Arizona Disability Resources

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1 Arizona Disability Resources ARTS AND CREATIVITY VSA arts of Arizona 3321 North Chapel Avenue Tucson, AZ Phone: TTY: Fax: ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY Arizona Technology Access Program (AzTAP) Institute for Human Development Northern Arizona University 2400 N. Central Avenue, Suite 300 Phoenix, AZ Phone: TTY: Fax: Pacific ADA & IT Center DBTAC (Regional Office) th Street 1

2 Suite 1030 Oakland, CA Phone: Arizona Loans for Assistive Technology Program (AzLAT) Northern Arizona University Institute for Human Development 2400 North Central Avenue Suite 300 Phoenix, AZ Phone: Phone: TTY: Fax: CAREGIVERS INFORMATION Caregiver Support Groups by State Well Spouse Association Phoenix WS Lois von Halle Phone: (480) CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE Arizona Victim Compensation/Assistance Phone: Fax: Safe Horizon s Links for General Crime Victim Resources/Issues DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HELP National Domestic Violence Hotline: SAFE (7233) National Resource Center on Domestic Violence:

3 Arizona Domestic Violence contact information by City/County Arizona Coalition Against Domestic Violence 100 West Camelback Street Suite 109 Phoenix, AZ Phone: Fax: EASTER SEALS OFFICES Easter Seals Arizona - Tempe 2075 South Cottonwood Tempe, AZ Phone: Easter Seals Arizona - Tucson 7634 N La Chola Blvd. Tucson, AZ Phone: Easter Seals Arizona - Yuma 661 East 32 nd Street Suite A Yuma, AZ Phone: GOVERNMENT OFFICES FOR ARIZONA Arizona State Website _96_0_2454_1 3

4 Arizona Division of Developmental Disabilities Arizona Governor s Council on Developmental Disabilities 1717 West Jefferson SC074Z Phoenix, AZ Phone: TTY: Fax: gcdd@azdes.gov Arizona Governor s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities 1012 East Willetta SRI-1Bb Phoenix, AZ Phone: Fax: Arizona Governor s Council on Spinal and Head Injuries 1789 W. Jefferson 2NW, SC 162Z Phoenix, AZ Phone: Fax: Arizona Rehabilitation Services Administration 1789 West Jefferson 2NW Phoenix, AZ Phone: TTY: Fax: Arizona Medicare Visit website for contact information specific to your request Arizona Medicaid Office Health Care Cost Containment of Arizona 801 East Jefferson Phoenix, AZ Phone:

5 Spanish: TTY: Fax: Arizona SCHIP Program (State Children s Health Insurance Program) Arizona KidsCare 920 East Madison MD 500 Phoenix, AZ Phone: Note: This program has been frozen since 2010 for lack of funding. Arizona SHIP Program (State Health Insurance Program) Arizona Department of Insurance 2910 North 44 th Street Suite 210 Phoenix, AZ Phone: Arizona Community integration/waiver under Olmstead Act Arizona Workers Compensation Phoenix Office 800 West Washington Street Phoenix, AZ Tucson Office 2675 East Broadway Tucson, AZ d_official/siteapps/advocacy/search.aspx Find your elected officials to contact them on legislation that is important to you. State LTC Ombudsman 5

6 Jan Cardoza AZ Div. of Aging & Adult Services 1789 West Jefferson 2SW 950A Phoenix, Arizona Phone: (602) Fax: (602) The mission of the state long-term care ombudsman is to protect the health, safety, welfare and rights of the elderly in nursing homes, assisted living facilities and other facilities. HOUSING ILRU s Independent Living Centers in Arizona Fannie Mae Arizona Partnership Office One Arizona Center 400 East Van Buren Suite 325 Phoenix, AZ Phone: Southwestern Regional Office Fannie Mae Two Galleria Tower Noel Road Suite 600 Dallas, TX Phone: HOME Arizona HUD: Housing and Urban Development Office Phoenix HUD Office One North Central Avenue Suite 600 Phoenix, AZ Phone: TTY: Fax:

