Neurological Diseases Resources

Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center
P.O. Box 8250
Silver Spring, MD 20907-8250
(301)495-3311
(800) 438-4380

Association for Alzheimer's & Related Disorders
919 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1000
Chicago, IL 60611
(800) 272-3900

Cerebral Palsy

United Cerebral Palsy Associations Inc.
1660 L Street, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
(202)842-1266

Epilepsy

Epilepsy Foundation of America
4351 Garden City Drive
Landover, MD 20785-2267
(301)459-3700
(800) EFA-1000

Pediatric Epilepsy Center
The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Meyer 2-147
600 North Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21287 (for information on ketogenic diet therapy)

Gulllaln-Barre Syndrome GBS Foundation International
Box 262
Wynnewood, PA 19096
(610) 667-0131

Headaches

National Headache Foundation
820 N. Orleans, Suite 217
Chicago, Illinois 60610
(312)274-2650

Head Injuries

National Head Injury Foundation
1776 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 100
Washington, DC 20036-1904
(202) 296-6443
(800) 444-NHIF

Huntington's Disease

Huntington's Disease Society of America
140 West 22nd Street
New York, NY 10011
(212)242-1968
(800) 345-4372

Hydrocephalus

National Hydrocephalus Foundation
400 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1102
Chicago, IL 60611
(815) 467-6548

Learning Disabilities Challenge
(Attention Deficit Disorder Information Service)
42 Way to the River Road West
Newbury, MA 01985
(508) 462-0495

Children with Attention Deficit Disorder (CHADD)
499 NW 70th Avenue, Suite
109 Plantation, FL 33317
(305) S87-3700

Learning Disabilities Association
4156 Library Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15234
(412)341-1515

National Information Center for Children & Youth with Learning Disabilities
Box 1492
Washington, DC 20013-1492
(800)695-0285

Orion Dyslexia Society
P.O. Box 9888
Baltimore, MD 21284
(410) 296-0232
(800) 222-3123

Lou Gehrig's Disease

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association
21021 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 321
Woodland Hills, CA 91364
(818)340-7500

Multiple Sclerosis

National Multiple Sclerosis Society
733 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10017
(212) 986-3240
(800) 344-4867
(212)986-7981 FAX

Muscular Dystrophy

Muscular Dystrophy Association of America Inc.
3300 East Sunrise Drive
Tucson, AZ 85718
(602)529-2000

Myasthenia Gravis

Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America Inc.
222 South Riverside Plaza, Room 1540
Chicago, IL 60606
(800)541-5454

Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of Greater New York Inc.
61 Gramercy Park North, Room 605
New York, NY 10010
(212)533-7005
(800) MGF-0808

Parkinson's Disease

American Parkinson's Disease Association
60 Bay Street, Suite 401
Staten Island, NY 10301
(718)981-8001
(800) 223-2732

National Parkinson's Foundation
1501 NW Ninth Avenue
Miami, FL 33136
(305) 547-6666
(800) 327-4545
(800) 433-7022 in FL

Parkinson's Disease Foundation
710 West 168th Street
New York, NY 10032
(212)923-4700

Parkinson's Education Program
3900 Birch Street, Room 105
Newport Beach, CA 92660
(714) 250-2975 voice
(800)344-7872

Parkinson Support Group of America
11376 Cherry Hill Road, Suite 204
Beltsville, MD 20705
(301)937-1545

United Parkinson's Foundation
833 West Washington Boulevard
Chicago, IL 60607
(312) 733-1893

Polio

Polio Society
Box 106273
Washington, DC 20016
(301)897-8180

Smell and Taste Disorders

Smell and Taste Center Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
5 Ravdin Building
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 662-6580

Tourette's Syndrome

Tourette's Syndrome Association
42-40 Bell Boulevard
Baysde, NY 11361
(718) 224-2999
(800)237-0717