Advocacy Groups By Disease
AIDS/HIV American Foundation for AIDS Research 120 Wall Street, 13th Floor New York, NY 10005 (800) 39-amfAR (392-6327) (212) 806-1600 www.amfar.org AIDSinfo - HIV/AIDS Information P.O. Box 6303 Rockville, MD 20849 (800) HIV-0440 (448-0440) (301) 738-6616 www.aidsinfo.nih.org Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National HIV/AIDS Hotline (800) 342-AIDS (800) 344-SIDA (Spanish) (800) AIDS-889 (for the deaf/hearing-impaired) www.cdc.gov Gay Men's Health Crisis 119 West 24th Street New York, NY 10011 (800) AIDS-NYC (243-7692) (212) 807-6655 (212) 645-7470 (for the deaf/hearing-impaired) www.gmhc.org National Association of People with AIDS 1413 K Street, NW, 7th Floor Washington, DC 20005 (202) 898-0414 www.napwa.org
Alzheimer's Disease Alzheimer's Association 919 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1100 Chicago, IL 60611 (800) 272-3900 (312) 335-8700 www.alz.org Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Service The ADEAR Center P.O. Box 8250 Silver Spring, MD 20907 (800) 438-4380 (301) 495-3311 www.alzheimers.org
Arthritis Arthritis Foundation 1650 Bluegrass Lakes Parkway Alpharetta, GA 30004 (800) 283-7800 www.arthritis.org
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis The Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association The ALS Association National Office 27001 Agoura Road, Suite 150 Calabasas Hills, CA 91301 (800) 782-4747 (818) 880-9007 www.alsa.org
Brain Injury Brain Injury Association 105 North Alfred Street Alexandria, VA 22314 (800) 444-6443 (800) 228-8201 (within NY) www.neurolaw.com www.bianys.org
Cancer American Cancer Society 1599 Clifton Road Atlanta, GA 30329 (800) ACS-2345 (227-2345) www.cancer.org National Cancer Institute Cancer Information Service Building 31, Room 10A07 31 Center Drive MSC 2580 Bethesda, MD 20892 (800) 4-CANCER (422-6237) www.cancer.gov Cancer Care, Inc. 275 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10001 (800) 813-HOPE (outside the tri-state area) (212) 302-2400 www.cancercare.org
Cerebral Palsy United Cerebral Palsy Association 1600 L Street, NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20036 (800) USA-5-UCP (872-5827) (202) 776-0406 www.ucpa.org
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease American Lung Association 1740 Broadway New York, NY 10019 (800) 586-4872 (212) 315-8700 www.lungusa.org
Cystic Fibrosis Cystic Fibrosis Foundation 6931 Arlington Road, Suite 200 Bethesda, MD 20814 (800) FIGHT CF (344-4823) (301) 951-4422 www.cff.org
Diabetes American Diabetes Association 1701 North Beauregard Street Alexandria, VA 22311 (800) DIABETES (342-2383) (703) 549-1500 www.diabetes.org
Epilepsy Epilepsy Foundation of America 4351 Garden City Drive Landover, MD 20785 (800) EFA-1000 (332-1000) (301) 459-3700 www.epilepsyfoundation.org
Heart Disease and Stroke American Heart/Stroke Association 7272 Greenville Avenue Dallas, TX 75231 (800) AHA-USA1 (242-8721) (Heart and Stroke Information) (888) 4-STROKE (Stroke Information) (888) MY HEART (Women's Health Information) www.americanheart.org www.strokeassociation.org National Stroke Association 96 Inverness Drive East, Suite I Englewood, CO, 80112 (800) 787-6537 (303) 649-9299 www.stroke.org
Kidney Disease American Association of Kidney Patients 100 South Ashley Drive, Suite 280 Tampa, FL 33602 (800) 749-2257 www.aakp.org American Kidney Fund 6110 Executive Boulevard, Suite 1010 Rockville, MD 20852 (800) 638-8299 (301) 881-3052 www.akfinc.org The National Kidney Foundation 30 East 33rd Street, Suite 1100 New York, NY 10016 (800) 622-9010 (212) 889-2210 www.kidney.org
Liver Disease American Liver Foundation 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 603 New York, NY 10038 (800) GO LIVER (465-4837) www.liverfoundation.org
Mental Illness American Psychiatric Association 1400 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 (202) 682-6000 www.psych.org American Psychological Association 750 First Street, NE Washington, DC 20002-4242 (800) 374-2721 (202) 336-5500 www.apa.org National Alliance for the Mentally Ill Colonial Place Three 2107 Wilson Blvd., Suite 300 Arlington, VA 22201 (800) 950-NAMI (6264) (703) 524-7600 www.nami.org National Depressive and Manic Depressive Association 730 Franklin Street, Suite 501 Chicago, IL 60610 (800) 82-NDMDA (826-3632) (312) 642-0049 www.ndmda.org National Institute of Mental Health NIMH Public Inquiries 6001 Executive Boulevard, Rm. 8184, MSC 9663 Bethesda, MD 20892 (800) 421-4211 (301) 443-4513 www.nimh.nih.gov National Mental Health Association 1021 Prince Street Alexandria, VA 22314 (800) 969-NMHA (6642) (703) 684-7722 www.nmha.org
Multiple Sclerosis The National Multiple Sclerosis Society 733 Third Avenue New York, NY 10017 (800) FIGHT-MS (344-4867) www.nmss.org www.msnyc.org
Pain American Chronic Pain Association P.O. Box 850 Rocklin, CA 95677 (916) 632-0922 www.theacpa.org American Pain Foundation 111 South Calvert Street, Suite 2700 Baltimore, MD 21202 www.painfoundation.org
Paralysis Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation 500 Morris Avenue Springfield, NJ 07081 (800) 225-0292 www.paralysis.org Kent Waldrep National Paralysis Foundation 16415 Addison Road, Suite 550 Addison, TX 75001 (877) SCI-CURE (724-2873) (972) 248-7100 www.spinalvictory.org National Spinal Cord Injury Hotline 2200 Kernan Drive Baltimore, MD 21207 (800) 526-3456
Rare Disorders National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) P.O. Box 8923 New Fairfield, CT 06812 (800) 999-NORD (6673) (203) 746-6518 www.rarediseases.org
Sickle Cell Disease Sickle Cell Advocates for Research and Empowerment, Inc. P.O. Box 630127 Bronx, NY 10463 (718) 884-9670 www.defiers.com Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Inc. National Headquarters 200 Corporate Pointe, Suite 495 Culver City California 90230 (800) 421-8453 (310) 216-6363 www.sicklecelldisease.org
Visual Impairment American Foundation for the Blind 11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300 New York, NY 10001 (800) AFB Line (232-5463) (212) 502-7600 www.afb.org The Lighthouse, Inc. 111 East 59th Street New York, NY 10022 (800) 829-0500 (212) 821-9200 (212) 821-9713 (for the deaf/hearing-impaired) www.lighthouse.org
