National Toll Free Numbers

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA)

Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund ADA Technical Assistance Information Line
(800) 466-4232 (TTY)

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
(800) 669-3362
(800) 800-3302 (TTY)

Job Accommodation Network (JAN)
(800) 526-7234 (TTY)
(800) 232-9675 (TTY; ADA Information)
www.janweb.icdi.wvu.edu

U.S. Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board — Access Board
(202) 272-5449 (TTY)
(800) 872-2253
(800) 993-2822 (TTY)

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development — HUD User
(800) 245-2691

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY/DEVICES

AbleNet
(800) 322-0956
www.ablenetinc.com

AT&T Accessible Communications Product Center
(800) 233-1222
(800) 896-9032 (TTY)

IBM Special Needs Information Referral Center
(800) 426-4832
(800) 284-4833 (TTY)

BLINDNESS/VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS

American Council of the Blind
(800) 424-8666 (TTY)
www.acb.org

American Foundation for the Blind
(800) 232-5463
www.afb.org

Blind Children’s Center
(800) 222-3566
(800) 222-3567 (in CA)
www.blindcntr.org/bcc

Hadley School for the Blind
(800) 323-4238

Job Opportunities for the Blind (JOB)
(800) 638-7518
www.nfb.org

Lighthouse National Center for Vision and Child Development
(212) 821-9713 (TTY)
(800) 334-5497

National Association of Parents of the Visually Impaired
(800) 562-6265
www.spedex.com/NAPVI

National Society to Prevent Blindness
(800) 331-2020

Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
(800) 221-4792
www.rfbd.org

The Foundation Fighting Blindness
(800) 683-5555
(800) 683-5551 (TTY)
www.blindness.org

CANCER

Cancer Information and Counseling Line
(800) 525-3777 (V)

National Cancer Information Service
(800) 422-6237 (V)
(English/Spanish)

COMMUNICATION DISORDERS

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Clearinghouse
(800) 241-1044
(800) 241-1055 (TTY)
www.nidcd.nih.gov

DEAFNESS/HEARING IMPAIRMENTS

American Society for Deaf Children (ASDC)
(800) 942-2732 (TTY)
www.deafchildren.org

Better Hearing Institute
(800) 327-9355 (TTY)
www.betterhearing.org

Deafness Research Foundation
(800) 535-3323 (TTY)
www.drf.org

Hear Now
(800) 648-4327 (V/TTY)
www.hearnow.org

John Tracy Clinic
(800) 522-4582 (TTY)
www.johntracyclinic.org

National Hearing Aid Society
(800) 521-5247

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Clearinghouse
(800) 241-1044 (V)
(800) 241-1055 (TTY)

TRIPOD (Information for parents of deaf children)
(800) 352-8888 (TTY)

DISABILITY AWARENESS

Kids on the Block
(800) 368-5437

EDUCATION

Association for Childhood Education International
(800) 423-3563

HEATH Resource Center
(800) 544-3284 (TTY)

National Center for Research in Vocational Education
(800) 762-4093

U.S. Office of Educational Research and Improvement
(800) 424-1616

EMPLOYMENT

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
(800) 669-3362
(800) 800-3302 (TTY)

Job Accommodation Network (JAN)
(800) 526-7245 (TTY)
www.janweb.icdi.wvu.edu

Job Opportunities for the Blind
(800) 638-7518
www.nfb.org

HOSPICE

Children’s Hospice International
(800) 242-4453 (V/TTY)

HOSPICELINK
(800) 331-1620

INFORMATION SERVICES

ACCESS ERIC
(800) 538-3742

National Easter Seal Society
(312) 726-4258 (TTY)
(800) 221-6827
www.easter.seals.org

ODPHP National Health Information Center
(800) 336-4797

Office of Minority Health Resource Center
(800) 444-6472

LITERACY

National Literacy Hotline
(800) 228-8813
(800) 522-9097 (TTY)