7 Tucson HUD Office 160 North Stone Avenue Tucson, AZ Phone: Fax: LIBRARY SERVICES Arizona State Braille and Talking Book Library 1030 North 32 nd Street Phoenix, AZ Phone: Fax: PROTECTION and ADVOCACY Arizona Protection and Advocacy & Client Assistance Program (CAP) Arizona Center for Disability Law 100 North Stone Avenue Suite 305 Tucson, AZ Phone: Fax: SERVICE DOGS Happy Tails Service Dogs, Inc. 1 West Sequoia Drive Phoenix, AZ Phone: Fax: Companion Animal Association of Arizona PO Box 5006 Scottsdale, AZ Phone:

8 Handi-Dogs Inc East Speedway Blvd Suite 112 Tucson, AZ Phone: Fax: Top Dog 800 North Swan Road #126 Tucson, AZ Phone: Fax: Specializes in helping people train their own dog to be a service dog. Rotts-a-Companionship, Inc. HC 30 Box 184 Prescott, AZ Phone: SPORTS and RECREATION BlazeSports Mesa Mesa Association of Sports for the Disabled PO Box 4727 Mesa, AZ Phone: gjbaumga@mpsaz.org UNITED WAY OFFICES National United Way Enter postal code for a United Way office in your area National Headquarters 701 North Fairfax Street Alexandria, VA Phone:

9 VETERAN BENEFITS map=1&flash=1 US Department of Veterans Affairs VA Hospital Locator for Arizona Paralyzed Veterans of America s Arizona Chapter 5015 N. 7 th Ave. Suite 2 Phoenix, AZ Phone: Fax: azpva@azpva.com ALS Arizona Chapter of ALS Association 4643 E. Thomas Road Suite 1 Phoenix, AZ Phone: Fax: ken@alsaz.org Arizona ALS Support Groups Central Region Caregiver Only Group Arizona ALS Association Office Scottsdale, AZ Phone: Fourth Tuesdays 5:30-7:30 pm 9

10 West Valley Patient & Caregiver Group Church at Arrowhead Glendale, AZ Phone: Second Thursdays 1:00-3:00 pm Northern Region Patient & Caregiver Support Group VA Medical Center Prescott, AZ Phone: Fourth Mondays 12:30-2:30 pm Tucson Patients Only Support Group Our Savior s Lutheran Church Tucson, AZ Phone: First Thursdays 2:30-4:30 pm Tucson Caregiver Only Group Information & Referral Services Tucson, AZ Phone: Third Thursdays 1:30-3:30 pm Muscular Dystrophy Association s ALS Research Centers: MDA/ALS Center at St. Joseph s Hospital and Medical Center Neuromuscular Research Center Barrow Neurological Institute Richard S. Burns, M.D., Director rburns2@chw.edu Phone: MDA/ALS Center at the Mucio F. Delgado Clinic for Neuromuscular Disorders University of Arizona Health Sciences Center Tucson, AZ Lawrence Z. Stern, M.D., Director lstern@u.arizona.edu Phone:

11 BRAIN INJURY Brain Injury Association of Arizona 4250 East Camelback Road Suite K-280 Phoenix, AZ Phone: Fax: CEREBRAL PALSY UCP of Central Arizona 1802 West Parkside Lane Phoenix, AZ Phone: Fax: UCP of Southern Arizona 3941 East 29 th Street Suite Tucson, AZ Phone: Fax: FRIEDREICH S ATAXIA National Ataxia Foundation Arizona Ataxia Support Groups Rita Garcia, Chandler Phone: rtgar22cia@earthlink.net 11

12 Bart Beck, Tucson Phone: GUILLAIN-BARRÉ SYNDROME / CIDP Guillain-Barré Syndrome/ CIDP Foundation International Phone: Call for information in your area MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS National Multiple Sclerosis Society s Arizona Chapter 315 South 48 th Street Suite 101 Tempe, AZ Phone: info@dsw.nmss.org Multiple Sclerosis Association of America Western Regional Office 819 Polk Street Box 326 San Francisco, CA Phone: ext 155 Fax: amontague@msaa.com MSAA Arizona Support Group Florence Women s Club Florence/Mesa Casa Grande Contact: Gaile Buckley Phone: Fourth Tuesdays 6:00-8:00 pm MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY 12

