Health Hotlines Health Hotlines
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Health Hotlines Health Hotlines
Hotlin h t l a es He • Toll-Free Numbers From • The National Library of Medicine’s DIRLINE Database NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE National Institutes of Health The National Library of Medicine is pleased to offer this booklet listing toll-free telephone numbers for health-related organizations. This revised edition is bilingual and lists the organization names in both English and Spanish. It also indicates if services and/or publications are available in Spanish. NLM is the world’s largest medical library with unparalleled collections in the health sciences. Using the World Wide Web, the Library’s resources are now available to health professionals in every part of the United States. The listings in this pamphlet are from our online database, DIRLINE. Donald A.B. Lindberg, M.D. Director http://www.nlm.nih.gov Health Hotlines: Toll-free Numbers from DIRLINE Health Hotlines is a compilation of organizations with toll-free telephone numbers. It is derived from DIRLINE, the National Library of Medicine's Directory of Information Resources Online. This database contains descriptions of more than 9,000 biomedical information resources including organizations, databases, research, resources, etc. Some of the subject areas included in Health Hotlines are AIDS, cancer, maternal and child health, aging, substance abuse, disabilities, and mental health. Health Hotlines also lists a variety of groups disseminating information on a number of specific diseases and disorders. Organizations fall into many categories including Federal, State and local government agencies, information and referral centers, professional societies, support groups, and voluntary associations. Health Hotlines is provided as a community service to assist the public in locating health-related information. The toll-free telephone numbers in Health Hotlines were provided by the organizations and verified at the time of printing. The National Library of Medicine has not reviewed or evaluated the services of the organizations listed. DIRLINE on the Web: http://dirline.nlm.nih.gov Health Hotlines on the Web: http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/hotlines The inclusion of an organization in this publication does not constitute a recommendation or endorsement by the Federal Government of an organization's services or views. March 2003 National Library of Medicine Líneas Telefónicas de Información sobre la Salud: Números Gratuitos de DIRLINE Líneas Telefónicas de Información sobre la Salud es una recopilación de organizaciones con números para hacer llamadas gratuitas. Esta recopilación se deriva de DIRLINE (Directory of Information Resources Online), Directorio de Medios de Información computarizada de la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina. Esta base de datos contiene las descripciones de más de 9,000 recursos sobre información biomédica, incluyendo organizaciones, bases de datos y recursos de investigación, además de otra información útil. Algunos de los temas incluídos en las Líneas Telefónicas de Información sobre la Salud son el SIDA, el cáncer, la salud materno-infantil, la vejez, la drogadicción, la discapacidad y la salud mental. Las Líneas Telefónicas de Información sobre la Salud también contienen una variedad de números de teléfonos de grupos encargados de distribuir información acerca de enfermedades específicas y trastornos de la salud. Estas organizaciones se agrupan bajo varias categorías incluyendo agencias de los gobiernos locales, estatales y federales, centros de información y referencia, asociaciones de profesionales, grupos de apoyo, y asociaciones de voluntarios. Las Líneas Telefónicas de Información sobre la Salud se provee como un servicio a la comunidad para asistir al público a localizar información relacionada con la salud. Los números de teléfonos gratuitos que aparecen en las Líneas Telefónicas de Información sobre la Salud fueron provistos por las organizaciones y verificados al momento de imprimirse. La Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina no ha revisado ni evaluado los servicios prestados por las organizaciones aquí nombradas. DIRLINE en el sitio Web: http://dirline.nlm.nih.gov Lineas de Información sobre la salud se encuentran en el sitio Web: http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/hotlines El gobierno Federal no está recomendando o endorsando los servicios o los puntos de vista de las organizaciones que se incluyen en esta publicación. Marzo del 2003 Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina AARP [+*] Asociación Americana de Personas Jubiladas (800) 424-2277 601 E Street NW Washington, DC 20049 www.aarp.org AARP Grief and Loss Program [*+] Programa de Pérdida y Duelo de AARP (866) 797-2277 601 E Street NW Washington, DC 20049 www.aarp.org/griefandloss ABLEDATA (Product information for the handicapped and disabled) (Product Informacíon acerca de productos para las personas minusválidas y discapacitadas) (800) 227-0216 8630 Fenton Street, Suite 930 Silver Spring, MD 20910 www.abledata.com AboutFace [+] AboutFace (Organización que provee apoyo emocional e información a personas con problemas faciales y a sus familias) (Facial Disfigurement-Support) (Grupo de apoyo para la desfiguración facial) (888) 486-1209 (800) 665-3223 P.O. Box 969 Batavia, IL 60510 www.aboutfaceusa.org Adopt a Special Kid/AASK-America Adopte un Niño Especial / AASK-America (888) 680-7349 7700 Edgewater Drive, Suite 320 Oakland, CA 94621 www.adoptaspecialkid.org 1 Adoptive Parents Committee Comité para Padres Adoptivos (800) 207-0660 P.O. Box 3525 Church Street Station New York, NY 10008-3525 www.adoptiveparents.org After Loss Después de la Pérdida (Bereavement) (Duelo) (800) 423-8811 (888) 443-5732 (Fax) 79-301 Country Club Drive, Suite 100 Bermuda Dunes, CA 92201 www.afterloss.com Agency for Health Care Research and Quality [*+] Agencia para la Calidad e Investigación de la Atención Médica (800) 358-9295 (888) 586-6340 P.O. Box 8547 Silver Spring, MD 20907-8547 www.ahrq.gov AirLifeLine [*+] AireLineadeVida (Air transport for the needy) (Transporte aéreo para las personas necesitadas) (800) 446-1231 (877) AIRLIFE (247-5433) 50 Fullerton Court, Suite 200 Sacramento, CA 95825 www.airlifeline.org 2 Al-Anon, Alateen Family Group Meeting Information Line [*+] Línea de Información sobre Grupos de Familias Al-Anon, Alateen (888) 4-AL-ANON (425-2666) 1600 Corporate Landing Parkway Virginia Beach, VA 23454-5617 www.AL-ANON.Alateen.org Allergy and Asthma Network/Mothers of Asthmatics [*+] Red de Alergias y Asma/Madres de Asmáticos (800) 878-4403 2751 Prosperity Avenue, Suite 150 Fairfax, VA 22031 www.aanma.org Allergy to Latex Education and Resource Team American Latex Allergy Association [+] Equipo de Educación y Recursos para la Alergia al Látex, Asociación Americana de Alergia al Látex (888) 97ALERT (972-5378) P.O. Box 13930 Milwaukee, WI 53213 www.latexallergyresources.org Alpha-1 Foundation [*+] Fundación Alfa-1 (877) 228-7321 (888) 825-7421 (TTY) 2937 Southwest 27th Avenue Miami, FL 33133 www.alphaone.org Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association [*+] Asociación para la Enfermedad de Alzheimer y los Trastornos relacionados con la Enfermedad (800) 272-3900 919 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1100 Chicago, IL 60611 www.alz.org 3 Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center [*+] Centro para la Educación y Consulta sobre la Enfermedad de Alzheimer (800) 438-4380 P.O. Box 8250 Silver Spring, MD 20907-8250 www.alzheimers.org America's Job Line National Federation of the Blind Línea de Trabajo de América Federación Nacional de Ciegos (800) 414-5748 1800 Johnson Street Baltimore, MD 21230 www.nfb.org/jobline/enter.htm American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology [*+] Academia Americana de Alergias, Asma, e Inmunología (800) 822-2762 (Voice and TTY) 611 East Wells Street Milwaukee, WI 53202 www.AAAAI.org American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery [+] Academia Americana de Cirugía Plástica y Reconstrucción Facial (800) 332-FACE (332-3223) (800) 523-FACE (523-3223) (Canada) 310 South Henry Street Alexandria, VA 22314 www.aafprs.org American Academy of Family Physicians [*] Academia Americana de Médicos Generales (800) 274-2237 11400 Tomahawk Creek Parkway Leawood, KS 66211 www.aafp.org 4 American Academy of Ophthalmology Academia Americana de Oftalmología (Elderly/Low Income Helpline) (Línea de Información para las Personas Mayores/ Bajo Ingreso) (800) 222-EYES (222-3937) P.O. Box 7424 San Francisco, CA 94120-7424 www.eyenet.org American Art Therapy Association [+] Asociación Americana de Terapia de Arte (888) 290-0878 1202 Allanson Road Mundelein, IL 60060-3808 www.arttherapy.org American Association for Active Lifestyles and Fitness Asociación Americana para un Estilo de Vida Activo y en Forma (800) 213-7193 1900 Association Drive Reston, VA 20191-1502 www.aahperd.org American Association for Functional Orthodontics Asociación Americana para la Ortodoncia Funcional (800) 441-3850 106 South Kent Street Winchester, VA 22601 www.aafo.org American Association of Kidney Patients [+] Asociación Americana de Pacientes con Enfermedades del Riñón (800) 749-2257 3505 East Frontage Road, Suite 315 Tampa, FL 33607 www.aakp.org 5 American Association of the Deaf-Blind Asociación Americana de Sordo-Ciegos (800) 735-2258 814 Thayer Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20910 www.aadb.org American Association on Mental Retardation [*] Asociación Americana para el Retraso Mental (800) 424-3688 444 North Capitol Street, Suite 846 Washington, DC 20001-1512 www.aamr.org American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association, Inc. [*+] Asociación Americana de las Enfermedades Relacionadas a la Autoinmunidad, Inc. (800) 598-4668 22100 Gratiot Avenue East Detroit, MI 48021 www.aarda.org American Behcet's Disease Association, Inc. Asociación Americana de la Enfermedad de Behcet, Inc. (800) 7-BEHCET (723-4238) P.O. Box 19952 Amarillo, TX 79114 www.behcets.com American Board of Medical Specialties Consejo Americano de Especialidades Médicas (866) ASK-ABMS (275-2267) 1007 Church Street, Suite 404 Evanston, IL 60201-5913 www.abms.org American Brain Tumor Association [*] Asociación Americana sobre Tumores del Cerebro (800) 886-2282 2720 River Road, Suite 146 Des Plaines, IL 60018 www.abta.org 6 American Burn Association [*+] Asociación Americana de Víctimas de Quemaduras (800) 548-2876 625 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1530 Chicago, IL 60611 www.ameriburn.org American Chiropractic Association [*] Asociación Americana de Quiroprácticos (800) 986-4636 1701 Clarendon Boulevard, 2nd Floor Arlington, VA 22209 www.acatoday.com American College of Foot and Ankle Orthopedics and Medicine Colegio Americano de Medicina y Ortopédicos del Pie y el Tobillo (800) 265-8263 3525 Ellicott Mills Drive, Suite N Ellicott City, MD 21049-4547 www.acfaom.org American Council for Drug Education [*+] Consejo Americano para Educación sobre la Drogadicción (800) 488-DRUG (488-3784) 164 West 74th Street New York, NY 10023 www.drughelp.org American Council for Headache Education Consejo Americano para la Educacion sobre el Dolor de Cabeza (800) 255-ACHE (255-2243) 19 Mantua Road Mount Royal, NJ 08061 www.achenet.org 7 American Council of the Blind National Legislative Hotline [*] Consejo Americano del Invidente Línea de Información Nacional sobre Legislación (800) 424-8666 1155 15th Street NW, Suite 1004 Washington, DC 20005 www.acb.org American Council on Alcoholism Consejo Americano sobre el Alcoholismo (800) 527-5344 2730 Watson Road St. Louis, MO 63139 www.aca-usa.org American Diabetes Association [*+] Asociación Americana de la Diabetes (800) 342-2383 1701 North Beauregard Street Alexandria, VA 22311 www.diabetes.org American Dietetic Association [*+] Asociación Americana de Dietéticos (800) 877-1600 216 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 800 Chicago, IL 60606-6995 www.eatright.org American Environmental Health Foundation Fundación Americana de Salud Ambiental (800) 428-2343 8345 Walnut Hill Lane, Suite 225 Dallas, TX 75231 www.aehf.com 8 American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Fundacion Americana para la Prevencion del Suicidio (888) 333-AFSP (333-2377) 120 Wall Street, 22nd Floor New York, NY 10005 www.afsp.org American Foundation for the Blind Fundación Americana para los Invidentes (800) AFB-LINE (232-5463) 11 Penn Plaza New York, NY 10005 www.afb.org American Health Assistance Foundation [*] Fundación Americana de Asistencia para la Salud (Age related and degenerative diseases) (Enfermedades degenerativas y relacionadas con la edad) (800) 437-2433 22512 Gateway Center Drive Clarksburg, MD 20873 www.ahaf.org American Heart Association [*+] Asociación Americana del Corazón (800) 242-8721 7272 Greenville Avenue Dallas, TX 75231-4596 www.americanheart.org American Hemochromatosis Society [*] Sociedad Americana de Hemocromatosis (888) 655-IRON (655-4766) 4044 West Lake Mary Boulevard, # 104, PMB 416 Lake Mary, FL 32746-2012 www.americanhs.org 9 American Humane Association Children's Division Asociación Humanística Americana/División Pediátrica (Protection of children from abuse and neglect) (Protege a los niños contra el abuso y el abandono) (800) 227-4645 63 Inverness Drive East Englewood, CO 80112-5117 www.americanhumane.org American Institute for Cancer Research Nutrition Hotline [*+] Instituto Americano para la Investigación del Cáncer Línea de Información sobre Nutrición (800) 843-8114 1759 R Street NW Washington, DC 20009 www.aicr.org American Institute for Preventive Medicine [+] Instituto Americano para la Medicina Preventiva (800) 345-AIPM (345-2476) 30445 Northwestern Highway, Suite 350 Farmington Hills, MI 48334 www.healthylife.com American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine Instituto Americano de Ultrasonidos en Medicina (800) 638-5352 14750 Sweitzer Lane, Suite 100 Laurel, MD 20707-5906 www.aium.org American Leprosy Missions, Inc. Misiones Americanas sobre la Lepra, Inc. (800) 543-3135 1 ALM Way Greenville, SC 29601 www.leprosy.org 10 American Liver Foundation Hepatitis Hotline [*+] Fundación Americana del Hígado Línea de Información sobre la Hepatitis (800) GO LIVER (465-4837) (888) 4HEPUSA (443-7872) (800) 223-0179 (800) 4HEPABC (443-7222) 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 603 New York, NY 10038 www.liverfoundation.org American Lung Association [*+] Asociación Americana del Pulmón (800) 586-4872 1740 Broadway New York, NY 10019 www.lungusa.org American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association Asociación Americana de Proveedores de Rehabilitación Médica (888) 346-4624 1710 N Street NW Washington, DC 20036 www.amrpa.org American Osteopathic Association [+] Asociación Americana de Osteopatía (800) 621-1773 142 East Ontario Street Chicago, IL 60611 www.aoa-net.org American Parkinson's Disease Association, Inc. [*+] Asociación Americana de la Enfermedad de Parkinson (800) 223-2732 1250 Hylan Boulevard, Suite 4B Staten Island, NY 10305 www.apdaparkinson.com 11 American Podiatric Medical Association Asociación Médica Americana de Podiatría (800) FOOT-CARE (366-8227) 9312 Old Georgetown Road Bethesda, MD 20814-1698 www.apma.org American Red Cross, HIV/AIDS Teen Hotline [*+] Cruz Roja Americana, Línea de información sobre el VIH/SIDA para jóvenes (Open Friday evenings and Saturdays) (abierto los viernes en la tarde y los sábados) (800) 440-8336 101 Ephesus Church Road Chapel Hill, NC 27514 www.arccrop.redcross.org American Red Cross, Youth and Community Services [*+] Servicios de los Jóvenes y de la Comunidad, Cruz Roja Americana (800) 375-2040 8111 Gatehouse Road Falls Church, VA 22042-1203 www.redcross.org American Running Association American Running Association (Asociación Americana para Deportistas) (800) 776-2732 4405 East-West Highway, Suite 405 Bethesda, MD 20814 www.americanrunning.org American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology [+] Sociedad Americana para la Colposcopia y Patologia Cervical (800) 787-7227 20 West Washington Street, Suite 1 Hagerstown, MD 21740 www.asccp.org 12 American Society for Deaf Children Sociedad Americana Para Niños Sordos (800) 942-ASDC (942-2732) P.O. Box 3355 Gettysburg, PA 17325 www.deafchildren.org American Society of Plastic Surgeons [+] Sociedad Americana de Cirujanos Plásticos (888) 4PLASTIC (475-2784) Executive Office 444 East Algonquin Road Arlington Heights, IL 60005 www.plasticsurgery.org American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Consumer Helpline [*+] Asociación Americana del Habla-Lenguaje-Audición Línea de Ayuda al Consumidor (800) 638-8255 (consumers) (800) 498-2071 (members) 10801 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852 www.asha.org American Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Institute [*] Instituto Americano del Síndrome de Muerte Súbita Infantil (800) 232-SIDS (232-7437) 2480 Windy Hill Road, Suite 380 Marietta, GA 30067 www.sids.org American Syringomyelia Alliance Project Proyecto de la Alianza Americana de Siringomielia (800) ASAP-282 (272-7282) P.O. Box 1586 Longview, TX 75606-1586 www.asap.org 13 American Tinnitus Association [+] Asociación Americana de Tinitus (800) 634-8978 P.O. Box 5 Portland, OR 97207 www.ata.org American Trauma Society Sociedad Americana de Traumatología (800) 556-7890 8903 Presidential Parkway, Suite 512 Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 www.amtrauma.org Americans with Disabilities Act Information Technology Center [*+] Ley de Americanos con Discapacidades Centro de Información Tecnológica (800) 949-4232 451 Hungerford Drive, Suite 607 Rockville, MD 20850 www.adainfo.org Amputee