Revised February ‘07 Physical Disability Assistance Organization Telephone/Website 1-800-FREE411 Services Offered ADAPT WV (Americans with Disabilities for Attendant Programs Today) http://www.labs.net/adapt/ Works for the civil rights of persons with disabilities. Adaptive Equipment Exchange http://groups.yahoo.com/gro up/AdEqEx A free message board and discussion group for the donation, trade, or sale of used adaptive equipment and/or medical supplies. Information and Resource Services for Lighthouse International (800) 829-0500 Provides aid to parents of blind and partially sighted children. Alliance for Technology Access (707) 778-3011 http://www.ataccess.org American Foundation for the Blind (800) 232-5463 http://www.afb.org American Council of the Blind (800) 424-8666 http://www.acb.org American Paralysis Association (800) 225-0292 American Society for Deaf Children (800) 942-2732 http://www.deafchildren.org Amyotrophic Laterial Sclerosis Association (818) 880-9007 http://www.alsa.org Angelman Syndrome Foundation (800) 432-6435 http://www.angelman.org Appalachian Center for Independent Living Described and Captured Media Program (800) 642-3003 Children’s Craniofacial Association Craniofacial Foundation of America (800) 535-3643 http://www.ccakids.com (800) 418-3223 http://www.erlanger.org/cran iofacial/found3.html (800) 237-6213 http://www.cfv.org 1 Revised February ‘07 Dial-a-Hearing Screening Test (800) 222-EARS FACES: The National Craniofacial Association (800) -332-2372 http://www.facess-cranio.org Better Hearing Institute (800) 327-9355 http://www.betterhearing.org Hear Now (800) 648-4327 Job Accommodation Network (JAN) PO Box 6080 Morgantown, WV 26506 (800) 526-7234 (voice/TTY) (877) 781-9403 (Voice/TTY, information on the ADA) http://www.jan.wvu.edu Job Opportunities for the Blind (410) 659-9314 http://www.nfb.org/jobline/e nter.htm John Tracy Clinic (800) 522-4582 http://www.jtc.org Infant and Pre-school deafness Let’s Get a Life West Virginia http://groups.yahoo.com/gro up/LetsGetaLifeWestVirginia Dedicated to developing a persondirected service system to allow people with disabilities to live full productive lives of their own choosing. Lion’s Club International (800) 642-3021 http://www.wvdrs.org Helps individuals acquire glasses and schedules eye exams. Information & Referral Services for the Blind Meniere’s Network (800) 545-4327 http://www.theearfound.com /menieres.html Mountain State Center for Independent Living Corporate Office 821 Fourth Avenue Huntington, WV 25701 Muscular Dystrophy Family Foundation 525-3324 (866) 687-8245 http://mtstcil.org/ National Association for Parents of the Visually Impaired, Inc. (800) 562-6265 National Eye-Care Project Senior Eye Care (800) 222-3937 http://allaboutvision.com (800) 544-1213 http://www.mdff.org 2 Revised February ‘07 National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Clearinghouse (800) 241-1044 voice (800) 241-1055 TTY http://www.nidcd.nih.gov National Library Service For the Blind and Physically Handicapped (800) 424-8567 (800) 642-8674 (WV) http://www.loc.gov/nls National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC) (800) 346-2742 http://www.naric.com Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (866) 732-3585 http://www.rfbd.org Social Security Administration (800) 772-1213 http://www.ssa.gov Spinal Cord Injury Support Group (877) 724-8244 University Center for Excellence in Disabilities http://www.cedwvu.edu Assists West Virginians with developmental and other disabilities and family members and the agencies that support them. WV Advocates, Inc. (800) 950-5250 http://www.wvadvocates.org Advocates for the human and legal rights of persons with disabilities. WV Assistive Technology System (WVATS) (800) 982-8799 http://www.cedwvu.org/prog rams.wvats WV Centers for Independent Living 766-4624 (Voice or TDD) http://www.wvsilc.org/PART NERS.htm WV Commission for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing http://www.wvdhhr.org/wvcd hh/ (866) 461-3578 WV Division of Rehabilitation Services (800) 642-8207 Information for the blind (800) 642-3021 http://www.wvdrs.org 3 Revised February ‘07 WV Library Commission Special Libraries—Blind and Physically Handicapped (800) 642-9021 #9 http://www.librarycommissio n.lib.wv.us/vimpaired.html WV Muscular Dystrophy Association 344-9807 WV Traumatic Brain & Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation (877) 724-8244 WV Society for the Blind & Severely Disabled 767-3057 4