8847
E-mail: lorieroberts@wvmhca.org
Web: www.wvmhca.org

Speech, Language, and Hearing
Laura Stout, President
West Virginia Speech-Language-Hearing Association
325 Jones Avenue
Oak Hill, WV 25901
(304) 465-3058
E-mail: president@wvsha.org
Web: www.wvsha.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)
Pat Haberbosch, Director
West Virginia Parent Training and Information Project (WVPTI)
1701 Hamill Avenue
Clarksburg, WV 26301
(304) 624-1436 (V/TTY); (800) 281-1436 (In WV)
E-mail: wvpti@aol.com
Web: www.wvpti.org

Parent-To-Parent
Lynn Reichard, Educator
Robert Evans, Educator
West Virginia Parent-Educator Resource Center (PERC) Project
509 W. Martin Street
Martinsburg, WV 25401
(304) 263-5717
E-mail: bcperc@yahoo.com

Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
Linda Craig, President
West Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers
P.O. Box 3557
Parkersburg, WV 26103-3557
(304) 420-9576
E-mail: wv_office@pta.org
Web: www.wvpta.net/

Parent-Educator Resource Center
Betsy Peterson, Parent Coordinator
West Virginia Department of Education
Office of Special Programs, Extended and Early Learning
1900 Kanawha Boulevard E, Building 6, Room 304
Charleston, WV 25305
(304) 558-2696; (800) 642-8541 (in WV)
E-mail: bpeterso@access.k12.wv.us
Web: http://wvde.state.wv.us