The Scoliosis
Association, Inc.
(An International Information and
Support Organization)
(561) 994-4435
(800) 800-0669 (Toll-free)
(561) 994-2455 (FAX)
Email: normlipin@aol.com
Website: www.scoliosis-assoc.org
Disabling Conditions Served: Scoliosis
Users Served: Adults and children with scoliosis, or other spine deformity
Services Provided:
• Information
about scoliosis
• Funding for
research
Resources
Available:
• Backtalk
Magazine published
quarterly
• Various videos,
posters, and articles
c/o The Arc of
Indiana
Indianapolis,
IN 46204
(317) 977-2375
(800) 382-9100
(317) 977-2385
(FAX)
Website: www.arcind.org
Disabling Conditions Served: Developmental disabilities
Users Served: People with developmental disabilities,
age 18 and older, interested in learning about disability rights or speaking
out about them
Services Provided:
• Training
sessions on various aspects of disability rights and advocacy
• Statewide,
multi-county, and county advocacy groups
Resources Available:
• Self-Advocacy
in
• Self-Advocacy newsletter
• We Have
Community in Common booklet
• Self-Advocates
of
Sister Kenny Rehabilitation
Institute
Minneapolis, MN 55407\
(866) 880-3550 (Toll-Free)
(612) 863-4200
(Voice)
Email: sisterkenny@allina.com
Website: www.sisterkennyinstitute.com
Disabling Conditions
Served: Stroke, spinal cord injury,
brain injury, and other disabling conditions
Users
Served: Persons with disabilities
Services
Provided:
• Physical
medicine and rehabilitation
• Rehabilitation
nursing
• Occupational
and physical therapies
• Speech
pathology and audiology
• Vocational
services
• Social services
• Psychological
services
• Outpatient day
hospital
• Therapeutic
recreation
• Research and
education
• Chronic pain
rehabilitation
Social Security Administration–Disability
Programs
Office of Public Inquiries
Windser Park Building
6401 Security Blvd.
Baltimore, MD 21235
Nationwide,
toll-free service
(800) 772-1213
(800) 325-0778
(TTY)
Website: www.socialsecurity.gov/disability
Disabling
Conditions Served: All disabilities
Users
Served: Individuals with disabilities
and service professionals
Services
Provided:
• Medicare
• Supplemental
security income
• Dissemination
of information
• Provision of
services through various departments
Resources
Available:
• Monthly
e-newsletter
• Pamphlets about a wide variety of subjects. These materials are available in
multiple formats including regular print editions and some in alternative
formats for the visually impaired. Online downloads are also available in
English and 15 other languages. See the Website for a complete listing.
• Disability
Starter Kits
• Social Security
card applications
Local Branches: Twenty-six offices are located
throughout
Spina Bifida Association of
(202) 944-3285
(800) 621-3141
(202) 944-3295
(FAX)
Email: sbaa@sbaa.org
Website: www.spinabifida.org
Disabling
Conditions Served: Spina bifida
Users
Served: Individuals with spina bifida
Services
Provided:
• Free
comprehensive information and referral service
• Supports
research into the causes, prevention, treatment, and cure for spina bifida
• Scholarships
to colleges and universities
• Public
awareness efforts
• The only
annual conference in the
Resources
Available:
• Insights
into Spina Bifida newsletter
• Brochures
on spina bifida and folic acid
• Various
other publications and audiovisual materials
Local
Branches:
SBA of
(317) 592-1630
(317) 351-2010
(FAX)
Email: president@sbaci.org
SBA of
(574) 294-5933
Email: kathyyoder@northindianaspinabifida.com
or katieandjacobsmom@yahoo.com
Website: www.northindianaspinabifida.com
State Health Insurance Assistance
Programs (SHIP)–Indiana Department of Insurance
714
(800) 452-4800 (Toll-free)
(765) 608-2318
(765) 608-2322 (FAX)
Website: www.medicare.in.gov
Users Served: People with Medicare or their caregivers
seeking information on health insurance assistance programs
Services Provided:
• Counseling on Medicare, Medicare Supplement Insurance,
Medicare Managed Care Plans, Medicaid, long term financing options, and
prescription coverage
• Referrals to other agencies
Resources Available:
• Educational
materials
• Long term
care insurance self-assessment guide
• Speakers for
group or community programs
State Universities in
Ball
State University
Disabled
Student Development
Muncie,
IN 47306
(765) 285-5293
(765)
285-5295 (FAX)
Email: dsd@bsu.edu
Website: www.bsu.edu/dsd
Indiana
State University
Student
Academic Services Center
Gillum Hall, 2nd Floor
Terre
Haute, IN 47809
(812)
237-2300
(812)
237-2699 (FAX)
Website: www.indstate.edu/sasc
Indiana
University – Bloomington
Disability
Services for Students
Franklin Hall, Rm. 006
601 E. Kirkwood Ave.
Bloomington,
IN 47405
(812)
855-7578, Option 3 (Voice)
(812)
856-2264 (TTY)
(812) 855-7650 (FAX)
Email: iubdss@indiana.edu
Website: www.indiana.edu/~iubdss
I.U.
Learning Disability Support Services
Franklin
Hall, Rm 327
(812)
855-3508
Indiana
University Southeast
Office of Services for Students with Disabilities
UC South Room 207
4201
Grant Line Rd.
(812)
941-2243
(812)
941-2542 (FAX)
Email: mtspring@ius.edu
Website: www.ius.edu/asc/disabilityservices/
IPFW-Ft.
Services
for Students with Disabilities
Walb
Student Union, Rm.113
IPFW
2101 E.
Coliseum Blvd.
Ft.
Wayne, IN 46805
(260)
481-6657
(260)
481-6018 (FAX)
Website: www.ipfw.edu/ssd/graphics-version/
IUPUI
Adaptive
Educational Services
425 University
Blvd., Rm. CA001E
Indianapolis,
IN 46202
(317)
274-3241
Email: aes@iupui.edu
Website: www.iupui.edu/~divrsity/aes/about
Purdue
North Central
Student
Support Services
Rm. 27,
LSF Bldg.
Westville,
IN 46391
(219)
785-5312
(800)
872-1231 Ext. 5312 (IN only)
Email: studentsupportservices@pnc.edu
Office of the Dean of Students
Ernest C.
Young Hall, Room 830
(765)
494-1247 (Voice/TTY)
(765)
496-3759 (FAX)
Contact:
Heather A. Stout
Email: drc@purdue.edu
Website: www.purdue.edu/odos/drc/welcome.php
Student Support
Services
Student
Faculty Library Center, Rm. C-343
2200 169th
St.
Hammond,
IN 46323-2094
(219)
989-2455
(219)
989-2454 (TDD)
(800)
HI-PURDUE ext. 2455 (IN and IL only)
Email: sss@calumet.purdue.edu
Website: www.calumet.purdue.edu/stusuprt
University
of Southern Indiana
Counseling
Center
Orr
Center, Rm. 1051
8600
University Blvd.
Evansville,
IN 47712
(812)
464-1961
(812)
465-7072 (TTY)
(812)
461-5288 (FAX)
Email: lmsmith@usi.edu
Website: www.usi.edu/cou/index.asp
Breaking New Ground
Purdue University
ABE Bldg.,
(800) 825-4264 or (765) 494-5013
www.breakingnewground.info
bng@ecn.purdue.edu