Coalition of America [+] Coalición Americana de Personas Amputadas (888) 267-5669 900 East Hill Avenue, Suite 285 Knoxville, TN 37915 www.amputee-coalition.org Amyloidosis Network International, Inc. Amyloidosis Network International, Inc (Red Internacional de Amiloidosis) (888) AMYLOID (269-5643) 7118 Cole Creek Drive Houston, TX 77092-1421 www.amyloidosis.org 14 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association [*] Asociación de la Esclerosis Lateral Amiotrófica (800) 782-4747 27001 Agoura Road, Suite 150 Calabasa Hills, CA 91301-5104 www.alsa.org Angel Flight East (Medical air transport for the needy) (Transporte aéreo médico para las personas necesitadas) (800) 383-WING (383-9464) 501 Office Center Drive, Suite 015 Fort Washington, PA 19034 www.angelflighteast.org Angelman Syndrome Foundation [*+] Fundación del Síndrome de Angelman (800) 432-6435 414 Plaza Drive, Suite 209 West Mount, IL 60559 www.angelman.org Aplastic Anemia and MDS International Foundation, Inc. [*+] Fundación Internacional de la Anemia Aplásica y MDS, Inc. (800) 747-2820 P.O. Box 613 Annapolis, MD 21404 www.aamds.org Arc of the United States [+] El Arca de los Estados Unidos (Mental retardation) (Retardo mental) (800) 433-5255 1010 Wayne Avenue, Suite 650 Silver Spring, MD 20910 www.thearc.org 15 ARCH National Respite Locator Service Servicio Nacional para Encontrar Ayuda o Alivio Temporal para los Encargados de Cuidar a los Enfermos (800) 773-5433 Chapel Hill Training Outreach Project 800 Eastowne Drive, Suite 105 Chapel Hill, NC 27514 www.respitelocator.org Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board Junta para la Implementación de Acuerdos Respecto a las Barreras Arquitectónicas y de Transporte (800) USA-ABLE (872-2253) 1331 F Street NW, Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20004-1111 www.access-board.gov Arthritis Foundation [*+] Fundación para la Artritis (800) 283-7800 1330 West Peachtree Street Atlanta, GA 30309 www.arthritis.org Ask-A-Nurse Pregunte a la Enfermera (814) 452-5500 (800) 326-8080 Saint Vincent Health System 232 West 25th Street Erie, PA 16544 www.svhs.org ASPCA National Animal Poison Control Center Centro Nacional para el Control del Envenanamiento de los Animales ASPCA (800) 548-2423 (888) 426-4435 1717 South Philo Road, Suite 36 Urbana, IL 61802 www.napcc.aspca.org 16 Association for Children for Enforcement of Support [+] Asociación para la Ejecución de las Leyes de Manutención Infantil (800) 738-2237 2260 Upton Avenue Toledo, OH 43606 www.childsupport-aces.org Association of Late Deafened Adults Asociación de los Adultos que han Perdido el Oído (877) 348-7537 1131 Lake Street, #204 Oak Park, IL 60301 www.alda.org Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America [+] Fundación Americana del Asma y las Alergias (800) 7-ASTHMA (727-8462) 1233 20th Street NW, Suite 402 Washington, DC 20036 www.aafa.org Ataxia Telangiectasia (A-T) Children's Project [*] Proyecto de Ataxia Telangiectasia de Niños (800) 5-HELP-A-T (543-5728) 668 South Military Trail Deerfield Beach, FL 33442 www.atcp.org Attention Deficit Disorder and Dyslexia Challenge Reto para el Trastorno de Deficiencia de Atención y Dislexia (800) 233-2322 P.O. Box 742 Webster, NY 14580 www.adhdchallenge.com 17 Auto Safety Hotline National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [*] Línea de Información acerca de la Seguridad Automovilística Administración Nacional para la Seguridad del Tráfico en las Carreteras (800) 424-9393 400 7th Street SW, Room 5319 Washington, DC 20590 www.nhtsa.dot.gov Back to Sleep Program Hotline National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [*+] Línea de Información sobre el Programa para Volverse a Dormir Instituto Nacional de Salud Infantil y Desarollo Humano (800) 505-CRIB (505-2742) 31 Center Drive, Building 31, Room 2A32 Bethesda, MD 20892-2425 www.nichd.nih.gov Batten Disease Support and Research Association [+] Asociación para el Apoyo y la Investigación de la Enfermedad de Batten (800) 448-4570 120 Humphries Drive, Suite 2 Reynoldsburg, OH 43068 www.bdsra.org Beckwith-Wiedemann Support Network Red de Apoyo de Beckwith-Wiedemann (800) 837-2976 2711 Colony Road Ann Arbor, MI 48104 www.beckwith-wiedemann.org 18 Best Start Social Marketing [*+] Mercadeo Social para el Buen Comienzo (Promotes breastfeeding for the economically disadvantaged) (Promueve la lactancia para los niños en desventaja económica) (800) 277-4975 4809 East Busch Boulevard, Suite 104 Tampa, FL 33617 www.beststartinc.org Better Hearing Institute Hearing Helpline Instituto para una Buena Audición Línea de Información del Instituto para una Buena Audición (888) 432-7435 515 King Street, Suite 420 Alexandria, VA 22314 www.betterhearing.org Blind Children's Center [*+] Centro para Niños Ciegos (800) 222-3566 (800) 222-3567 (within California) 4120 Marathon Street Los Angeles, CA 90029 www.blindchildrencenter.org Blinded Veterans Association [*] Asociación de Veteranos Ciegos (800) 669-7079 477 H Street NW Washington, DC 20001-2694 www.bva.org 19 Braille Institute [*] Instituto Braille (800) BRAILLE (272-4553) 741 North Vermont Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90029-3594 www.brailleinstitute.org Brain Injury Association, Family Helpline [*+] Asociación de Lesiones Cerebrales, Línea de Información Familiar (800) 444-6443 105 North Alfred Street Alexandria, VA 22314 www.biausa.org Brain Tumor Society Sociedad de Tumorores Cerebrales (800) 770-8287 124 Watertown Street, Suite 3H Watertown, MA 02472 www.tbts.org Bureau for At-Risk Youth [+] Agencia para la Juventud en Riesgo (800) 999-6884 135 Dupont Street Plainview, NY 11803-0760 www.at-risk.com Cancer Care [*+] Cuidado del Cancer (800) 813-HOPE (813-4673) (Línea de consejería) 275 7th Avenue New York, NY 10001 www.cancercare.org 20 Cancer Hope Network Red de Esperanza para el Cáncer (Patients and families dealing with cancer and treatment) (Pacientes y familiares enfrentados al cáncer y su tratamiento) (877) HOPE-NET (467-3638) 2 North Road, Suite A Chester, NJ 07930 www.cancerhopenetwork.org Cancer Hot Line and R.A. Bloch Cancer Foundation [*+] Linea de Información del Cáncer y Fundación de Cancer R.A. Bloch (800) 433-0464 4400 Main Street Kansas City, MO 64111 www.blochcancer.org Cancer Information Service [*+] Servicio de Información sobre el Cáncer (800) 4-CANCER (422-6237) (800) 332-8615 (TTY) National Cancer Institute Public Inquiries Office 31 Center Drive, Room 10A03 Bethesda, MD 20892-2580 www.cancer.gov Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation [+] Fundación Candlelighters para el Cáncer Infantil (800) 366-CCCF (366-2223) 3910 Warner Street Kensington, MD 20895 www.candlelighters.org 21 CDC National AIDS Hotline [*+] Línea Directa Nacional del SIDA, Centro para el Control de las Enfermedades (CDC) (800) 342-AIDS (342-2437) (800) 344-SIDA (344-7432) (Spanish) (800) AIDS-TTY (243-7889) (Hearing impaired) P.O. Box 13827 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 www.ashastd.org CDC National Immunization Information Hotline American Social Health Association [*+] Línea Directa de Información sobre las Vacunas del Centro para el Control de las Enfermedades, Asociación Americana de Salud Social (800) 232-2522 (English) (800) 232-0233 (in Spanish) (800) 243-7889 (TTY) P.O. Box 13827 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 www.vaccines.ashastd.org CDC National Prevention Information Network [*+] Red Nacional de Información sobre la Prevención del Centro para el Control de las Enfermedades (800) 458-5231 (800) 243-7012 (TTY) P.O. Box 6003 Rockville, MD 20849-6003 www.cdcnpin.org Center for Bloodless Medicine and Surgery [*+] Centro para Medicina y Cirugía sin sangre (800) 664-2533 Jackson Memorial Hospital 1611 Northwest 12th Avenue Miami, FL 33136 www.noblood-miami.com 22 Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association [+] Asociación de Charcot-Marie-Tooth (Inherited neuromuscular disorder) (Desorden neuromuscular hereditario) (800) 606-2682 2700 Chestnut Street Chester, PA 19013 www.charcot-marie-tooth.org CHARGE Syndrome Foundation [*+] Fundación del Síndrome CHARGE (Coloboma heart malformations, afresia of the choanoe, retardation of growth or development, genital hypoplasia and ear anomalies) (Coloboma, malformación del Corazón, atreasia del coana, retardo en el crecimiento o desarrollo, hipoplasia genital y anormalidades del oído) (800) 442-7604 2004 Parkade Boulevard Columbia, MO 65202 www.chargesyndrome.org Chemical Referral Center National Chemical Response and Information Center [*+] Centro de Referencia Química, Centro Nacional de Información y Respuesta Química (800) 424-9300 1300 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22209 www.chemtrec.com Child Find of America, Inc. Encuentre al Niño de América (Locating missing children) (Búqueda de niños perdidos) (800) I-AM-LOST (426-5678) P.O. Box 277 New Paltz, NY 12561 www.childfindofamerica.org 23 Childhelp USA [*+] Ayuda para el Niño, USA (National Child Abuse Hotline) (Linea Nacional de Ayuda para el Niño Maltratado) (800) 4-A-CHILD (422-4453) (800) 2-A CHILD (222-4453) 15757 North 78th Street Scottsdale, AZ 85260 www.childhelpusa.org Children and Adults with Attention Deficit /Hyperactivity Disorder [+] Niños y Adultos con Trastorno de Deficiencia de Atención/Hiperactividad (800) 233-4050 8181 Professional Place, Suite 201 Landover, MD 20785 www.chadd.org Children of Aging Parents Niños de Padres Envejecientes (800) 227-7294 1609 Woodbourne Road, Suite 302-A Levittown, PA 19057 www.caps4caregivers.org Children's Craniofacial Association Asociación Craneofacial de Niños (800) 535-3643 13140 Coit Road, Suite 307 Dallas, TX 75240 www.ccakids.com Children's Defense Fund [*] Fondo para la Defensa de los Niños (800) 233-1200 25 E Street NW Washington, DC 20001 www.childrensdefense.org 24 Children's Hospice International Hospicio Internacional para Niños (800) 242-4453 901 North Pitt Street, Suite 230 Alexandria, VA 22314 www.chionline.org Children's Memorial Hospital Division of Genetics [*+] Children's Memorial Hospital, División de Genética (800) KIDSDOC (543-7362) 2300 Children's Plaza Chicago, IL 60614 www.childrensmemorial.org/depts/genetics Children's PKU Network [+] Red de Niños con Fenilcetonuria (PKU) (800) 377-6677 3790 Via De La Valle, Suite 120 Del Mar, CA 92014 www.pkunetwork.org Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation [*] Fundación de Parálisis Christopher Reeve (800) 225-0292 (fundraising) (800) 539-7309 (resource center) 500 Morris Avenue Springfield, NJ 07081 www.christopherreeve.org Chromosome Deletion Outreach, Inc. [+] Programa de educación sobre delección del cromosoma (888) CDO-6880 (12-7 pm ET) P.O. Box 724 Boca Raton, FL 33429-0724 www.chromodisorder.org 25 Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS) Association [+] Asociación del Síndrome de la Fatiga Crónica y el Síndrome de Disfunción Inmunitaria (800) 442-3437 P.O. Box 220398 Charlotte, NC 28222 www.cfids.org Citizens for Better Care Ciudadanos para un mejor cuidado (Nursing home advocacy and information) (Información y apoyo de los asilos) (800) 833-9548 4750 Woodward Avenue, Suite 410 Detroit, MI 48201-1308 www.cbcmi.org Cleft Palate Foundation [*+] Fundación del Labio Leporino (800) 24-CLEFT (242-5338) 104 South Estes Drive, Suite 204 Chapel Hill, NC 27514 www.cleftline.org Cocaine Anonymous World Service Office, Inc. [*] Oficina Mundial de Servicios para Cocainómanos Anónimos, Inc. (800) 347-8998 3740 Overland Avenue, Suite C Los Angeles, CA 90034-6337 www.ca.org Community Transportation Association of America Asociación Comunitaria de transporte de América (800) 527-8279 1341 G Street NW, 10th Floor Washington, DC 20005 www.ctaa.org 26 Compassionate Friends [+] Amigos Compasivos (Grief resolution after death of a child) (Solución a la pena después de la muerte de un niño) (877) 969-0010 P.O. Box 3696 Oak Brook, IL 60522-3696 www.compassionatefriends.org Compeer [+] (Volunteer friends for children and adults who receive mental health treatment) (Compañero-Amigo de niños o adultos que reciben tratamiento mental) (800) 836-0475 Monroe Square 259 Monroe Avenue Rochester, NY 14507 www.compeer.org Concerned United Birthparents, Inc. (Grupo de personas conmovidas por la adopción) (Adoption issues) (asuntos sobre adopción) (800) 822-2777 P.O. Box 230457 Encinitas, CA 92023 www.cubirthparents.org Cooley's Anemia Foundation Fundación de Anemia Cooley (800) 522-7222 129-09 26th Avenue, Suite 203 Flushing, NY 11354 www.cooleysanemia.org Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Foundation [+] Fundación del Síndrome Cornelia de Lange (Birth defects information) (Información sobre defectos congénitos) (800) 223-8355 (800) 753-2357 (Connecticut and Canada only) 302 West Main Street, Suite 100 Avon, CT 06001-4331 www.cdlsusa.org 27 Corporate Angel Network, Inc. (Flights on corporate jets to and from recognized cancer treatment centers) (Vuelos en aviones corporativos hacia y desde centros de tratamiento de cáncer reconocidos) (800) 328-4226 (866) 328-1313 Westchester County Airport 1 Loop Road White Plains, NY 10604 www.corpangelnetwork.org Covenant House [*+] La Casa del Convenio (Homeless youth-various locations in United States and Canada) (Centros en Estados Unidos y Canadá para jóvenes sin hogar) (800) 999-9999 (800) 999-9915 (TTY) 346 West 17th Street New York, NY 10011 www.covenanthouseny.org Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America, Inc. [*] Fundación de la Enfermedad de Crohn y Colitis de América, Inc. (800) 932-2423 386 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 www.ccfa.org Cystic Fibrosis Foundation [*+] Fundación para la Fibrosis Cística (800) 344-4823 6931 Arlington Road, Suite 200 Bethesda, MD 20814 www.cff.org 28 Cystinosis Foundation, Inc. Fundación de Cistinosis, Inc. (800) 392-8458 604 Vernon Street Oakland, CA 94610 www.cystinosisfoundation.org Danny Foundation [+] Fundación Danny (Baby crib safety) (Seguridad cuando el bebé duerme) (800) 83-DANNY (833-2669) P.O. Box 680 Alamo, CA 94507 www.dannyfoundation.org Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption Fundación para la Adopción Dave Thomas (800) 275-3832 4288 West Dublin Granville Road Dublin, OH 43017 www.davethomasfoundationforadoption.org DB-LINK: National Information Clearinghouse on Children Who are Deaf-Blind [*+] Enlace DB: Centro Nacional de Distribución de Información sobre Niños Sordo-Ciegos (800) 438-9376 (800) 854-7013 (TTY) 345 North Monmouth Avenue Monmouth, OR 97361 www.tr.wou.edu/dblink Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD USER [+] Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano (Database searches, bibliographies, document delivery) (Búsqueda de datos, bibliografía y entrega de documentos) (800) 245-2691 (800) 483-2209 (TTY) P.O. Box 23268 Washington, DC 20026 www.huduser.org 29 Depression After Delivery-National Grupo Nacional shobre la Depresión Posparto (800) 944-4773 P.O. Box 27891 East Somerset Street Raritan, NJ 08869 www.depressionafterdelivery.com Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance [*+] Alianza de Apoyo para la Depresión y el Trastorno Bipolar (DBSA) (800) 82-NDMDA (826-3632) 730 North Franklin Street, Suite 501 Chicago, IL 60610 www.DBSalliance.org Devereux Foundation [+] Fundación Devereux (Treatment of emotionally, developmentally, and mentally handicapped) (Tratamiento ara personas con discapacidades emocionales, de desarrollo y mentales) (800) 345-1292 444 Deveroux Drive Villanova, PA 19085 www.devereux.org Disabilities Information Access Line (DIAL) [*+] Línea de Acceso a Información sobre Discapacidades (800) 922-3425 P.O. Box 3455 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-3455 www.laddc.org/dial.htm Disabled and Alone/Life Services for the Handicapped [*] Solo y Discapacitado/Servicios vitales para el Minusválido (800) 995-0066 352 Park Avenue South, 11th Floor New York, NY 10010 www.disabledandalone.org 30 EAR Foundation Fundación del Oído (800) 545-HEAR 1817 Patterson Street Nashville, TN 37203 www.earfoundation.com Easter Seals National Headquarters [*+] Oficina Nacional de Easter Seals (800) 221-6827 230 West Monroe Street, Suite 1800 Chicago, IL 60606 www.easter-seals.org Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association [*+] Asociación de Veteranos Paralíticos del Oriente (800) 444-0120 (Publications) 75-20 Astoria Boulevard Jackson Heights, NY 11370-1177 www.epva.org Eldercare Locator National Association of Area Agencies on Aging [*+] Centro Localizador de Servicios de Cuidado para el Anciano Asociación Nacional de Agencias para el Envejeciente (800) 677-1116 927 15th Street NW, 6th Floor Washington, DC 20005 www.n4a.org Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation [*+] Fundación Elizabeth Glaser para el SIDA Pediátrico (888) 499-HOPE (499-4673) 2950 31st Street, #125 Santa Monica, CA 90405 www.pedaids.org 31 Endometriosis Association [+] Asociación de la Endometriosis (800) 992-ENDO (992-3636) International Headquarters 8585 North 76th Place Milwaukee, WI 53223 www.endometriosisassn.org Epilepsy Foundation of America [*+] Fundación Americana de la Epilepsia (800) EFA-1000 (332-1000) 4351 Garden City Drive, Suite 406 Landover, MD 20785 www.epilepsyfoundation.org Epilepsy Information Service Wake Forest University School of Medicine [*+] Servicio de Información sobre la Epilepsia Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Wake Forest (Comprehensive epilepsy program) (Programa completo sobre la epilepsia) (800) 642-0500 Medical Center Boulevard Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1078 www.wfumc.edu/neuro/epilepsy/information.htm FACES: The National Craniofacial Association CARAS: Asociación Nacional Craneofacial (800) 3-FACES-3 (332-2373) P.O. Box 11082 Chattanooga, TN 37401 www.faces-cranio.org Families Anonymous [+] Familias Anónimas (Families