(317) 856-5201
(317) 856-2333 (FAX)
Email: info@damar.org
Website: www.damar.org
Main Campus Address:
Disabling Conditions Served: Intellectual and/or developmental disabilities,
autism, emotional and seizure disorders, speech and hearing impairments
Users Served:
School-aged children and adults
Services Provided:
• Residential services
• Educational services
• Therapeutic services
• Community living and support services
University of IL/Chicago
Institute on Disability and Human
Development
1640 W.
(312) 413-1407 (V/TTY)
(800) 949-4232 (V/TTY)—only
available in IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI
(312) 413-1856 (FAX)
Email: gldbtac@uic.edu
Website: www.adagreatlakes.org
Users Served: People with disabilities, businesses,
governments, social service agencies, educators
Services Provided:
• Technical
assistance and training regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act and
accessible information technology
• Education and
training
• Referral
network
• Materials
dissemination
• ADA Audio
Conference Series offered monthly on a variety of
Resources Available:
• Library on
•
• Accessible Technology Bulletin –
quarterly e-bulletin on accessible technology
• Listserv for
Headquarters
3725 Alexandria Pike
(877) 426-2838
(859) 441-7300
Website: www.dav.org
Disabling Conditions Served: All disabilities incurred in military service
Users Served:
American veterans and their families
Services Provided:
• Counseling
• Assistance in filing claims for disability compensation, death
benefits, pensions, and other benefits
• Disaster relief funds
• National employment program
• National legislative program
Resources Available:
• DAV Magazine bimonthly
• Online membership system
• Legislative goals brochure
• Vietnam veterans brochure
• Volunteer brochure
• Various other brochures
Disabled American Veterans
(317) 916-3615
10175 Wheeler Rd.
Central Point, OR 97502-9360
(541) 826-9220 (Voice/TDD)
(800) 990-3647
(541) 826-6696 (FAX)
Email: info@dogsforthedeaf.org
Website: www.dogsforthedeaf.org
Disabling Conditions Served: Hearing impairments and deafness
Users Served:
Children and adults with hearing impairments
Services Provided:
• Rescue and
train dogs to become the ears for hearing-impaired and deaf people
• Following dog
placement, follow-up by trainers for as long as person and dog are together
• Recipients are
given dogs free of charge but are encouraged to donate
Resources Available:
• Brochures and
pamphlets
(317) 925-7617
(888) 989-9255 (Toll-Free)
(317) 925-7619 (FAX)
Email: info@dsindiana.org
Website: www.dsindiana.org
Disabling Conditions Served: Down syndrome
Users Served: Individuals with Down syndrome, family members, and caregivers
Services Provided:
• Buddy Walk in the fall
• Parent support groups
• D.A.D.S. (Dads Appreciating Down Syndrome
group)
• Bimonthly newsletter
• Recreational and social opportunities
• Scholarship fund
• Grant program
Resources Available: (Free to
• Resource
information and educational materials
• New Parent packet
• Additional
resources listed on the website
Dystonia Medical Research Foundation
One E. Wacker Dr., Suite 2810
Chicago, IL 60601-1905
(312) 755-0198
(800) 377-DYST
(312) 803-0138 (FAX)
Email: dystonia@dystonia-foundation.org
Website: www.dystonia-foundation.org
Disabling Conditions Served: Dystonia
Users Served: Those who have dystonia,
and their families
Services Provided:
• Research grants
• Workshops
• Physician/patient
education
• Support groups
for patients and their families
Resources Available:
• Dystonia Dialogue newsletter
• What is Dystonia? brochure
• Genetics of Dystonia brochure
• Catalog of publications available
Breaking New Ground
Purdue University
ABE Bldg., 225 S. University Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2093
(800) 825-4264 or (765) 494-5013
www.breakingnewground.info
bng@ecn.purdue.edu