233 S. Wacker Dr., Suite 2400
Chicago, IL 60606
(312) 551-7153
(800) 221-6827
Email: info@easterseals.com
Website: www.easterseals.com
Disabling Conditions Served: Physical, mental, and learning
disabilities
Users Served: Children and adults with
disabilities, their families, and employers
Services Provided:
• Early education
and development services
• Childcare
services
• After-school
tutoring
• Camping and
recreation programs
• Residential
services
• Adult and
senior services
• Respite
services
• Vocational
training and employment services
• Assistive
technology
• Physical
medicine and rehabilitation services
• Movement and mobility centers
4740 Kingsway Dr.
(317) 466-1000 (Voice)
(317) 479-3232 (TTY)
(317) 466-2000 (FAX)
Website: www.eastersealscrossroads.org
Disabling Conditions Served: Communication
disorders, orthopedic and neurological disorders, social/psychological
disorders, learning/developmental disorders, autism and related disorders,
hearing and vision impairments, as well as other disorders
Users Served: Children and adults with disabilities or
special needs, their families, and employers
Services Provided:
• Vocational
assessment, career skills training, supported employment, employment services
• Assistive
technology/augmentative communication services
• Workplace
accommodation
• Pre-screened
employment candidates
• Early
intervention
• Physical,
occupational, and speech/language therapy
• Audiology
• Driver
evaluation and training (including van and bioptic)
• Low vision
in-home occupational therapy services
• Physical
Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinic
• Respite care (Parents’
Night Out)
• Adult day
services for younger adults with disabilities and medically frail older adults
• Sign language
interpreters, video relay, resources for the deaf community
• WorkOne Express location
Easter Seals
Crossroads – South
(317) 782-8888
(Voice)
(317) 788-4640
(FAX)
100
(212) 243-1110
(212) 627-0407 (FAX)
Email: lcolon@aed.org
Website: www.edequity.org
Disabling Conditions Served: All disabilities
Users Served:
Persons with disabilities, families, and professionals
Services Provided:
• Information and referral
• Educational materials to support the
integration of children with and without disabilities into community programs
• Programs that focus on issues of women and
girls with disabilities
Resources Available:
• National Directory on Women and Girls with
Disabilities
• Publications addressing the unique needs of
women with disabilities
• Publications on curricula
Ehlers-Danlos
National Foundation
(213) 368-3800
(213) 427-0057 (FAX)
Email: staff@ednf.org
Website: www.ednf.org
Disabling Conditions Served: Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
(EDS)
Users Served:
Individuals with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, their
families, and health care professionals
Services Provided:
• Communications network for members
• Public information regarding EDS
• Local branches
• Annual conferences
Resources Available:
• Loose Connections newsletter
• Educational booklet
• Medical Resource Guides
Local Branch:
Michiana EDNF Branch
(574) 231-1124
(574) 257-0337 (FAX)
Email: info@michianaednf.org
Website: www.michianaednf.org
(301) 459-3700
(800) 332-1000
(800) 332-4050 (library)
(301) 577-4941 (FAX)
Email: postmaster@efa.org
Website: www.epilepsyfoundation.org
Disabling Conditions Served: Epilepsy and seizure disorders
Users Served:
Persons with disabilities, their families, teachers, and health care
professionals
Services Provided:
•
Information and referral services
•
Self-help and parent support groups
•
Counseling
• Public
education and awareness
•
Support of research
•
School Alert programs
•
Recreational and educational programs
•
Community education programs
•
Advocacy
•
Job finding and employer education
•
National library and resource center
Resources Available:
•
Materials service center price list
• EFA brochure
Experience Works, Inc.—Indiana
1413 Corporate way
(812) 522-7930
(800) 843-0885
(812) 522-7684 (FAX)
Email: Pam_Fox@experienceworks.org
Website: www.experienceworks.org
Users Served: Fifty-five and older,
income-eligible, unemployed, employers wanting to hire mature workers
Services Provided:
• Hire and find
jobs for senior citizens
• Encourage
employers to hire senior citizens
• Job
placement in rural community project
• Seminars,
films, and discussions concerning the value of hiring the elderly
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