MEDICAL/HEALTH DISORDERS

American Association of Kidney Patients
(800) 749-2257
www.aakp.org

American Brain Tumor Association
(800) 886-2282
www.abta.org

American Diabetes Association
(800) 342-2383
www.diabetes.org

American Kidney Fund
(800) 638-8299
www.akfinc.org

American Liver Foundation
(800) 223-0719
www.liverfoundation.org

American Lupus Society
(800) 331-1802
www.healthy.net.pan/CSO/cioi/TALS.htm

Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
(800) 727-8462
www.aafa.org

Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome Association
(800) 442-3437

Leukemia Society of America
(800) 955-4572
www.leukemia.org

Lupus Foundation of America
(800) 558-0121
(800) 558-0231 (Spanish)
www.lupus.org

Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Inc
(800) 421-8453
www.sicklecelldisease.org

Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children
(800) 237-5055
www.shrinershq.org/hospitals/index.html

United Ostomy Association
(800) 826-0826
www.uoa.org

MENTAL HEALTH

National Alliance for the Mentally ILL (NAMI)
(800) 950-6264
www.nami.org

National Mental Health Association
(800) 969-6642 (voice)
www.nmha.org

MENTAL RETARDATION

American Association on Mental Retardation
(800) 424-3688
www.aamr.org

The Arc
(800) 433-5255

PHYSICAL DISABILITIES

Human Growth Foundation
(800) 451-6434
www.hgfound.org

Major Aspects of Growth In Children (MAGIC) Foundation
(708) 383-0808
www.magicfoundation.org

National Spinal Cord Injury Hotline
(800) 526-3456
www.scihotline.org

RARE SYNDROMES

Alliance of Genetic Support Groups
(800) 336-4363
www.geneticalliance.org

National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)
(800) 999-6673 (TTY)
www.rarediseases.org

RECREATION

North American Riding for the Handicapped, Inc.
(800) 369-7433
www.narha.org

Adventures in Movement for the Handicapped, Inc.
(800) 332-8210 (V)

Sunshine Foundation
(800) 767-1976 (V)

REHABILITATION

ABLEDATA
(800) 227-0216
www.abledata.com

RESPITE CARE

Access to Respite Care and Help (ARCH) National Resource Center, National Respite Locator Service
(800) 773-5433

RURAL

ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools
(800) 624-9120
(800) 344-6646 (in WV)

Rural Institute on Disabilities
(800) 732-0323 (TDD)

SPECIFIC DISABILITIES

Attention Deficit Disorder Association
(800) 487-2282

Cleft Palate Foundation
(800) 242-5338

Cooley’s Anemia Foundation
(800) 522-7222

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
(800) 344-4823

Epilepsy Foundation of America
(800) 332-1000

National Center for Stuttering
(800) 221-2483

National Down Syndrome Society
(800) 221-4602

National Fragile X Foundation
(800) 688-8765

National Multiple Sclerosis Society
(800) 532-7667
www.nmss.org

National Reye’s Syndrome Foundation
(800) 233-7393

National Tuberous Sclerosis Association
(800) 225-6872

Orton Dyslexia Society
800) 222-3123

Prader-Willi Syndrome Association
(800) 926-4797

Spina Bifida Associations of America
(800) 621-3141

Stuttering Foundation of America
(800) 992-9392

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Alliance
(800) 221-7437

Tourette Syndrome Association
(800) 237-0717

United Cerebral Palsy Associations
(800) 872-5827 (TTY)

United Leukodystrophy Foundation
(800) 728-5483

United Scleroderma Foundation
(800) 722-4673

SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME (SSI)

Social Security Administration
(800) 772-1213 (V)
(800) 325-0778 (TTY)
(800) 392-0812 (TTY; in MO)

TRAUMA

American Trauma Society
(800) 556-7890

National Brain Injury Association
(800) 444-6443

National Spinal Cord Injury Association
(800) 962-9629