coping with drug abuse and alcohol) (Familias enfrentadas a la drogadicción y el alcoholismo) (800) 736-9805 P.O. Box 3475 Culver City, CA 90231-3475 www.familiesanonymous.org 32 Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy [*+] Familias de Personas con Atrofia Musculoespinal (800) 886-1762 P.O. Box 196 Libertyville, IL 60048-0196 www.fsma.org Family Caregiver Alliance [+] Alianza de Familias que Cuidan o Atienden a los Enfermos (800) 445-8106 690 Market Street, Suite 600 San Francisco, CA 94104 www.caregiver.org Family Empowerment Network Supporting Families Affected by FAS/FAE Red de Apoyo para Familias Afectadas por el Síndrome de Alcoholismo Fetal/Efectos del Alcoholismo fetal (800) 462-5254 610 Langdon Street, Room 519 Madison, WI 53703 www.dcs.wisc.edu/pda/hhi/fen Family Voices [+] Voces de Familia (Children with special health needs) (Niños con necesidades médicas especiales) (888) 835-5669 3411 Candelaria Road NE, Suite M Albuquerque, NM 87107 www.familyvoices.org Farm Safety 4 Just Kids Prevención de accidentes de niños en tareas rurales (800) 423-5437 P.O. Box 458 Earlham, IA 50072 www.fs4jk.org 33 Federal Citizen Information Center [*+] Centro Federal de Información para Ciudadanos (800) FED-INFO (333-4636) Department WWW Pueblo, CO 81009 www.pueblo.gsa.gov Fibromyalgia Network [*+] Red de Información sobre la Fibromialgia (800) 853-2929 P.O. Box 31750 Tucson, AZ 85751-1750 www.fmnetnews.com Food Allergy Network [+] Red de Información sobre Alergias a los Alimentos (800) 929-4040 10400 Eaton Place, Suite 107 Fairfax, VA 22030-2208 www.foodallergy.org Food and Drug Administration Division of Drug Information Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de los Estados Unidos, División de Información sobre Medicament (800) 238-7332 (888) Info-FDA (463-6332) 5600 Fishers Lane, (HFE-88) Rockville, MD 20857 www.fda.gov/oca/oca.htm Forward Face Cara En alto (Charity foundation for children with craniofacial problems) (Fundación benéfica para niños con problemas craneofaciales) (800) FWD-FACE (393-3223) 317 East 34th Street, Suite 901A New York, NY 10016 www.forwardface.org 34 Foundation Fighting Blindness Fundación para la Lucha contra la Ceguera (800) 683-5555 (800) 683-5551 (TTY) 11435 Cronhill Drive Owings Mills, MD 21117-2220 www.blindness.org Foundation for Nager and Miller Syndromes (FNMS) Fundación para los Síndromes Nager y Miller (800) 507-FNMS (507-3667) 1827 Grove Street, #2 Glenview, IL 60025-2913 www.nagerormillersynd.com Foundation for Spinal Cord Injury Prevention, Care and Cure (FSCIPCC) Fundación para la Prevención, Cuidado y Curación de Lesiones de la Médula Espinal (800) 342-0330 11230 White Lake Road Fenton, MI 48430 www.fscip.org Fox Chase Cancer Center [+] Centro de Cáncer Fox Chase (888) 369-2427 7701 Burholme Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19111 www.fccc.edu Friend's Health Connection [*] Friend’s Health Connection (Grupo de apoyo para poner en contacto a personas con problemas de salud similares) (800) 483-7436 P.O. Box 114 New Brunswick, NJ 08903 www.friendshealthconnection.org 35 Funeral Service Consumer Assistance Program Programa de Asistencia al Consumidor para Servicios de Funeraria (800) 662-7666 P.O. Box 486 Elm Grove, WI 53122-0486 www.fsef.org Genetic Alliance Alianza Genética (800) 336-4363 4301 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 404 Washington, DC 20008-2369 www.geneticalliance.org Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center National Human Genome Research Institute Centro de Información Genética y de Enfermedades Poco Frecuentes, Instituto de Investigación del Genoma Humano (888) 205-2311 (888) 205-3223 (TTY) P.O. Box 8126 Gaithersburg, MD 20898-8126 Gilda Radner Familial Ovarian Cancer Registry Roswell Park Cancer Institute [*] Registro Gilda Radner de Cáncer Ovárico de Familia del Instituto de Cáncer Roswell Park (800) OVARIAN (682-7426) Elm and Carlton Streets Buffalo, NY 14263 www.ovariancancer.com Girls and Boys Town National Hotline [*+] Línea de Información Nacional de Boys Town (800) 448-3000 13940 Gatowski Road Boys Town, NE 68010 www.girlsandboystown.org 36 Gladney Center for Adoption [*] Centro de Adopción Gladney (Maternity home and infant placement agency) (Hogar de maternidad y agencia de adopción infantil) (800) GLADNEY (452-3639) 6300 John Ryan Drive Fort Worth, TX 76132 www.gladney.org Glaucoma Research Foundation [+] Fundación para la Investigación de la Glaucoma (800) 826-6693 200 Pine Street, Suite 200 San Francisco, CA 94102 www.glaucoma.org Good Samaritan Project Teen Teaching AIDS Prevention Program (TeenTAPP)[*+] Proyecto de Adolescentes el Buen Samaritano Programa Educativo para Prevenir el SIDA (800) 234-8336 3030 Walnut Street Kansas City, MO 64108 Grandparent Information Center American Association of Retired Persons [*+] Centro de Información para los Abuelos, Asociación Americana de Jubilados (800) 424-3410 601 E Street NW Washington, DC 20049 www.aarp.org/grandparents/home Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. Perros Guías para Ciegos (800) 295-4050 P.O. Box 151200 San Rafael, CA 94915-1200 www.guidedogs.com 37 Guide Dogs of America [*] Perros Guía de América (800) 459-4843 13445 Glenoaks Boulevard Sylmar, CA 91342 www.guidedogsofamerica.org Health Care for the Homeless Information Resource Center [+] Centro de Información de Cuidado Médico para Personas sin Hogar (888) 439-3300, ext 247 345 Delaware Avenue Delmar, NY 12054 www.hchirc.bphc.hrsa.gov Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence Family Violence Prevention Fund [*+] Centro de Información sobre Violencia Doméstica, Fondo de Prevención de Violencia Familiar (888) 792-2873 383 Rhode Island Street, Suite 304 San Francisco, CA 94103-5133 www.endabuse.org Health Resources and Services Administration Information Center [*+] Centro Nacional para la Distribución de Información sobre la atención primaria de la Salud (888) ASK-HRSA 2070 Chain Bridge Road, Suite 450 Vienna, VA 22182 www.ask.hrsa.gov HEAR NOW ESCUCHE AHORA (800) 648-HEAR (648-4327) 6700 Washington Avenue South Eden Prarie, MN 55344 www.sotheworldmayhear.org 38 Heart Information Service Texas Heart Institute[*+] Servicio de Información sobre el Corazón Instituto de Cardiología de Texas (800) 292-2221 6770 Bertner Avenue Houston, TX 77030 www.texasheartinstitute.org Heartspring [*] Manantial del Corazón (Programs for multiply disabled children) (Programas para niños con múltiples discapacidades) (800) 835-1043 8700 East 29th Street North Wichita, KS 67226-2169 www.heartspring.org Hemophilia and AIDS/HIV Network for the Dissemination of Information (HANDI) [*+] Red para la Diseminación de Información sobre la Hemofilia y el VIH/SIDA (800) 424-2634 116 West 32nd Street, 11th Floor New York, NY 10001 www.hemophilia.org Hepatitis Foundation International [+] Fundación Internacional de la Hepatitis (800) 891-0707 504 Blick Drive Silver Spring, MD 20904 www.hepatitisfoundation.org Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Foundation International Fundación Internacional de Telangiectasia Hemorrágica Hereditaria (800) 448-6389 P.O. Box 8087 New Haven, CT 06530 www.HHT.org 39 Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Network, Inc. Red de Información del Síndrome Hermansky-Pudlak (800) 789-9477 1 South Road Oyster Bay, NY 11771 medhelp.netusa.net/web/hpsn.htm Herpes Resource Center [+] Centro de Información sobre el Herpes (877) 411-4377 P.O. Box 13827 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 www.ashastd.org/hrc Histiocytosis Association of America [+] Asociación Americana de la Histiocitosis 72 East Holly Avenue, Suite 101 Pittman, NJ 08071 www.histio.org Hospice Education Institute [*+] Instituto de Educación sobre Hospicios (One-to-one support for patients and families) (Apoyo personalizado para los pacientes y sus familias) (800) 331-1620 3 Unity Square P.O. Box 98 Machiasport, ME 04655 www.hospiceworld.org Human Growth Foundation [+] Fundación del Crecimiento Físico Humano (Child growth abnormalities) (Ofrece ayuda a niños con problemas del crecimiento) (800) 451-6434 997 Glen Cove Avenue Glen Head, NY 11545 www.hgfound.org 40 Huntington's Disease Society of America [*+] Sociedad Americana de la Enfermedad de Huntington (800) 345-4372 158 West 29th Street, 7th Floor New York, NY 10001 www.hdsa.org Hydrocephalus Association [+] Asociación de Hidrocefalia (888) 598-3789 870 Market Street, Suite 705 San Francisco, CA 94102 www.hydroassoc.org Immune Deficiency Foundation [+] Fundación para la Deficiencia Inmunitaria (800) 296-4433 40 West Chesapeake Avenue, Suite 308 Towson, MD 21204 www.primaryimmune.org Indoor Air Quality Information Clearinghouse [*+] Centro de Información Acerca de la Calidad del Aire en el Interior de las Viviendas y los Negocios (800) 438-4318 P.O. Box 37133 Washington, DC 20013-7133 www.epa.gov/iaq/ Inspector General's Hotline Department of Health and Human Services [*] Línea Directa de Información de la oficina del Inspector General Departamento de Salud y Servicios Sociales (Reporting fraud, waste, and abuse in HHS programs) (Comunicación de fraude, desperdicio y abuso en los programas del HHS) (800) HHS-TIPS (447-8477) P.O. Box 23489 Washington, DC 20026 www.hhs.gov 41 Insurance Information Institute [*+] Instituto de Información sobre Seguros (800) 331-9146 (Property Casualty) (800) 942-4242 (Consumer Helpline) 110 William Street New York, NY 10038 www.iii.org International Association of Laryngectomees Asociación Internacional de Pacientes de Laringectomía (866) IAL-FORU (425-3678) 8900 Thornton Road, Box 99311 Stockton, CA 95209 www.larynxlink.com International Cancer Alliance [*+] Alianza Internacional del Cáncer (800) ICARE-61 (422-7361) 4853 Cordell Avenue, Suite 11 Bethesda, MD 20814 www.icare.org International Childbirth Education Association [+] Asociación Internacional de Educación sobre el Parto (800) 624-4934 P.O. Box 20048 Minneapolis, MN 55420-0048 www.icea.org International Dyslexia Association [+] Asociación Nacional de Dislexia 8600 LaSalle Road, Suite 382 Chester Building Baltimore, MD 21286-2044 www.interdysk.org 42 International Essential Tremor Foundation [+] Fundación Internacional de Tremor Esencial (888) 387-3667 P.O. Box 14005 Lenexa, KS 66285 www.essentialtremor.org International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders (IFFGD) Fundación Internacional para el Desorden Gastrointestinal Funcional (888) 964-2001 P.O. Box 170864 Milwaukee, WI 53217-8076 www.iffgd.org International Hearing Society Hearing Aid Helpline Sociedad Internacional de la Audición Línea de Ayuda /Información sobre Aparatos de Audición (800) 521-5247 16880 Middlebelt Road, Suite 4 Livonia, MI 48154 www.ihsinfo.org International Myeloma Foundation [+] Fundación Internacional del Mieloma (800) 452-CURE (452-2873) 12650 Riverside Drive, Suite 206 North Hollywood, CA 91607-3421 www.myeloma.org International Rett Syndrome Association [+] Asociación Internacional del Síndrome de Rett (800) 818-7388 9121 Piscataway Road, Suite 2B Clinton, MD 20735 www.rettsyndrome.org 43 Interstitial Cystitis Association [+] Asociación de la Cistitis Intersticial (800) HELP-ICA (435-7422) 110 North Washington Street, Suite 340 Rockville, MD 20850 www.ichelp.org Job Accommodation Network [*+] Red de Información para la Ubicación de Empleo (For persons with disabilities seeking employment) (Para personas con disacapacidades en busca de empleo) (800) 526-7234 P.O. Box 6080 Morgantown, WV 26506-6080 www.jan.wvu.edu Johns Hopkins Hereditary Colorectal Cancer Registry Registro del Cáncer Colorrectal Hereditario de Johns Hopkins (888) 77-COLON (772-6566) 550 North Broadway, Suite 108 Baltimore, MD 21205-2011 www.coloncancer.org/HCCR.htm Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International [*+] Fundación Internacional de la Diabetes Juvenil (800) 533-2873 120 Wall Street, 19th Floor New York, NY 10005 www.jdrf.org Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse Department of Justice [*+] Centro de Información sobre Justicia Juvenil Departamento de Justicia (800) 638-8736 P.O. Box 6000 Rockville, MD 20850-6000 www.ncjrs.org 44 Kidney Cancer Association [+] Asociación de Cáncer del Riñón (800) 850-9132 1234 Sherman Avenue, Suite 230 Evanston, IL 60202 www.kidneycancerassociation.org Kidsrights [+] Derecho Infantil (Children's rights and family issues) (Derecho infantil y asuntos familiares) (800) 892-5437 8902 Otis Avenue Indianapolis, IN 46216 www.kidsrights.com La Leche League International [*+] Liga Internacional La Leche (Breastfeeding) (Lactancia) (800) LA LECHE (525-3243) 1400 North Meacham Road P.O. Box 4079 Schaumburg, IL 60173-4808 www.lalecheleague.org Lamaze International [*+] Lamaze Internacional (800) 368-4404 2025 M Street, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036 www.lamaze.org Laser Institute of America [*] Instituto Laser de América (800) 34-LASER (345-2737) 13501 Ingenuity Drive, Suite 128 Orlando, FL 32826 www.laserinstitute.org 45 Leader Dogs for the Blind [*+] Perros Guía para Ciegos (888) 777-5332 P.O. Box 5000 Rochester, MI 48307 www.leaderdogs.org Les Turner Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Foundation, Ltd. Fundación para la Esclerosis Lateral Amiotrópica (888) ALS-1107 (257-1107) 8142 Lawndale Avenue Skokie, IL 60676-3322 www.lesturnerals.org Leukemia and Lymphoma Society [*+] Sociedad Americana de la Leucemia (800) 955-4LSA (955-4572) 1311 Mamaroneck Avenue White Plains, NY 10605 www.leukemia-lymphoma.org LifeNet Red de Vida (organ and tissue donation) (Donación de órganos y tejidos) (800) TISSUE-1 (847-7831) 5809 Ward Court Virginia Beach, VA 23455 www.lifenet.org Lighthouse International [+] Gente Pequeña de América (800) 829-0500 (Voice and TDD) 111 East 59th Street New York, NY 10022-1202 www.lighthouse.org 46 Little People of America [*+] Fondo de Investigación sobre la Gente Pequeña (888) LPA-2001 (572-2001) P.O. Box 65030 Lubbock, TX 79464 www.LPAonline.org Little People's Research Fund [*+] (800) 232-LPRF (232-5773) 80 Sister Pierre Drive Towson, MD 21204 www.lprf.org Living Bank [*+] Banco de Vida (Organ donation) (Donación de órganos) (800) 528-2971 P.O. Box 6725 Houston, TX 77265-6725 www.livingbank.org Look Good...Feel Better American Cancer Society [*+] Luzca Bien...Siéntase Mejor, Sociedad Americana del Cáncer (800) 395-LOOK (800) 227-2345 1599 Clifton Road NE Atlanta, GA 30329 www.lookgoodfeelbetter.org Lupus Foundation of America [*+] Fundación Americana del Lupus (800) 558-0121 1300 Piccard Drive Rockville, MD 20850 www.lupus.org 47 Lymphoma Research Foundation [*] Fundación de Investigación del Linfoma (800) 235-6848 111 Broadway, 19th Floor New York, NY 10006 www.lymphoma.org Macular Degeneration Foundation Fundación para la Degenearación Macular (888) 633-3937 (800) 924-4393 P.O. Box 531313 Henderson, NV 89053 www.eyesight.org Macular Degeneration International Degeneración Macular Internacional (800) 393-7634 2968 Ina Road Tucson, AZ 85741 www.maculardegeneration.org MAGIC Foundation for Children's Growth Fundación MAGIC para el Crecimiento de los Niños (800) 3MAGIC3 (362-4423) 6645 West North Avenue Oak Park, IL 60302 www.magicfoundation.org Make Today Count Haga Valer el Día de Hoy (Self-help support groups) (Grupos de Apoyo de Autoayuda) (800) 432-2273 Mid-American Cancer Center 1235 East Cherokee Street Springfield, MO 65804 48 Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United States [+] Asociación Estadounidense de la Hipertermia Maligna (800) 98-MHAUS (986-4287) P.O. Box 1069 11 East State Street Sherbourne, NY 13460-1069 www.mhaus.org March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation [*+] Fundación March of Dimes para los Defectos Congénitos (Information on pregnancy, birth defects, and genetics) (Información sobre el embarazo, los defectos congénitos y la genética) (888) MODIMES (663-4637) (800) 925-1855 (Spanish-speaking line) 1275 Mamaroneck Avenue White Plains, NY 10605 www.marchofdimes.com Medic Alert Foundation International [*+] Fundación Internacional de Alerta Médica (Identification system for medical conditions) (Sistema de identificación de condiciones médicas) (800) ID-ALERT (432-5378) 2323 Colorado Avenue Turlock, CA 95382-2018 www.medicalert.org Medical Genetics Genetica en la Medicina (Genetic testing and counseling) (Consejería y pruebas genéticas) (800) 998-4785 Cleveland Clinic Foundation Medical Genetics/Risk Assessment 9500 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44195 www.clevelandclinic.org/medgen 49 Medicare Issues Hotline Health Care Financing Administration [+] Línea Directa de Información sobre Asuntos de MEDICARE Administración para el Financiamiento del Cuidado de la Salud (800) MEDICARE (633-4227) 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21244 MedWatch [*] Alerta Medica (The FDA Medical Products Reporting Program) (Programa de información sobre productos médicos de la FDA) (800) 332-1088 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD 20852-9787 www.fda.gov/medwatch Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center [*+] Centro de Cancer Memorial Sloan-Kettering (800) 525-2225 1275 York Avenue New York, NY 10021 www.mskcc.org Mended Hearts, Inc. Organización para enfermos del corazón y sus familias (888) heart99 (432-7899) 7272 Greenville Avenue Dallas, TX 75231-4596 www.mendedhearts.org Meningitis Foundation of America [+] Fundación de Meningitis de América (800) 668-1129 6610 North Shadeland Avenue, Suite 220 Indianapolis, IN 46220 www.musa.org 50 Mercy Medical Airlift Transporte aéreo para pacientes y sus familias (Charitable medical air transportation) (Transporte aéreo médico de caridad) (800) 296-1217 P.O. Box 1940 Manassas, VA 20108-0804 www.mercymedical.org Mothers Against Drunk Driving [*+] Madres en Contra de Conductores Embriagados (800) GET-MADD (438-6233) 511 East John Carpenter Freeway, Suite 700 Irving, TX 75062 