13 Muscular Dystrophy Association National Headquarters 3300 East Sunrise Drive Tucson, AZ Phone: Enter your postal code in the Find your local MDA section of the website for MD clinics in your area. POST-POLIO SYNDROME Post-Polio Health International (PHI) 4207 Lindell Blvd. #110 St. Louis, MO Phone: Lists Health Professionals, Clinics, and Support Groups. Click USA then choose State Arizona Support Groups SCOTTSDALE Polio Echo/Scottsdale Phone: TEMPE Polio Echo, Inc. Phone: (resource only) (resource only) TUCSON Polio Epic Inc./Southern Arizona Phone: Second Saturday AM, Sept-June SPINA BIFIDA 13

14 Arizona Spina Bifida Association 1001 East Fairmount Phoenix, AZ Phone: Fax: Spina Bifida Association of America s Arizona Clinics Children s Clinic Rehabilitation Services (CCRS) 2600 N Wyatt Drive Tucson, AZ Phone: Children s Rehabilitation Services Spina Bifida Clinic 124 W. Thomas Road Phoenix, AZ Phone: SPINAL CORD INJURY Arizona Spinal Cord Injury Association (a chapter of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation) 5025 E Washington St #110, Phoenix, AZ (office) (fax) (toll-free) info@azspinal.org CareCure State Chapters, see Southwestern States Must become an online member to access information STROKE American Stroke Association National Center 7272 Greenville Avenue Dallas, TX

15 Phone: Call them for the stroke support group in your area SYRINGOMYELIA and CHIARI MALFORMATION American Syringomyelia Alliance Project PO Box 1586 Longview, TX Phone: ASAP-282 Fax: Arizona Support Group Shelly Norris, Phoenix Phone: Judy Dragiewicz, Fountain Hills Phone: TRANSVERSE MYELITIS Transverse Myelitis Association TM MeetUp Enter your postal code for a MeetUp in your area. Meetings are usually held in local restaurants. GENERAL DISABILITY RESOURCES 15

16 Arizona Bridge to Independent Living s Disability Survival Manual book 7 th ed. May 2009 covers Arizona disability resources Call for a copy. Disability Resources.org: Arizona Family Village Resources for Arizona Arizona NICHCY: National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities Arizona Yellow Pages for Kids with Disabilities Arizona chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association 4035 East Fanfol Drive Phoenix, AZ Phone: APTA Fax: Arizona chapter of the American Occupational Therapy Association ArizOTA--Arizona Occupational Therapy Association PO Box 1531 Glendale, AZ Phone: Fax: arizotaoffice@yahoo.com Arizona chapter of Association for Persons in Supported Employment University of Arizona 721 North Fourth Avenue Suite 107 Tucson, AZ Phone: ext 14 Fax: dona@u.arizona.edu Healthboards.com message boards on health related topics. Topics include SCI, CP, Stroke, and more. 16

17 Arizona Families On-Line (AFOL) The mission of Arizona's Families On-Line (AFOL) Coalition is for children and adults with disabilities and their families to have access to each other and reliable information about disabilities, services and supports, both within their communities and worldwide via computer technology. Access Tempe ThinkFirst National Injury Prevention Foundation 29W120 Butterfield Rd., Suite 105 Warrenville IL Phone: THINK56 Fax: ThinkFirst offers evidence-based injury prevention programs for students of all ages through their network of healthcare-based chapters. Health educators and people who have experienced brain or spinal cord injuries help students understand the importance of making safe choices related to vehicles, sports, violence and falls. To find chapter information in your area, please go to their website and click on the Chapter Site tab. The information contained in this message is presented for the purpose of educating and informing you about paralysis and its effects. Nothing contained in this message should be construed nor is intended to be used for medical diagnosis or treatment. It should not be used in place of the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider. Should you have any health care related questions, please call or see your physician or other qualified health care provider promptly. Always consult with your physician or other qualified health care provider before embarking on a new treatment, diet or fitness program. You should never disregard medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read in this message. 17