Also see About Special Kids www.aboutspecialkids.org
for a more extensive list of support groups
• Al-Anon; (317)
257-2693
• Alcoholics Anonymous;
(317) 632-7864
• Narcotics Anonymous;
(317) 875-5459
• Family Service of
Central Indiana, Inc.; (317) 634-6341
•
• Frankfort
Alzheimer’s Support Group. Support for families and friends of those who have
Alzheimer’s disease; (765) 659-1811
• Indiana Alzheimer’s
Association Support Groups listed by county can be found at www.alzindiana.org/support.pdf.
General questions may be directed to
1-800-272-3900.
• Alzheimer’s Support Group; (812) 353-9299
• Different Abilities for people with physical disabilities;
contact Susie, 812-332-1916
• Aphasia Support Group; contact Laura Karcher, (812)
855-2912
• The Indiana Chapter
of the Arthritis Foundation; (317) 879-0321 for group locations
• ABLES for verbal persons 16 or older with Asperger’s or
Autism and ABLES TOO for 10-15 year olds with autism;
contact Susan Gray,
(812) 332-7236
• South Central Indiana Chapter of Autism Society of
America; contact Mike Brewington: 812-824-7858 or Penny Githens: 812-339-8682
• Brain Injury Support
Group. Offers support, education, and social opportunities to brain-injured
individuals and caregivers;
contact Kathy
Armstrong, (765) 423-6885
• American Cancer
Society, (317) 347-6670 or 1-800-233-6303. “Reach to Recovery” one-on-one
support for breast cancer patients; also
“Man to Man” education/support group for
patients and their caregivers.
• Cancer support group—
• Lafayette Breast
Cancer Support Group; contact Debby Volenec or Jo Honig, (765) 497-4455
• Man-to-Man: Prostate
Cancer Support Group; (765) 449-4799
• Reach to Recovery:
Breast Cancer Support Group; (765)449-4799
• Support Group for Families who have Children with
Disabilities; contact April Haskett, (812) 277-0229
• Camp Little Red Door.
Serves cancer patients, ages 8 to 18; (317) 925-5595
• Chronic Fatigue
Syndrome Association; (812) 425-2662
• Face to Face support
group for parents and adult patients with craniofacial anomalies; (317)
257-9633
• Catholic Ministry of
the Deaf; contact Father Henry, (812) 476-7186
• Bereavement Support
Groups through
• Brooke’s Place - For teens and young children
who have lost a significant person in their lives;
contact Meg Scott, (317) 705-9650
•
Bereavement Support Group for adults: (317) 338-4040
• Compassionate
Friends. A support group for bereaved parents and siblings; contact Penni
Risner, (317) 996-3209
• Resolve Through Sharing. For parents who have lost a baby; contact Kathy Carroll, (317) 415-7494, pager (317) 338-3550 with call-back
• NEO-FIGHT. A parent
support group for families experiencing any kind of perinatal crisis such as a
premature or critically ill infant, high-risk
pregnancy, or newborn death; (317) 446-3013
• Diabetes Support
Group of St. Elizabeth Medical Center; (765) 449-5180
• Hendricks Community
Hospital Diabetes Support Group; (317) 745-3683
• DM (Diabetes) Support Group; (812) 723-2811 or (800)
999-4420
• American Red Cross of
Greater Indianapolis; Helps deal with emergencies, (317) 684-1441
• Fibromyalgia Support
Group; contact Abilities Unlimited, (812) 332-1620
• Hemophilia of
•
E.A.S.E. Hep C (
• Family Support Group.
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of America, Inc. For patients and families of
patients with leukemia;
(317) 726-2270 or
1-800-846-7764.
• Neuropathy Support Group; contact
• Hendricks Community Hospital Ostomy Support Group; (317)
745-3722
• Ostomy Support Group
of
• Parkinson’s Awareness
Association of Central Indiana; (317) 255-1993. A list of support groups in
cities throughout
at www.paaci.dyndns.org
• Central Indiana Post
Polio Support Group; contact Ellen Crim, (765) 649-3648 (voice mail) or e-mail
at Ehope@insightbb.com
• Central Indiana
Sarcoidosis Support Group; contact Robbie Darden, (317) 335-2981
• Central
• Goshen Spinal Cord Injury Family Support Group; contact
Susan Pletcher, (574) 831-2329
• South Central Association for the Visually Impaired
(SCAVI); contact Dolly, (812) 279- 1669 or
• The Low Vision
Support Group in
• Low Vision Support
Group in Ellettsville contact Caroline Clay; (812) 876-3383
Breaking New Ground
Purdue University
ABE Bldg.,
(800) 825-4264 or (765) 494-5013
www.breakingnewground.info
bng@ecn.purdue.edu