www.madd.org Multiple Sclerosis Association of America [*] Asociación Americana de Esclerosis Múltiple (800) LEARN-MS (532-7667) 706 Haddonfield Road Cherry Hill, NJ 08002-2652 www.msaa.com Multiple Sclerosis Foundation [*+] Fundación para la Esclerosis Múltiple (800) 441-7055 6350 North Andrews Avenue Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 www.msfacts.org MUMS National Parent-to-Parent Network Mothers United for Moral Support, Inc. Red Nacional de Padres a Padres MUMS, Madres Unidas para Apoyo Moral, Inc. (877) 336-5333 150 Custer Court Green Bay, WI 54301-1243 www.netnet.net/mums 51 Muscular Dystrophy Association [*+] Asociación de la Distrofia Muscular (800) 572-1717 3300 East Sunrise Drive Tucson, AZ 85718-3208 www.mdausa.org Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America, Inc. [+] Fundación Americana de la Miastenia Grave, Inc. (800) 541-5454 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204 Minneapolis, MN 55416 www.myasthenia.org NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill) [*+] NIAMI (Alianza Nacional para el Enfermo Mental) (888) 999-NAMI (999-6264) Colonial Place Three 2107 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 300 Arlington, VA 22201 www.nami.org National Abortion Federation Hotline [*+] Federación Nacional del Aborto (800) 772-9100 www.prochoice.org National Adoption Center Centro Nacional para la Adopción (800) 862-3678 1500 Walnut Street, Suite 701 Philadelphia, PA 19102 www.adopt.org National Adoption Information Clearinghouse [*+] Centro Nacional de Distribución de Información sobre la Adopción (888) 251-0075 330 C Street SW Washington, DC 20447 www.calib.com/naic 52 National Aging Information Center U.S. Administration on Aging Centro de Información Nacional sobre la Vejez, Administración de Asuntos de la Vejez de los Estados Unidos (800) 877-8339 (TTY) 330 Independence Avenue SW, Room 4656 Washington, DC 20201 www.aoa.dhhs.gov/naic National AIDS Fund [+] Fondo Nacional del SIDA (888) 234-AIDS (234-2437) 1030 15th Street NW, Suite 860 Washington, DC 20005 www.aidsfund.org National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations [+] Alianza Nacional de Organizaciones de Cáncer de Seno (888) 80-NABCO (806-2226) 9 East 37th Street, 10th Floor New York, NY 10016 www.nabco.org National Aphasia Association Asociación Nacional de Afasia (800) 922-4622 29 John Street, Suite 1103 New York, NY 10038 www.aphasia.org National Association for Children of Alcoholics Asociación Nacional para Hijos de Alcohólicos (888) 554-COAS (554-2627) 11426 Rockville Pike, Suite 100 Rockville, MD 20852 www.nacoa.org 53 National Association for Continence (NAFC) [*+] Asociación Nacional para la Continencia (800) 252-3337 P.O. Box 8310 Spartanburg, SC 29305 www.nafc.org National Association for Family Child Care [*+] Asociación Nacional para Guarderías Infantiles de Tipo Familiar (800) 359-3817 (child care) (800) 628-9163 (day care) 5200 Pinemont Drive Murray, UT 84123 www.nafcc.org National Association for Parents of the Visually Impaired (NAPVI) [*+] Asociación Nacional para Padres de Hijos con Problemas Visuales (800) 562-6265 P.O. Box 317 Watertown, MA 02471 www.napvi.org National Association for the Dually Diagnosed (NADD) Asociación Nacional para las Personas con Doble Dianóstico (800) 331-5362 132 Fair Street Kingston, NY 12401-4802 www.thenadd.org National Association for the Education of Young Children [*+] Asociación Nacional para la Educación de los Niños pequeños (800) 424-2460 1509 16th Street NW Washington, DC 20036-1426 www.naeyc.org 54 National Association of Radiation Survivors Asociación Nacional de Sobrevivientes de la Radiación (800) 798-5102 P.O. 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[+] Publicaciones Braille (800) 548-7323 88 Saint Stephen Street Boston, MA 02115 www.braille.com National Brain Tumor Foundation [*+] Fundación Nacional de Tumores del Cerebro (800) 934-CURE (934-2873) 414 13th Street, Suite 700 Oakland, CA 94612-2603 www.braintumor.org National Cancer Information Center [*+] (800) ACS-2345 (227-2345) 1825-B Kramer Lane, Suite 200 Austin, TX 78758 www.cancer.org 55 National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Clearinghouse [*+] Centro Nacional de Distribución de Información sobre la Medicina Alternativa y Complementaria (888) 644-6226 (Voice and TTY/TDD) (866) 464-3615 (TTY) (866) 464-3616 (fax) P.O. Box 7923 Gaithersburg, MD 20898-7923 www.nccam.nih.gov National Center for Learning Disabilities Centro Nacional para las Personas con Problemas de Aprendizaje (888) 575-7373 381 Park Avenue South, Room 1401 New York, NY 10016-8806 www.ncld.org National Center for Missing and Exploited Children [*+] Centro Nacional de Niños Desaparecidos y Abusados (800) THE-LOST (843-5678) 699 Prince Street Alexandria, VA 22314 www.missingkids.com National Center for Stuttering Centro Nacional para la Tartamudez (800) 221-2483 200 East 33rd Street New York, NY 10016 www.stuttering.com National Center for Victims of Crime [*] Centro Nacional para Víctimas del Crimen (800) FYI-CALL (394-2255) 2000 M Street NW, Suite 480 Washington, DC 20036 www.ncvc.org 56 National Child Care Information Center [*+] Centro Nacional de Información para el Cuidado de Niños (800) 616-2242 (800) 516-2242 (TTY) 243 Church Street NW, 2nd Floor Vienna, VA 22180 www.nccic.org National Child Safety Council Childwatch[+] Concilio Nacional para la Seguridad del Niño Vigilancia del Niño (800) 222-1464 4065 Page Avenue P.O. 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Box 6000 Rockville, MD 20849-6000 www.ncjrs.org 58 National Cued Speech Association [+] Asociación Nacional del Habla con Clave (800) 459-3529 23970 Hermitage Road Cleveland, OH 44122-4008 www.cuedspeech.org National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse [+] Centro Nacional de Distribución de Información sobre la Diabetes (800) 860-8747 1 Information Way Bethesda, MD 20892-3560 www.niddk.nih.gov National Domestic Violence Hotline [*+] Línea Nacional de Información sobre Violencia Doméstica (800) 787-3224 (800) 799-SAFE (799-7233) P.O. Box 161810 Austin, TX 78716 www.ndvh.org National Down Syndrome Congress [+] Congreso Nacional del Síndrome de Down (800) 232-NDSC (232-6372) 1370 Center Drive, Suite 102 Atlanta, GA 30338 www.ndsccenter.org National Down Syndrome Society [*+] Sociedad Nacional del Síndrome de Down (800) 221-4602 666 Broadway New York, NY 10012 www.ndss.org National Drinking Water Clearinghouse [*+] Centro Nacional de Informacion sobre el Agua Potable (800) 624-8301 West Virginia University P.O. 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(800) 344-3555 1 Batterymarch Park P.O. Box 9101 Quincy, MA 02269-9101 www.nfpa.org 60 National Foundation for Cancer Research, Inc. Fundación Nacional para la Investigación del Cáncer, Inc. (800) 321-CURE (321-2873) 4600 East-West Highway, Suite 525 Bethesda, MD 20814 www.nfcr.org National Foundation for Depressive Illness [*+] Fundación Nacional de las Enfermedades Depresivas (800) 248-4344 P.O. Box 2257 New York, NY 10116 www.depression.org National Foundation for Transplants Fundación Nacional de Transplantes (800) 489-3863 1102 Brookfield, Suite 200 Memphis, TN 38119 www.transplants.org National Fragile X Foundation [+] Fundación Nacional del Cromosoma X Frágil (800) 688-8765 P.O. Box 190488 San Francisco, CA 94110-0488 www.fragilex.org National Fraud Information Center National Consumers League Centro Nacional de Información sobre Fraudes Liga Nacional del Consumidor (Telemarketing fraud) (Fraude en telemercadeo) (800) 876-7060 1701 K Street NW Washington, DC 20006 www.fraud.org 61 National Gaucher Foundation [+] Fundación Nacional de la Enfermedad de Gaucher (800) 925-8885 5410 Edson Lane, Suite 260 Rockville, MD 20852 www.gaucherdisease.org National Hansen's Disease Programs [*+] Programas Nacionales para la Enfermedad de Hansen (Leprosy) (Lepra) (800) 642-2477 1770 Physicians Park Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70816 www.bphc.hrsa.gov/nhdp National Headache Foundation [+] Fundación Nacional para el Dolor de Cabeza (800) 843-2256 820 North Orleans, Suite 217 Chicago, IL 60614 www.headaches.org National Health Information Center [*+] Centro Nacional de Información sobre la Salud (800) 336-4797 P.O. Box 1133 Washington, DC 20013-1133 www.health.gov/nhic National Hemophilia Foundation [*+] Fundación Nacional de la Hemofilia (800) 424-2634 116 West 32nd Street, 11th Floor New York, NY 10001 www.hemophilia.org 62 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Department of Transportation [*+] Administración Nacional para la Seguridad del Tráfico en las Autopistas, Departamento de Transporte (888) 327-4236 400 Seventh Street SW, Room 5110-NAD-40 Washington, DC 20590 www.nhtsa.dot.gov National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization [+] Organización Nacional de Hospicios y Cuidados Paliativos (800) 646-6460 1700 Diagonal Road, Suite 300 Alexandria, VA 22314 www.nhpco.org National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities [*+] Centro Nacional de Información para Niños y Jóvenes con Discapacidades (800) 695-0285 P.O. Box 1492 Washington, DC 20013 www.nichcy.org National Inhalant Prevention Coalition [+] Coalición Nacional para la Prevención de Inhalantes (800) 269-4237 2904 Kirby Lane Austin, TX 78703 www.inhalants.org National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention[*+] Instituto Nacional para la Seguridad y la Salud en el Trabajo Centros para el Control y la Prevención de las Enfermedades (800) 356-4674 4676 Columbia Parkway , C-19 Cincinnati, OH 45226 www.cdc.gov/niosh 63 National Institute for Rehabilitation Engineering [*] Instituto Nacional de Ingeniería Rehabilitativa (Devices for the severely and multiply handicapped) (Aparatos para personas con discapacidades múltiples y severas) (800) 736-2216 P.O. Box 1088 Hewitt, NJ 07421 www.theoffice.net/nire or www.angelfire.com/nj/nir National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Information Resources and Inquiries Branch [*+] Instituto Nacional de Salud Mental División de Fuentes de Información e Investigación (800) 64-PANIC (647-2642) 6001 Executive Boulevard, MSC 9663 Bethesda, MD 20892 www.nimh.nih.gov National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) [*+] Instituto Nacional de las Enfermedades Neurológicas y la Apoplejía (800) 352-9424 P.O. Box 5801 Bethesda, MD 20824 www.ninds.nih.gov National Institute on Aging Information Center [*+] Centro de Información sobre el Instituto Nacional de la Vejez (800) 222-2225 (800) 222-4225 (TTY) P.O. 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[*] Centro Nacional de Vida, Inc. (800) 848-LOVE (848-5683) 686 North Broad Street Woodbury, NJ 08096 National Lymphedema Network [+] Red Nacional del Linfedema (800) 541-3259 1611 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 1111 Oakland, CA 94612 www.lymphnet.org National Marfan Foundation [+] Fundación Nacional del Síndrome de Marfan (800) 8-MARFAN (862-7326) 22 Manhasset Avenue Port Washington, NY 11050 www.marfan.org National Marrow Donor Program [*+] Programa Nacional para Donantes de Médula Ósea (800) MARROW-2 (627-7692) (800) 654-1247 3001 Broadway Street NE, Suite 500 Minneapolis, MN 55413 www.bmtinfo.org 66 National Mental Health Association Information Center [*+] Centro de Información de la Asociación Nacional de Salud Mental (800) 969-6642 (800) 433-5959 (TTY) 20001 North Beauregard Street Alexandria, VA 22311 www.nmha.org National Mental Health Consumer Self-Help Clearinghouse [*+] Centro Nacional de Información de Autoayuda para Problemas de Salud Mental (800) 553-4539 1211 Chestnut Street, Suite 1207 Philadelphia, PA 19107 www.mhselfhelp.org National Mental Health Information Center [*+] Centro Nacional de Información sobre Salud Mental (800) 789-2647 P.O. Box 42490 Washington, DC 20015 www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov National Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program (MOTTEP) Howard University Hospital [*+] Programa Nacional Para Educar a las Minorías sobre los Transplantes de Órganos y Tejidos Hospital de la Universidad Howard (800) 393-2839 Ambulatory Care Center, Suite 3100 2041 Georgia Avenue NW Washington, DC 20060 www.nationalmottep.org National Multiple Sclerosis Society [*+] Sociedad Nacional de la Esclerosis Múltiple (800) 344-4867 733 3rd Avenue, 6th Floor New York, NY 10017-3288 www.nmss.org 67 National Neurofibromatosis Foundation [*+] Fundación Nacional de la Neurofibromatosis (800) 323-7938 95 Pine Street, 16th Floor New York, NY 10005 www.mf.org National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation [+] Organización Nacional del Albinismo y la Hipopigmentación (800) 473-2310 P.O. 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Box 1968 Danbury, CT 06813 www.raredisorders.org National Organization for Victim Assistance [+] Organización Nacional de Ayuda a las Víctimas (800) TRY-NOVA (879-6682) (Victims/Survivors only) 1730 Park Road NW Washington, DC 20010 www.try-nova.org National Parkinson Foundation [*+] Fundación Nacional de la Enfermedad de Parkinson (800) 327-4545 (800) 433-7022 (within Florida) (800) 522-8855 (within California) 1501 Northwest 9th Avenue Miami, FL 33136-1494 www.parkinson.org 68 National Pediatric HIV Resource Center [*+] Centro Nacional de Recursos sobre el VIH Pediátrico (Technical Support for Healthcare Professionals) (Apoyo técnico para los profesionales del cuidado de la salud) (800) 362-0071 30 Bergen Street, ADMC 4 Newark, NJ 07103 www.pedhivaids.org National Pesticide Information Center [*+] Centro Nacional de Información sobre Pesticidas (800) 858-7378 Oregon State University 333 Weniger Hall Corvallis, OR 97331-6502 www.npic.orst.edu National Psoriasis Foundation [+] Fundación Nacional de la Psoriasis (800) 723-9166 6600 Southwest 92nd Avenue, Suite 300 Portland, OR 97223-7195 www.psoriasis.org National Public Safety Information Bureau Agencia Nacional de Información sobre Seguridad Pública (800) 647-7579 P.O. Box 365 Stevens Point, WI 54481-0365 www.safetysource.com National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature Kennedy Institute of Ethics [+] Centro Nacional de Referencia sobre Literatura Bioética Instituto de Ética Kennedy (888) BIO-ETHX (246-3849) (800) MED-ETHX (633-3849) (888) GEN-ETHX (436-3849) Georgetown University P.O. Box 571212 Washington, DC 20057-1212 www.bioethics.georgetown.edu 69 National Rehabilitation Information Center Centro Nacional de Información sobre la Rehabilitación (800) 34-NARIC (346-2742) 4200 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 202 Lanham, MD 20706 www.naric.com National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care Centro Nacional de Recursos para la Salud y la Seguridad del Cuidado de los Niños (800) 598-KIDS (598-5437) University of Colorado Health Sciences Center P.O. Box 6508 Aurora, CO 80045 nrc.uchsc.edu National Resource Center on Domestic Violence [*+] Centro Nacional de Recursos sobre la Violencia Doméstica (800) 537-2238 (800) 553-2508 (TTY) 6400 Flank Drive, Suite 1300 Harrisburg, PA 17112-2778 www.PCADV.org National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness [*+] Centro Nacional de Recursos sobre Enfermedades Mentales y la Falta de Vivienda (800) 444-7415 Public Research Associates, Inc. 345 Delaware Avenue Delmar, NY 12054 www.nrchmi.com National Reye's Syndrome Foundation, Inc. [+] Fundación Nacional del Síndrome de Reye, Inc. (800) 233-7393 426 North Lewis Bryan, OH 43506 www.reyessyndrome.org 70 National Runaway Switchboard [*+] Central Telefónica Nacional para Fugitivos del Hogar (Offers a service that can translate any language) (Ofrece servicios de traducción a cualquier idioma) (800) 621-4000 3080 North Lincoln Avenue Chicago, IL 60657 www.nrscrisisline.org National Scoliosis Foundation, Inc. [+] Fundación Nacional de Escoliosis, Inc. (800) 673-6922 5 Cabot Place Stoughton, MA 02072 www.scoliosis.org National Spasmodic Dysphonia Association [+] Asociación Nacional de Disfonía Espasmódica (800) 795-6732 One East Wacker Drive, Suite 2430 Chicago, IL 60601-1905 www.dysphonia.org National Spasmodic Torticollis Association Asociación Nacional de la Torticolis Espasmódica (800) HURTFUL (487-8385) 9920 Talbert Avenue, Suite 233 Fountain Valley, CA 92708 www.torticollis.org National Spinal Cord Injury Association Resource Center [*+] Asociación Nacional de Lesiones de la Médula Espinal (800) 962-9629 6701 Democracy Boulevard , Suite 300-9 Bethesda, MD 20817 www.spinalcord.org National Stroke Association [*+] Asociación Nacional de Accidentes Cerebrovasculares (800) 787-6537 9707 East Easter Lane Englewood, CO 80112-3747 www.stroke.org 71 National Stuttering Project Projecto Nacional de la Tartamudez (800) 364-1677 5100 East La Palma, Suite 208 Anaheim Hills, CA 92807 www.nsastutter.org National Tay-Sachs and Allied Diseases Association [*+] Asociación Nacional de Tay-Sachs y Enfermedades Aliadas (800) 90-NTSAD (906-8723) 2001 Beacon Street, Suite 204 Boston, MA 02135 www.ntsad.org National Temporal Bone, Hearing and Balance Pathology Resource Registry Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Registro Nacional de Recursos de Patología del Hueso Temporal, de la Audición y del Equilibrio, del Centro de Cuidado de Ojos y Oídos de Massachusetts (800) 822-1327 (888) 561-3277 243 Charles Street Boston, MA 02114-3096 www.tbregistry.org National Transplant Assistance Fund Fondo Nacional de Asistencia para Transplantes (800) 642-8399 3475 Westchester Pike, Suite 230 Newtown Square, PA 19073 www.transplantfund.org National Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance [+] Asociación Nacional de la Esclerosis Tuberosa (800) 225-6872 801 Roeder Road, Suite 750 Silver Spring, MD 20785 www.ntsa.org or www.tsalliance.org 72 National Urea Cycle Disorders Foundation [*] Fundación Nacional de Enfermedades del Ciclo de Urea (800) 386-8233 4841 Hill Street La Canada, CA 91011 www.nucdf.org National Vaccine Information Center Centro Nacional de Infomación sobre Vacunas (800) 909-7468 421 East Church Street Vienna, VA 22180 www.909shot.com National Veterans Services Fund, Inc. Fondo Nacional de Servicios para los Veteranos, Inc. (800) 521-0198 P.O. Box 2465 Darien, CT 06820-0465 National Women's Health Information Center [*+] Centro Nacional de Información sobre la Salud de la Mujer (800) 994-9662 8550 Arlington Boulevard., Suite 300 Fairfax, VA 22031 www.4woman.gov National Women's Health Resource Center Centro Nacional de Recursos sobre la Salud de la Mujer (877) 986-9472 120 Albany Street, Suite 820 New Brunswick, NJ 08901 www.healthywomen.org/ Neurofibromatosis, Inc. Neurofibromatosis, Inc. (800) 942-6825 8855 Annapolis Road, Suite 100 Lanham, MD 20706-2924 www.nfinc.org 73 Noonan Syndrome Support Group, Inc. [+] Grupo de Apoyo para el Síndrome de Noonan, Inc. (888) 686-2224 P.O. Box 145 Upperco, MD 21155 www.noonansyndrome.org North American Riding for the Handicapped Association (NARHA) Asociación Norteamericana de Equitación para Minusválidos (800) 369-7433 P.O. Box 33150 Denver, CO 80233 www.narha.org Office for Victims of Crime Resource Center [*+] Centro de Recursos para las Víctimas del Crimen (800) 627-6872 (877) 712-9279 (TTY) P.O. Box 6000 Rockville, MD 20849-6000 www.ncjrs.org Office of Environmental Justice Environmental Protection Agency [*+] Oficina para un Medioambiente Justo Agencia para la Protección del Medio Ambiente (800) 962-6215 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Arielros Building Washington, DC 20460 www.epa.gov/compliance/environmentaljustice Office of Minority Health Resource Center U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [*+] Centro de Recursos de la Oficina de Salud para las Minorías, Departamento de Salud y Servicios Sociales de los Estados Unid (800) 444-6472 P.O. Box 37337 Washington, DC 20013-7337 www.omhrc.gov 74 Office of National Drug Control Policy Clearinghouse [*+] Centro Nacional de Información de la Oficina de Políticas sobre las Drogas (800) 666-3332 P.O. Box 6000 Rockville, MD 20849-6000 www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov Office of Orphan Products Development Food and Drug Administration [*+] Oficina para el Desarrollo de Productos Farmacéuticos con Poca Demanda Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (800) 300-7469 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 873 (HF35) Rockville, MD 20857 www.fda.gov/orphan Office on Smoking and Health [*+] Oficina del Tabaquismo y la Salud (888) 232-3299 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 4770 Buford Highway NE, Mailstop K-50 Atlanta, GA 30341-3717 www.cdc.gov/tobacco Older Women's League Liga de Mujeres Mayores de Edad (800) 825-3695 666 11th Street NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20001 www.owl-national.org Oley Foundation for Home Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition[*+] Fundación Oley para Proveer Nutrición Parenteral y Enteral en el Hogar (800) 776-OLEY (776-6539) 214 Hun Memorial, MC28 Albany Medical Center Albany, NY 12208 www.oley.org 75 Operation Lifesaver [+] Operación Salvavidas (Safety at highway-rail intersections) (Para la seguridad del tráfico en las intersecciones de carreteras y vías ferroviarias) (800) 537-6224 1420 King Street, Suite 401 Alexandria, VA 22314 www.oli.org Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation [+] Fundación de la Osteogénesis Imperfecta (800) 981-BONE (981-2663) 804 West Diamond Avenue Gaithersburg, MD 20878 www.oif.org Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases National Resource Center (NIAMS)[*+] Institutos Nacionales de Salud, Centro Nacional de Recursos de la Osteoporosis y Enfermedades Relacionadas con los Huesos (800) 624-BONE (624-2663) 1232 22nd Street NW Washington, DC 20037-1292 www.osteo.org Oxalosis and Hyperoxaluria Foundation Fundación de Oxalosis e Hiperoxaluria (888) 721-2432 5718 Holly Hills St. Louis, MO 63109 www.ohf.org Paget Foundation for Paget's Disease of Bone and Related Disorders Fundación para la Enfermedad de Paget y otras Enfermedades Óseas (800) 23-PAGET (237-2438) 120 Wall Street, Suite 1602 New York, NY 10005 www.paget.org 76 Paralyzed Veterans of America [*+] Veteranos Paralíticos de America (800) 424-8200 801 18th Street NW Washington, DC 20006 www.pva.org Parent Project for Muscular Dystrophy Research [+] Proyecto Pilot para las Investigaciones de la Distrofia Muscular (800) 714-KIDS (714-5437) 1012 North University Boulevard Middletown, OH 45042 www.parentprojectmd.org Parents of Murdered Children, Inc. [+] Padres de Niños Asesinados, Inc. (888) 818-7662 100 East Eighth Street, Suite B-41 Cincinnati, OH 45202 www.pomc.com Parkinson's Disease Foundation [*+] Fundación para la Enfermedad de Parkinson (800) 457-6676 William Black Medical Research Building Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center 710 West 168 Street New York, NY 10032 www.pdf.org Partnership for Caring Sociedad para Cuidado (End-of-life-care) (Cuidado para los últimos días de vida) (800) 989-9455 1620 Eye Street NW, Suite 202 Washington, DC 20007 www.partnershipforcaring.org 77 Pathways Awareness Foundation [+] Pathways Awareness Foundation (Fundación de apoyo a niños con trastornos de movilidad, neurológicos y metabólicos) (Children with movement and physical challenges) (Niños con retos físicos y de movimiento) (800) 955-2445 (888) 795-5884 (Fax) 150 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 2100 Chicago, IL 60601 www.pathwaysawareness.org Paws With a Cause Perros al Rescate (Assistance dogs for people with disabilities) (Perros de asistencia para los Minusválidos) (800) 253-7297 4646 South Division Street Wayland, MI 49348-9727 www.pawswithacause.org Phoenix House National Substance Abuse Helpline [*+] Casa Phoenix Línea Nacional de Ayuda sobre el Abuso de Sustancias Controladas (800) 488-3784 (800) DRUGHELP (378-4435) 164 West 74th Street New York, NY 10023 www.drughelp.org Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors [+] Sociedad Fénix para los Sobrevivientes de Quemaduras (800) 888-2876 2153 Wealthy SE, Suite 215 East Grand Rapids, MI 40950 www.phoenix-society.org 78 PKD Foundation [+] Fundación para la Enfermedad Poliquística del riñón (PDK) (Polycystic Kidney Disease) (Enfermedad poliquística del riñón) (800) PKD-CURE 4901 Main Street, Suite 200 Kansas City, MO 64112-2634 www.pkdcure.org Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. [+] Federación Americana Para la Planificación Familiar (800) 829-7732 (National Office) (800) 230-7526 (for nearest local office) 810 7th Avenue New York, NY 10019 www.plannedparenthood.org PMS Access [*] Acceso al Programa Radial de Asuntos de Salud de la Mujer ( PMS Access ) (800) 222-4PMS (222-4767) (888) 898-7412 (Fax) 1289 Deming Way P.O. Box 259690 Madison, WI 53725 www.womenshealth.com Prader-Willi Syndrome Association, USA [*+] Asociación Estadounidense del Síndrome de Prader-Willi (800) 926-4797 5700 Midnight Pass Road, Suite 6 Sarasota, FL 34242 www.pwsausa.org Pregnancy Risk Network Red de Riesgo del Embarazo (800) 724-2454 976 Delaware Avenue Buffalo, NY 14209 www.pregnancyrisknetwork.org 79 Prevent Child Abuse America [*+] América Prevee el Abuso a los Niños (800) 835-2671 332 South Michigan Avenue, Suite 1600 Chicago, IL 60604 www.preventchildabuse.org Project Inform [+] Proyecto Informar (Treatment Information for HIV/AIDS) (Información sobre el tratamiento del VIH/SIDA) (800) 822-7422 205 13th Street, # 2001 San Francisco, CA 94103 www.projectinform.org Pulmonary Hypertension Association [*] Asociación de Hipertensión Pulmonar (800) 748-7274 850 Sligo Avenue, #800 Silver Spring, MD 20910 www.phassociation.org Reach to Recovery Program American Cancer Society [*+] Programa de Recuperación al Alcance, Sociedad Americana del Cáncer (800) 227-2345 1599 Clifton Road NE Atlanta, GA 30329 www.cancer.org RFB and D (Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic) Learning through Listening [+] Audiograbaciones para los Ciegos y los Disléxicos (800) 221-4792 20 Roszel Road Princeton, NJ 08540 www.rfbd.org 80 Rubinstein-Taybi Parent Group Grupo de Padres Rubinstein-Taybi (888) 447-2989 P.O. Box 146 Smith Center, KS 66967 www.rubinstein-taybi.org Safe Drinking Water Hotline U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [*+] Línea de Información sobre Agua Potable Agencia Estadounidense para la Protección ambiental (800) 426-4791 4601 Ariel Rios Building 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20460 www.epa.gov/safewater Save the Children Federation [*+] Federación para Salvar la Vida de los Niños (800) 728-3843 54 Wilton Road Westport, CT 06880 www.savethechildren.org Scleroderma Foundation [+] Fundación de la Escleroderma (800) 722-HOPE (722-4673) 12 Kent Way, Suite 101 Byfield, MA 01922 www.scleroderma.org Scleroderma Research Foundation (SRF) Fundación para la Investigación sobre la Escleroderma (800) 637-4005 P.O. Box 200 Columbus, NJ 08022 www.srfcure.org 81 Senior's Eye Care Program [+] Proyecto Nacional para el Cuidado de los Ojos (Medical and surgical care for the elderly at no outof-pocket expense) (Atención médica y quirúrgica gratuita para los ancianos) (800) 222-EYES (222-3937) P.O. Box 429098 San Francisco, CA 94142-9098 www.eyecareamerica.org Severe Chronic Neutropenia International Registry [+] Registro Internacional de Neutropenia Crónica Grave (800) 726-4463 600 Stewart Street, Suite 1503 Seattle, WA 98101 www.depts.washington.EDU/Registry SHARE Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support [+] Apoyo en el Embarazo y en la Pérdida de un Niño, SHARE (800) 821-6819 Saint Joseph Health Center 300 1st Capitol Drive Saint Charles, MO 63301-2893 www.nationalshareoffice.com SHARE: Self-Help for Women With Breast or Ovarian Cancer [*+] SHARE: Self-Help for Women With Breast or Ovarian Cancer (Autoayuda para las Mujeres con Cáncer de Seno o del Ovario) (866) 891-2392 1501 Broadway, Suite 1720 New York, NY 10036 www.sharecancersupport.org 82 Shriners Hospital Referral Line [*+] Línea de Consultas del Hospital Shriners (Free orthopedic or burn care for children) (Cuidado médico gratuito para los niños con problemas ortopédicos o con quemaduras) (800) 237-5055 2900 Rocky Point Drive Tampa, FL 33607 www.shrinershq.org Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome International Síndrome Internacional Shwachman-Diamond (877) 737-4685 5195 Hampted Village Center Way, PMB 162 New Albany, OH 43054-8331 www.shwachman-diamond.org/ Sickle Cell Disease Association of America [+] Asociación de Anemia de Células Falciformes de América (800) 421-8453 200 Corporate Pointe, Suite 495 Culver City, CA 90230-8727 www.sicklecelldisease.org Simon Foundation [*] Fundación Simón (Incontinence information) (Información sobre la incontinencia) (800) 237-4666 P.O. Box 835 Wilmette, IL 60091 www.simonfoundation.org Sjogren's Syndrome Foundation [+] Fundación del Síndrome de Sjogren (800) 475-6473 8120 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 530 Bethesda, MD 20814 www.sjogrens.org 83 Social Security Administration [*+] Administración del Seguro Social Departamento (800) 772-1213 (800) 325-0778 (TTY) Office of Public Inquires 6401 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21235 www.ssa.gov Sotos Syndrome Support Association [*+] Asociación de Apoyo del Síndrome Sotos (630) 682-8815 (888) 246-SSSA(7772) 3 Danada Square East, Suite 235 Wheaton, IL 60187-8484 www.well.com/~sssa Special Olympics, Inc. [*+] Juegos Olímpicos Especiales (800) 700-8585 1325 G Street NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20005 www.specialolympics.org Spondylitis Association of America [+] Asociación Americana de la Espondilitis Aniquilosante (800) 777-8189 14827 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 222 Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 www.Spondylitis.org Stepfamily Association of America Asociación Americana de Familias Compuestas por Matrimonio (800) 735-0329 650 J Street, Suite 205 Lincoln, NE 68508 www.stepfam.org 84 Sturge-Weber Foundation [*+] Fundación Sturge-Weber (800) 627-5482 P.O. Box 418 Mount Freedom, NJ 07970 www.sturge-weber.com Stuttering Foundation of America [+] Fundación Americana de la Tartamudez (800) 992-9392 P.O. Box 11749 Memphis, TN 38111-0749 www.stutteringhelp.org Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration [*] Administración de Servicios para la Salud Mental y el Abuso de Sustacias (800) 789-2647 11426 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852 www.samhsa.gov Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndromes Foundation [*+] Fundación del Síndrome de Muerte Súbita por arritmia (800) 786-7723 508 East South Temple, Suite 20 Salt Lake City, UT 84102 www.sads.org Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Alliance [+] Alianza para el Síndrome de la Muerte Súbita del Lactante (800) 221-7437 1314 Bedford Avenue, Suite 210 Baltimore, MD 21208 www.sidsalliance.org 85 Support for People with Oral and Head and Neck Cancer Apoyo para las Personas con Cáncer Oral y de Cabeza y Cuello (SPOHNC) (800) 377-0928 P.O. Box 53 Locust Valley, NY 11560-0053 www.spohnc.org Support Organization for Trisomy 18, 13 and Related Disorders [*+] Organización de Apoyo para la Trisomia 18, 13 y Trastornos Relacionados (800) 716-SOFT (716-7638) 2982 South Union Rochester, NY 14624 www.trisomy.org Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation [*+] Fundación Susan G. Komen para el Cáncer del Seno (800) IM-AWARE (462-9273) 5005 LBJ Freeway, Suite 250 Dallas, TX 75244 www.breastcancerinfo.com Thalassemia Action Group Grupo de Acción Talasemia (800) 522-7222 129-09 26th Avenue, Suite 203 Flushing, NY 11354 Thursday's Child Centro de Ayuda para Niños Desaparecidos (At-risk youth) (Jóvenes en riesgo) (800) USA-KIDS (872-5437) 24100 Hartland Street West Hills, CA 91307 www.thursdayschild.org 86 Thyroid Foundation of America, Inc. [+] Fundación Americana de la Tiroides, Inc. (800) 832-8321 410 Stuart Street Boston, MA 02116 www.allthyroid.org Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc. [*+] Asociación del Síndrome de Tourette (888) 4Touret (486-8738) 42-40 Bell Boulevard, Suite 205 Bayside, NY 11361-2820 www.tsa-usa.org Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance [+] Alianza para la Esclerosis Tuberosa (800) 225-6872 801 Roeder Road, Suite 750 Silver Spring, MD 20910 www.tsalliance.org Turner's Syndrome Society of the U.S. [+] Sociedad Estadounidense del Síndrome de Turner (800) 365-9944 14450 TC Jester, Suite 260 Houston, TX 77014 www.turnersyndrome.org U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission [*+] Comisión de Seguridad de los Estados Unidos de los Productos para el Consumidor (800) 638-2772 (800) 638-8270 (TTY) 4330 East-West Highway, Suite 417 Bethesda, MD 20814 www.cpsc.gov United Cerebral Palsy Associations, Inc. [+] Asociaciones Unidas sobre la Parálisis Cerebral, Inc. (800) USA-5UCP (872-5827) 1660 L Street NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20036 www.ucp.org 87 United Leukodystrophy Foundation [+] Fundación Unida de la Leucodistrofia (800) 728-5483 2304 Highland Drive Sycamore, IL 60178 www.ulf.org United Ostomy Association [*+] Asociación Unida de la Ostomía (800) 826-0826 19772 McArthur Boulevard, Suite 200 Irvine, CA 92612-2405 www.UOA.org Us Too! International, Inc. [+] Grupo de educación y apoyo para hombres con cáncer de la próstata y sus familias (Prostate cancer support and education) (800) 80-US-TOO (808-7866) 5003 Fairview Avenue Downers Grove, IL 60515 www.ustoo.org USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline [*+] Línea Directa de Carnes y Aves del Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos (USDA) (800) 535-4555 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Maildrop 5269 Beltsville, MD 20705-5259 www.fsis.usda.gov USP Center for the Advancement of Patient Safety [*] (Reporting of product defects) (Quejas sobre productos defectuosos) (800) 487-7776 (800) 233-7767 12601 Twinbrook Parkway Rockville, MD 20852 www.usp.org 88 VHL (Von Hippel-Lindau) Family Alliance [*+] Alianzas de Familias de VHL (Von Hippel-Lindau) (800) 767-4845 171 Clinton Road Brookline, MA 02445-5815 www.vhl.org VOICES in Action, Inc. Victims of Incest Can Emerge Survivors Las Víctimas del Incesto se Presentan, Sobrevivientes en acción (800) 7-VOICE-8 (786-4238) P.O. Box 13 Batavia, OH 45103 www.voices-action.org Vision Council of America Consejo de la Visión de América (800) 424-8422 1700 Diagonal Road, Suite 500 Alexandria, VA 22314 www.checkyearly.com Vision World Wide Vision Mundial (800) 431-1739 5707 Brocton Drive, Suite 302 Indianapolis, IN 46220-5481 www.visionww.org Visiting Nurse Association of America Asociación Americana de Enfermeras Domiciliarias (888) VN-NURSE (866-8773) 99 Summer, Suite 1700 Boston, MA 02110 www.vnaa.org/Home.htm Wegener's Granulomatosis Association, Inc. Grupo Internacional de Apoyo de la Granulomatosis de Wegener (800) 277-9474 P.O. Box 28660 Kansas City, MO 64188-8660 www.wgassociation.org 89 Well Spouse Foundation [*] Fundación Well Spouse (Support to partners of the chronically ill or disabled) (Ofrece apoyo a las parejas de las personas con enfermedades crónicas o con discapacidades) (800) 838-0879 63 West Main Street, Suite H Freehold, NJ 07728 www.wellspouse.org Wilson's Disease Association [*] Asociación de la Enfermedad de Wilson (800) 399-0266 1802 Brookside Drive Wooster, OH 44691 www.wilsonsdisease.org Women's Sports Foundation Information and Referral Service Servicio de Información y Consultas de la Fundación para Promover los Deportes Femeninos (800) 227-3988 Eisenhower Park East Meadow, NY 11554 www.womenssportsfoundation.org Y-Me National Breast Cancer Organization [*+] Organización Nacional del Cáncer del Seno Y-me (800) 221-2141 212 West Van Buren, 5th Floor Chicago, IL 60607 www.Y-me.org YMCA of the USA [*+] Asociación Cristiana de Jóvenes, ACJ-USA (800) USA-YMCA (872-9622) 101 North Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606 www.ymca.net 90 Youth Development International Youth Crisis Hotline Desarrollo de la Juventud Internacional Línea para Crisis Juveniles (800) 448-4663 5331 Mount Alifan Drive San Diego, CA 92111 www.1800hiphome.org Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families [+] De Zero a Tres: Centro Nacional para Infantes, Bebes y Familias (800) 899-4301 (publications) 2000 M Street NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC 20036 www.zerotothree.org 91 92 National and State HIV/AIDS Hotlines CDC National Aids Hotline: (800) 342-AIDS (342-2437) (English) (800) 344-SIDA (344-7432) (Spanish) (800) AIDS-TTY (243-7889) (Hearing Impaired) Alabama (800) 228-0469 Georgia (800) 551-2728 Alaska (800) 478-2437 Hawaii (800) 321-1555 Arizona (800) 334-1540 Idaho (800) 386-1555 Arkansas (888) 317-3063 Illinois (800) 243-2437 California (800) 367-2437 Indiana (800) 848-2437 Colorado (800) 333-2437 Iowa (800) 342-2437 (CDC National AIDS Hotline) Connecticut (800) 342-2437 (CDC National AIDS Hotline) Kansas (877) 526-2437 Delaware (800) 422-0429 Kentucky (200) 420-7431 District of Columbia (877) 939-2437 Louisiana (800) 992-4379 Florida (800) 352-2437 (800) 243-7101 (Haitian Creole) (800) 545-SIDA (Spanish) (888) 503-7118 (TTY) Maine (800) 851-2437 Maryland (800) 638-6252 93 Massachusetts (800) 235-2331 North Carolina (800) 289-2437 Michigan (800) 872-2437 North Dakota (800) 472-2180 Minnesota (800) 248-2437 Ohio (800) 332-2437 Mississippi (800) 286-2961 Oklahoma (800) 332-2437 Missouri (800) 533-2437 Pennsylvania (800) 662-6080 Montana (800) 233-6668 Puerto Rico (800) 981-5721 Nebraska (800) 782-2437 Rhode Island (800) 726-3010 Nevada (800) 342-2437 (CDC National AIDS Hotline) South Carolina (800) 322-2437 New Hampshire (800) 752-2437 New Jersey (800) 624-2377 New Mexico (800) 545-2437 New York (800) 872-2777 (800) 369-2437 (TTY) 94 South Dakota (800) 592-1861 Tennessee (800) 525-2437 Texas (800) 299-2437 Utah (800) 366-2437 Vermont (800) 882-2437 West Virginia (800) 642-8244 Virginia (800) 533-4148 Wisconsin (800) 334-2437 Washington (800) 272-2437 Wyoming (800) 327-3577 95 96 INDEX ADOLESCENTS (ADOLESCENTES) See Youth (vea Juventud) ADOPTION (ADOPCIÓN) Adopt a Special Kid/AASK-America ................................1 Adoptive Parents Committee .........................................2 Concerned United Birthparents, Inc ...............................27 Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption ..........................29 Gladney Center for Adoption .........................................37 National Adoption Center..............................................52 National Adoption Information Clearinghouse .................52 National Council for Single Adoptive Parents...................58 AGING (ENVEJECIMIENTO) AARP ..........................................................................1 American Health Assistance Foundation .........................9 Association of Late Deafened Adults ..............................17 Children of Aging Parents .............................................24 Citizens for Better Care ................................................26 Community Transportation Association of America..........26 Eldercare Locator National Association of Area Agencies on Aging .......................................................31 Grandparent Information Center American Association of Retired Persons .......................................................37 National Aging Information Center U.S. Administration on Aging .....................................................................53 National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare .....................................................................58 National Institute on Aging Information Center...............64 Older Women's League ................................................75 Partnership for Caring ..................................................77 Senior's Eye Care Program............................................82 AIDS (SIDA) CDC National AIDS Hotline ...........................................22 CDC National Prevention Information Network ...............22 Good Samaritan Project Teen Teaching AIDS Prevention Program .............................................37 97 Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.................... 31 Hemophilia and AIDS/HIV Network for the Dissemination of Information (HANDI) .......................... 39 National AIDS Fund ..................................................... 53 National Institutes of Health Clinical Center Infoline ....... 65 National Pediatric HIV Resource Center ......................... 69 Project Inform............................................................. 80 ALBINISM (ALBINISMO) National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation ....................................................... 68 ALCOHOLISM (ALCOHOLISMO) See Substance Abuse (Ver de Sustancias Abuso) ALLERGY (ALERGIA) Allergy and Asthma Network/Mothers of Asthmatics ....... 3 Allergy to Latex Education and Resource Team Latex Allergy Association.............................................. 3 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology ......................................................... 4 Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America .................... 17 Food Allergy Network................................................... 34 ALPHA-1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY Alpha-1 Foundation ..................................................... 3 ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE (MEDICINA ALTERNATIVA) National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Clearinghouse................................................ 56 ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE (ENFERMEDAD DE ALZHEIMER) Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association ... 3 Alzheimer’s Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center .......................................................... 4 AMYLOIDOSIS Amyloidosis Network International ................................ 14 98 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association (ALSA)............15 Les Turner Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Foundation, Ltd ...........................................................46 ANIMAL WELFARE (BIENESTAR DE LOS ANIMALES) ASPCA National Animal Poison Control Center ................16 ARTHRITIS Arthritis Foundation .....................................................16 ASTHMA (ASMA) Allergy and Asthma Network/Mothers of Asthmatics........3 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology ...............................................................4 Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America ....................17 National Jewish Medical and Research Center LUNG LINE..................................................................65 ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA (ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA) Ataxia Telangiectasia (A-T) Children’s Project .................17 AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS/DISEASES American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association, Inc. ..........................................................6 American Behcets Association, Inc.................................6 American Diabetes Association......................................8 Arthritis Foundation .....................................................16 Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America......................28 Fibromylagia Network ..................................................34 Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International ......44 Lupus Foundation of America........................................47 National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse .................59 Multiple Sclerosis Association of America........................51 Multiple Sclerosis Foundation ........................................51 Myasthenia Gravis Foundation.......................................52 National Multiple Sclerosis Society .................................67 Scleroderma Foundation...............................................81 Scleroderma Research Foundation.................................81 Sjogren’s Syndrome Foundation ....................................83 Spondylitis Association of America .................................84 Wegener’s Granulomatosis Support Group .....................89 99 BIRTH DEFECTS (DEFECTOS DEL NACIMIENTO) Cleft Palate Foundation ................................................ 26 Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Foundation ....................... 27 Easter Seals National Headquarters............................... 31 March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation ...................... 49 Family Empowerment Network: Supporting Families Affected by FAS/FAE .................................................... 33 BLADDER DISORDERS/DISEASES Interstitial Cystitis Association....................................... 44 National Association for Continence............................... 54 Simon Foundation ....................................................... 83 BLINDNESS See Vision BLOOD DISORDERS Aplastic Anemia and MDS International Foundation ........ 15 Cooley’s Anemia Foundation ......................................... 27 Histiocytosis Association of America .............................. 40 National Hemophilia Foundation ................................... 62 Severe Chronic Neutropenia International Registry ......... 82 Sickle Cell Disease Association of America...................... 83 Thalassemia Action Group ............................................ 86 BONE DISEASES Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation ............................ 76 Osteoporosis and Related Bone Disease National Resource Center.......................................................... 76 Paget's Foundation for Paget's Disease of Bone and Related Disorders.................................................. 76 BONE MARROW (MÉDULA ÓSEA) National Bone Marrow Transplant Link .......................... 55 National Marrow Donor Program................................... 66 BRAIN TUMORS (TUMORES DEL CEREBRO) American Brain Tumor Association ................................ 6 Brain Tumor Society .................................................... 20 National Brain Tumor Foundation.................................. 55 100 BREAST CANCER (CÁNCER DEL SENO) National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations ............53 SHARE: Self-help for Women with Breast or Ovarian Cancer............................................................82 Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation....................86 Y-Me National Breast Cancer Organization .....................90 BREAST FEEDING (LACTANCIA MATERNA) Best Start Social Marketing ...........................................19 La Leche League International ......................................45 BURNS (QUEMADURAS) American Burn Association............................................7 Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors ................................78 Shriners Hospital Referral Line ......................................83 CANCER (CÁNCER) American Institute for Cancer Research .........................10 Cancer Care ................................................................20 Cancer Hope Network ..................................................21 Cancer Hot Line and R.A. Bloch Cancer Foundation.........21 Cancer Information Service...........................................21 Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation ..................21 Fox Chase Cancer Center..............................................35 Gilda Radner Familial Ovarian Cancer Registry Roswell Park Cancer Institute ...........................36 International Cancer Alliance ........................................42 International Myeloma Foundation ................................43 Johns Hopkins Hereditary Colorectal Cancer Registry ......................................................................44 Kidney Cancer Association ............................................45 Leukemia and Lymphoma Society..................................46 Look Good... Feel Better American Cancer Society ..........47 Lymphoma Research Foundation...................................48 Make Today Count .......................................................48 Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center ........................50 National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations ............53 National Cancer Information Center...............................55 National Foundation for Cancer Research, Inc. ...............61 Reach to Recover Program American Cancer Society.......80 SHARE: Self-help for Women with Breast or 101 Ovarian Cancer ........................................................... 82 Support for People with Oral and Head and Neck Cancer ............................................................... 86 Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation ................... 86 Us Too! International, Inc. ........................................... 88 Y-Me National Breast Cancer Organization ..................... 90 CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION (PREVENCIÓN DEL ABUSO DEL NIÑO) American Humane Association/Children’s Division........... 10 Girls and Boys Town National Hotline ............................ 36 Childhelp USA ............................................................. 24 Children’s Defense Fund............................................... 24 Kidsrights ................................................................... 45 National Center for Missing and Exploited Children ......... 56 National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect........ 57 Parents of Murdered Children, Inc................................. 77 Prevent Child Abuse America ........................................ 80 Thursday's Child .......................................................... 86 CHILD SAFETY (SEGURIDAD DEL NIÑO) Farm Safety 4 Just Kids................................................ 33 National Child Safety Council Childwatch ....................... 57 National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care ............................................................... 70 CHILD WELFARE (BIENESTAR DEL NIÑO) Association for Children for Enforcement of Support ....... 17 Child Find of America................................................... 23 Children’s Defense Fund............................................... 24 Children’s Hospice International.................................... 25 Compeer..................................................................... 27 Covenant House .......................................................... 28 Kidsrights ................................................................... 45 National Association for Family Child Care...................... 54 National Association for the Education of Young Children........................................................ 54 National Child Care Information Center ......................... 57 National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities.................................................. 63 National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care ............................................................... 70 National Runaway Switchboard..................................... 71 102 Save the Children Federation ........................................81 Thursday's Child ..........................................................86 Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families .................................................91 CHIROPRACTIC (QUIROPRÁCTICA) American Chiropractic Association .................................7 CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME (SÍNDROME DE LA FATIGA CRÓNICA) Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS) Association .....................................................26 CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES National Marfan Foundation ..........................................66 Scleroderma Foundation...............................................81 Scleroderma Research Foundation.................................81 CONSUMER INFORMATION/PRODUCT SAFETY (SEGURIDAD DE LOS PRODUCTOS/INFORMACION DEL CONSUMIDOR) Danny Foundation .......................................................29 FDA Division of Drug Information ..................................34 Federal Citizen Information Center ................................34 Inspector General's Hotline Department of Health and Human Services...........................................................41 Insurance Information Institute ....................................42 MedWatch...................................................................50 National Fraud Information Center National Consumer League .......................................................................61 U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission...................87 USP Center for the Advancement of Patient Safety .........88 CRIMINAL JUSTICE (JUSTICIA CRIMINAL) Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse Department of Justice .....44 National Criminal Justice Reference Service National Institute of Justice .......................................................58 Office of National Drug Control Policy Clearinghouse.......75 CRISIS INTERVENTION (INTERVENCIÓN DE CRISIS) Covenant House ..........................................................28 103 DEAFNESS (SORDERA) See Hearing (Audición) DENTAL American Association for Functional Orthodontics........... 5 DEPRESSION (DEPRESIÓN) Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)............. 30 National Foundation for Depressive Illness..................... 61 National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Information Resources and Inquires Branch..................................... 64 DIABETES MELLITUS (DIABETES MELLITUS) American Diabetes Association ..................................... 8 Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International.................... 44 National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse ................. 59 DISABILITIES (MINUSVÁLIDOS) ABLEDATA .................................................................. 1 American Association on Mental Retardation .................. 6 Americans with Disabilities Act and Information Technology ............................................... 14 Amputee Coalition of America....................................... 14 ARCH National Respite Locator Service .......................... 16 Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board ....................................................... 16 Devereux Foundation................................................... 30 Disabilities Information Access Line............................... 30 Disabled and Alone/Life Services for the Handicapped .... 30 Easter Seals National Headquarters............................... 31 Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association ......................... 31 Family Caregiver Alliance.............................................. 33 Family Voices .............................................................. 33 Heartspring................................................................. 39 Job Accommodation Network ....................................... 44 MUMS National Parent-to-Parent Network Mothers United for Moral Support, Inc........................... 51 National Aphasia Association ........................................ 53 National Center for Learning Disabilities ........................ 56 National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities.................................................. 63 104 National Institute for Rehabilitation Engineering .............64 North American Riding for the Handicapped Association (NARHA) ....................................................74 Paralyzed Veterans of America ......................................77 Pathways Awareness Foundation...................................78 Paws with a Cause.......................................................78 Special Olympics, Inc ...................................................84 Well Spouse Foundation ...............................................90 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (VIOLENCIA EN EL HOGAR) See Victim Assistance (vea Ayuda a las Víctimas) DRUG ABUSE (ABUSO DE DROGAS) See Substance Abuse (Ver de Sustancias Abuso) EDUCATION (EDUCACIÓN) National Association for the Education of Young Children ............................................................54 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (SERVICIOS DE EMERGENCIAS MÉDICAS) Medic Alert Foundation International .............................49 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH (SALUD DEL MEDIO AMBIENTE) American Environmental Health Foundation ...................8 Chemical Referral Center National Chemical Response and Information Center .................................23 Indoor Air Quality Information Clearinghouse .................41 National Drinking Water Clearinghouse ..........................59 Office of Environmental Justice Environmental Protection Agency........................................................74 Safe Drinking Water Hotline U.S. Environmental Protection Agency........................................................81 ETHICS (ETICA) National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature ..........69 105 FACIAL ASYMMETRY (ASIMETRÍA FACIAL) About Face ................................................................. 1 American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery ................................................ 4 Children's Craniofacial Association................................. 24 FACES: The National Craniofacial Association ................. 32 Forward Face .............................................................. 34 FAMILY PLANNING (PLANIFICACIÓN FAMILIAR) Planned Parenthood Federation of America.................... 79 FAMILY PROBLEMS (PROBLEMAS FAMILIARES) Friends Health Connections .......................................... 35 Kidsrights ................................................................... 45 National Family Caregivers Association .......................... 60 Stepfamily Association of America ................................. 84 VOICES in Action, Inc. Victims of Incest Can Emerge Survivors ....................................................... 89 FRAUD (FRAUDE) Inspector General’s Hotline .......................................... 41 National Fraud Information Center National Consumers League ...................................................... 61 FUNERALS (FUNERALES) Funeral Service Consumer Assistance Program............... 36 GAMBLING (JUEGOS DE AZAR) National Council on Problem Gambling .......................... 58 GENETIC DISORDERS (ENFERMEDADES GENÉTICAS) Alpha-1 Foundation ..................................................... 3 American Hemochromatosis Society .............................. 9 Angelman Syndrome Foundation .................................. 15 Ataxia Telangiectasia (A-T) Children's Project................. 17 Batten Disease Support and Research Association .......... 18 Beckwith-Wiedemann Support Network ......................... 18 106 Children's Memorial Hospital Division of Genetics............25 Children's PKU Network ................................................25 Chromosome Deletion Outreach, Inc. ............................25 Cystic Fibrosis Foundation ............................................28 Cystinosis Foundation, Inc. ...........................................29 Foundation for Nager and Miller Syndromes ...................35 Genetic Alliance ...........................................................36 Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center National Human Genome Research Institute ..................36 Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Foundation International ...............................................................39 Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Network, Inc. ...................40 Huntington’s Disease Society of America........................41 International Rett Syndrome Association........................43 Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United States .........................................................49 National Batten Disease Registry ...................................55 National Down Syndrome Congress ...............................59 National Down Syndrome Society ..................................59 National Fragile X Foundation .......................................61 National Gaucher Foundation ........................................62 National Marfan Foundation ..........................................66 National Tay-Sachs and Allied Diseases Association.........72 National Tuberous Sclerosis Association .........................72 Neurofibromatosis, Inc. ................................................73 National Urea Cycle Disorders Foundation ......................73 Noonan Syndrome Support Group, Inc...........................74 Prader-Willi Syndrome Association, USA.........................79 Rubenstein-Taybi Parent Group.....................................81 Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome International ...............83 Sotos Syndrome Support Association .............................84 Support Organization for Trisomy 18, 13 and Related Disorders ........................................................86 Thalassemia Action Group ............................................86 Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance ...........................................87 Turner’s Syndrome Society of the U.S............................87 United Leukodystrophy Foundation................................88 VHL(Von Hippel-Lindau) Family Alliance .........................89 Wilson’s Disease Association .........................................90 GRIEF (AFLICCIÓN) AARP Grief and Loss Program .......................................1 After Loss ...................................................................2 Compassionate Friends.................................................27 107 GROWTH DISORDERS (DESORDENES DEL CRECIMIENTO) CHARGE Syndrome Foundation..................................... 23 Human Growth Foundation........................................... 40 Little People of America ............................................... 47 Little People’s Research Fund ....................................... 47 MAGIC Foundation for Children’s Growth ....................... 48 HANDICAPED See Disabilities HEALTH CARE SERVICES (SERVICIOS DE CUIDADOS DE LA SALUD) Health Resources and Services Administration Information Center ........................................................................ 38 HEALTH INSURANCE (SEGURO DE SALUD) Insurance Information Institute .................................... 42 HEALTH POLICY (POLITICA DE LA SALUD) Agency for Health Care Research and Quality ................ 2 HEALTH PROMOTION (PROMOCIÓN DE LA SALUD) Health Care for the Homeless Information Resource Center.......................................................... 38 Inspector General’s Hotline .......................................... 41 Medic Alert Foundation International............................. 49 National Health Information Center ............................... 62 Office on Smoking and Health ...................................... 75 YMCA of the USA......................................................... 90 HEARING (AUDICIÓN) American Association for the Deaf-Blind ........................ 6 American Society for Deaf Children ............................... 13 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Consumer Helpline ...................................................... 13 American Tinnitus Association....................................... 14 Association of Late Deafened Adults.............................. 17 Better Hearing Institute Hearing Helpline....................... 19 DB-LINK: National Information Clearinghouse on 108 Children who are Deaf-Blind .........................................29 EAR Foundation ...........................................................31 HEAR NOW .................................................................38 International Hearing Society Hearing Aid Helpline..........43 National Cued Speech Association .................................59 National Family Association of the Deaf-Blind .................60 National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Information Clearinghouse......65 National Temporal Bone, Hearing and Balance Pathology Resource Registry Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmory ........................................................72 HEARING AIDS (APARATOS PARA SORDOS) International Hearing Society Hearing Aid Helpline..........43 HEART DISEASE (ENFERMEDAD DEL CORAZÓN) American Heart Association ..........................................9 Heart Information Service Texas Heart Institute .............39 Mended Hearts, Inc .....................................................50 Pulmonary Hypertension Association..............................80 Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndromes Foundation ..........85 HEREDITARY See Genetic Disorders HOSPICES (HOSPICIOS) Children’s Hospice International ....................................25 Hospice Education Institute ..........................................40 National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization ...........63 HOUSING (VIVIENDA) Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD User....................................................................29 HYDROCEPHALUS (HIDROCÉTALOS) Hydocephalus Association.............................................41 109 IMMUNE DISORDERS (DESORDENES DEL SÓSTENA DE IMNUNIDAD) American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association, Inc........................................................... 6 Immune Deficiency Foundation..................................... 41 IMMUNOLOGY (INMUNOLOGÍA) American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology ......................................................... 4 CDC National Immunization Information Hotline............. 22 National Jewish Medical and Research Center LUNG LINE ................................................................. 65 INTESTINAL DISEASES (ENFERMEDADES INTESTINAL) International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders............................................. 43 Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America ..................... 28 KIDNEY (RIÑÓN) American Association of Kidney Patients ........................ 5 Kidney Cancer Association............................................ 45 National Kidney Foundation .......................................... 65 Oxalosis and Hyperoxaluria Foundation ......................... 76 PKD Foundation .......................................................... 79 Wegener’s Granulomatosis Support Group ..................... 89 LARYNGECTOMEES International Association of Laryngectomees.................. 42 LASER SURGERY (CIRIGÍA CON LASER) Laser Institute of America ............................................ 45 LEAD POISONING (ENVENENAMIENTO POR PLOMO) National Lead Information Center Hotline and Clearinghouse....................................................... 66 LEARNING DISORDERS Attention Deficit Disorder and Dyslexia Challenge........... 17 Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder ....................................... 24 110 International Dyslexia Association .................................42 RFB&D (Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic) Learning Through Listening ..........................................80 LEPROSY (LEPRA) American Leprosy Missions, Inc.....................................10 National Hansen’s Disease Program...............................62 LIMB LOSS (PERDIDA DE MIEMBROS) Amputee Coalition of America .......................................14 LIVER (HÍGADO) American Liver Foundation Hepatitis Hotline...................11 Hepatitis Foundation International.................................39 Oxalosis and Hyperoxaluria Foundation..........................76 LYMPHEDEMA (LINFAEDEMA) National Lymphedema Network.....................................66 MEDICAL ASSISTANCE (ASISTENCIA MÉDICA) American Health Assistance Foundation .........................9 Ask-A-Nurse ................................................................16 Office of Minority Health Resource Center Public Health Service U.S. Department Health and Human Services...........................................................74 MEDICAL GENETICS (GENETICA EN LA MEDICINA) Medical Genetics..........................................................49 MEDICAL SPECIALTIES (ESPECIALIDADES MÉDICAS) American Board of Medical Specialties ...........................6 MEDICARE (MEDICARE) Medicare Issues Hotline................................................50 MENINGITIS Meningitis Foundation of America..................................50 111 MENTAL HEALTH (SALUD MENTAL) American Art Therapy Association ................................. 5 American Foundation for Suicide Prevention .................. 9 Compeer..................................................................... 27 Health Care for the Homeless Information Resource Center.......................................................... 38 National Association for the Dually NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill) .................. 52 Diagnosed (NADD) ...................................................... 54 National Eating Disorders Association ............................ 60 National Institute of Mental Health................................ 64 National Mental Health Association Information Center ...................................................... 67 National Mental Health Consumer Self-Help Clearinghouse ............................................... 67 National Mental Health Information Center .................... 67 National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness.............................................................. 70 MENTAL RETARDATION (RETRASO MENTAL) American Association on Mental Retardation .................. 6 Angelman Syndrome Foundation .................................. 15 Arc of the United States ............................................... 15 Devereux Foundation................................................... 30 National Association for the Dually Diagnosed ................ 54 MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (ESCLEROSIS MÓLTIPLE) Multiple Sclerosis Association of America ....................... 51 Multiple Sclerosis Foundation........................................ 51 National Multiple Sclerosis Society................................. 67 NEUROFIBROMATOSIS (NEUROFIBROMATOSIS) National Neurofibromatosis Foundation ......................... 68 NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS/DISEASES American Council for Headache Education ..................... 7 American Parkinson’s Disease Association, Inc. .............. 11 Batten Disease Support and Research Association .......... 18 Brain Injury Association, Family Helpline........................ 20 Epilepsy Foundation of America .................................... 32 112 Epilepsy Information Service Wake Forest University School of Medicine........................................32 Huntington’s Disease Society of America........................41 International Essential Tremor Foundation .....................43 National Batten Disease Registry ...................................55 National Headache Foundation......................................62 National Parkinson Foundation ......................................68 National Spasmodic Dysphonia Association.....................71 National Spasmodic Torticollis Association......................71 National Stroke Association...........................................71 Parkinson’s Disease Foundation.....................................77 Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc. (TSA) ....................87 United Cerebral Palsy Association, Inc ...........................87 NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association (ALSA)............15 Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association ...................................23 Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy...............................33 Les Turner Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Foundation, Ltd ...........................................................46 Muscular Dystrophy Association ....................................52 Myasthenia Gravis Foundation.......................................52 Parent Project for Muscular Dystrophy Research .............77 NURSING (ENFERMERÍA) Visiting Nurse Association of America.............................89 NUTRITION (NUTRICIÓN) American Dietetic Association .......................................8 American Institute for Cancer Research Nutrition Hotline ..........................................................10 National Eating Disorders Association ............................60 Oley Foundation for Home Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition ..........................................................75 USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline ...................................88 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH (SALUD OCUPACIONAL) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) .....................................................63 113 ORPHAN DRUGS (DROGAS HUÉRFANAS) Office of Orphan Products Development ........................ 75 ORTHOPEDICS (ORTOPEDIA) Shriners Hospital Referral Line ...................................... 83 OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE (MEDICINA OSTEOPÁTICA) American Osteopathic Association ................................. 11 OSTOMY (OSTOMÍA) United Ostomy Association ........................................... 88 PARALYSIS (PARÁLISIS) Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation ........................ 25 Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association ......................... 31 Paralyzed Veterans of America...................................... 77 PARENTS (PADRES) Lamaze International ................................................... 45 Parent Project for Muscular Dystrophy Research............. 77 Stepfamily Association of America, Inc. ......................... 84 Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Alliance........................ 85 PARKINSON’S DISEASE (ENFERMEDAD DE PARKINSON) American Parkinson’s Disease Association, Inc. .............. 11 National Parkinson Foundation...................................... 68 Parkinson’s Disease Foundation .................................... 77 PATHOLOGY (PATOLOGIA) American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology ................................................................... 12 PESTICIDES (PESTICIDAS) National Pesticide Information Center............................ 69 114 PHYSICAL FITNESS (BUENA SALUD FISICA) American Association for Active Lifestyles and Fitness ...................................................5 American Running Association ......................................12 YMCA of the USA .........................................................90 PHYSICIANS (MÉDICOS) American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology .........................................................4 American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery ..........................................4 American Academy of Family Physicians ........................4 American Academy of Ophthalmology............................5 American Board of Medical Specialties ...........................6 American College of Foot and Ankle Orthopedics and Medicine...............................................................7 American Osteopathic Association .................................11 American Society of Plastic Surgeons.............................13 PODIATRY (PODIATRÍA) American College of Foot and Ankle Orthopedics and Medicine...............................................................7 American Podiatric Medical Association ..........................12 PREGNANCY/PREGNANCY ALTERNATIVES (EMBARAZO/ALTERNATIVAS AL EMBARAZO) Depression After Delivery .............................................30 International Childbirth Education Association ................42 National Abortion Federation.........................................52 National Life Center, Inc...............................................66 Planned Parenthood Federation of America ....................79 Pregnancy Risk Network ...............................................79 SHARE Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support ....................82 PREVENTIVE MEDICINE (MEDICINA PREVENTIVA) American Institute for Preventive Medicine.....................10 PRIMARY CARE (ATENCIÓN PRIMARIA DE LA SALUD) Health Resources and Services Administration Information Center ......................................................38 115 PSORIASIS (PSORIASIS) National Psoriasis Foundation ....................................... 69 RADIATION (RADIACIÓN) National Association of Radiation Survivors .................... 55 RARE DISEASES (ENFERMEDADES EXÓTICAS) Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center National Human Genome Research Institute .................. 36 National Organization for Rare Disorders ....................... 68 REHABILITATION (REHABILITACIÓN) ABLEDATA .................................................................. 1 American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association .... 11 Easter Seals National Headquarters............................... 31 National Institute for Rehabilitation Engineering ............. 64 National Rehabilitation Information Center..................... 70 RESPIRATORY DISORDERS (TRASTORNOS RESPIRATORIOS) American Lung Association ........................................... 11 Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America .................... 17 National Jewish Medical and Research Center ................ 65 REYE’S SYNDROME (SÍNDROME DE REYE) National Reye’s Syndrome Foundation, Inc. ................... 70 RUNAWAYS (FUGITIVOS DEL HOGAR) Child Find of America................................................... 23 Covenant House .......................................................... 28 National Runaway Switchboard..................................... 71 116 SAFETY (SEGURIDAD) American Red Cross, Youth and Community Services ......12 Auto Safety Hotline National Highway Traffic Safety Administration .............................................................18 MedWatch...................................................................50 National Child Safety Council ........................................57 National Fire Protection Association ...............................60 National Institute for Occupational Safety .....................63 National Public Safety Information Bureau .....................69 Operation Lifesaver......................................................76 U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ....................87 SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES (ENFERMEDADES TRANSMITIDAS SEXUALMENTE) CDC National AIDS Hotline ...........................................22 Herpes Resource Center ...............................................40 SOCIAL SECURITY (SEGURO SOCIAL) Social Security Administration .......................................84 SPEECH DISORDERS (DESORDENES DEL HABLA) American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Consumer Helpline ...........................................13 National Center for Stuttering .......................................56 National Cued Speech Association .................................59 National Stuttering Foundation......................................72 Stuttering Foundation of America ..................................85 SPINAL CORD INJURIES/DISEASES American Syringomyelia Alliance Project ........................13 Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation.........................25 Foundation for Spinal Cord Injury Prevention, Care & Cure ................................................................35 National Scoliosis Foundation, Inc .................................71 National Spinal Cord Injury Association Resource Center ..........................................................71 STROKE (ATAQUE DE APOPLEGÍA) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) .....................................................64 National Stroke Association...........................................71 117 STURGE-WEBER SYNDROME (SÍNDROME DE STURGE-WEBER) Sturge-Weber Foundation ............................................ 85 SUBSTANCE ABUSE (ABUSO DE SUSTANCIAS) Al-Anon, Alateen Family Group Meeting Information Line.......................................................... 3 American Council for Drug Education ............................ 7 American Council on Alcoholism.................................... 8 Cocaine Anonymous World Service Office, Inc................ 26 Families Anonymous .................................................... 32 Family Empowerment Network: Supporting Families Affected by FAS/FAE .................................................... 33 Mothers Against Drunk Driving ..................................... 51 National Association for Children of Alcoholics................ 53 National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information................................................................. 57 National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Hopeline ..................................................................... 58 National Drug and Alcohol Treatment Routing Service .... 60 National Inhalant Prevention Coalition ........................... 63 Office of National Drug Control Policy Clearinghouse ...... 75 Phoenix House National Substance Abuse Helpline ......... 78 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration............................................................. 85 SUDDEN INFANT DEATH (MUERTE SÒBITA INFANTIL) American Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Institute ........ 13 Back to Sleep Program Hotline...................................... 18 Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Alliance........................ 85 SURGERY (CIRUGIÁ) American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery ................................................ 4 American Society of Plastic Surgeons ............................ 13 Center for Bloodless Medicine and Surgery .................... 22 118 THYROID (TIROIDES) Thyroid Foundation of America, Inc. ..............................87 TRANSPORTATION/TRANSPORTATION SAFETY AirLife Line ..................................................................2 Angel Flight East..........................................................15 Auto Safety Hotline .....................................................18 Community Transportation Association of America..........26 Corporate Angel Network, Inc .......................................28 Mercy Medical Airlift .....................................................51 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Department of Transportation.......................................63 Operation Lifesaver......................................................76 TRANSPLANTATION (TRANSPLANTE) LifeNet........................................................................46 Living Bank .................................................................47 National Bone Marrow Transplant Link...........................55 National Foundation for Transplants ..............................61 National Marrow Donor Program ...................................66 National Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program (MOTTEP).......................................67 National Transplant Assistance Fund..............................72 TRAUMA (TRAUMA) American Trauma Society .............................................14 ULTRASOUND (ULTRASONIDO) American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine..................10 VACCINE (VACUNAS) National Vaccine Information Center..............................73 VETERANS (VETERANOS) Blinded Veterans Association ........................................19 Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association .........................31 National Veterans Services Fund, Inc.............................73 Paralyzed Veterans of America ......................................77 119 VICTIM ASSISTANCE (AYUDA A LAS VÍCTIMAS) Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence Family Violence Prevention Fund................................... 38 National Center for Victims of Crime.............................. 56 National Coalition Against Domestic Violence ..................................................................... 57 National Domestic Violence Hotline ............................... 59 National Organization for Victim Assistance.................... 68 National Resource Center on Domestic Violence ............. 70 Office for Victims of Crime Resource Center ................... 74 VOICES in Action, Inc. Victims of Incest Can Emerge Survivors ........................................................ 89 VISION (VISION) American Association of the Deaf-Blind.......................... 5 American Council of the Blind National Legislative Hotline........................................... 8 American Foundation for the Blind ................................ 9 America's Job Line - National Federation of the Blind ...... 4 Blind Children’s Center ................................................. 19 Blinded Veterans Association ........................................ 19 Braille Institute............................................................ 20 DB-LINK: National Information Clearinghouse on Children Who Are Deaf-Blind.................................... 29 Foundation Fighting Blindness ...................................... 35 Glaucoma Research Foundation .................................... 37 Guide Dogs for the Blind .............................................. 37 Guide Dogs of America ................................................ 38 Leader Dogs for the Blind............................................. 46 Lighthouse International .............................................. 46 Macular Degeneration Foundation................................. 48 Macular Degeneration International .............................. 48 National Association for Parents of the Visually Impaired......................................................... 54 National Braille Press ................................................... 55 National Family Association for Deaf-Blind ..................... 60 National Keratoconus Foundation.................................. 65 RFB & D (Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic) Learning Through Listening .......................................... 80 Senior's Eye Care Program ........................................... 82 Vision Council of America ............................................. 89 Vision World Wide ....................................................... 89 120 WATER (AGUA) National Drinking Water Clearinghouse ..........................59 Safe Drinking Water Hotline..........................................81 WOMEN’S HEALTH (SALUD DE LA MUJER) Endometriosis Association.............................................32 National Women's Health Information Center .................73 National Women's Health Resource Center.....................73 Older Women's League ................................................75 PMS Access .................................................................79 SHARE: Self-help for Women with Breast or Ovarian Cancer........................................................82 Women's Sports Foundation Information and Referral Service .......................................................................90 YOUTH (JUVENTUD) American Red Cross, HIV/AIDS Teen Hotline" ................12 American Red Cross,Youth and Community Services .......12 Bureau for At-Risk Youth ..............................................20 Girls and Boys Town National Hotline ............................36 Good Samaritan Project Teen Teaching AIDS Prevention Program .....................................................37 National Life Center, Inc...............................................66 Youth Development International ..................................91 121 122 Dear Health Hotline User: Do you like Health Hotlines? 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