Michigan Disability Resources

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1 Michigan Disability Resources Affordable Care Act (ACA) HHS.gov: How the Health Care Law is Making a Difference for the People of Michigan To get coverage under the ACA, go to to find out more about the Health Insurance Marketplace and the options available in your state. ARTS and CREATIVITY VSA arts of Michigan th Street, Suite B Detroit, MI Phone: ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY Michigan Assistive Technology Project Michigan Disability Rights Coalition 3498 East Lake Lansing Road, Ste 100 East Lansing, MI [email protected] Phone/TTY: Phone: Includes an assistive technology exchange where people can buy or sell AT. Great Lakes ADA Center (covers Michigan) University of Illinois at Chicago Institute on Disability & Human Development (MC 728) 1

2 1640 W. Roosevelt Rd, Room 405 Chicago, IL Phone: Toll free: (800) Michigan Assistive Technology Loan Fund 3496 E. Lake Lansing Rd., Suite 170 East Lansing, MI Toll Free: (Michigan only) Phone: CAREGIVERS INFORMATION Michigan Caregiver Support Groups Phone: Toll-free: Michigan Alliance of Direct Support Professionals Developmental Disabilities Institute Wayne State University 4809 Woodward Ave., Suite 268 Detroit, MI Phone: (313) Toll-free: COMMUNITY-BASED FITNESS PROGRAMS Walk the Line to SCI Recovery (WLTSCIR) West 10 Mile, Suite 193 Southfield, MI Phone: WLTSCIR is a physician directed intensive, activity-based therapy program with a focus on weight and load bearing exercises designed to facilitate recovery of function following traumatic spinal cord injury. CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE 2

3 Michigan Crime Victim Compensation and Assistance Capitol View Building 201 Townsend Street Lansing, Michigan Phone: Victim Compensation & Assistance (for victims only) Office for Victims of Crime s Directory of Crime Victim Services Choose Your State and the Type of Assistance you are looking for 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: Statewide Hotline: Aardvarc s Michigan Domestic Violence contact information by City/County The Michigan Coalition to End Domestic & Sexual Violence Okemos Office: 3893 Okemos Road Suite B2 Okemos, MI Phone: TTY: Detroit Office: 2727 Second Ave., Suite 327 Detroit, MI Phone: EASTER SEALS OFFICES Michigan Easter Seals Offices 3

4 go to search by state, drop down to Michigan Michigan State Website GOVERNMENT OFFICES Michigan Department of Human Services 235 S. Grand Ave. P.O. Box Lansing, MI Phone: Michigan Department of Civil Rights: ADA Title II Accommodation Complaints Service Center Cadillac Place 3054 West Grand Boulevard, Suite Detroit, MI Phone: Michigan Rehabilitation Services Michigan Department of Career Development 201 N. Washington Sq., 4th Floor Lansing, MI Phone: TTY: Michigan Medicaid Office Michigan Department of Community Health Capitol View Building 201 Townsend Street Lansing, Michigan Phone: TTY: and ask for the main number, listed above. Michigan SCHIP Program (State Children s Health Insurance Program) MIChild 4

5 Capitol View Building 201 Townsend Street Lansing, Michigan Phone: TTY: and ask for the main number, listed above. Healthy Kids Phone: TTY: Healthy Kids is a program that provides a wide range of health care coverage and support services for qualifying pregnant women, babies and children under age Michigan SHIIP Program (State Health Insurance Information Program - for Seniors) Michigan Medicare/Medicaid Assistance Program 6105 West St. Joseph Suite 209 Lansing, MI Phone: (to contact a MMAP counselor) Phone: (Information) [email protected] Provides free info to seniors on Medicare and Medicaid. Michigan Services for Seniors The Michigan Developmental Disabilities Council 201 Townsend Street, Suite 120 Lansing, MI Phone: TDD: mdch [email protected] Michigan Insurance Commissioner Office of Financial and Insurance Services P.O. Box Lansing, MI Tel: (517) (877) [email protected] Michigan Workers Compensation Agency 7150 Harris Drive P.O. Box Lansing, MI

6 Phone: d_official/siteapps/advocacy/search.aspx Find your elected officials to contact them on legislation that is important to you. State LTC Ombudsman Michigan Office of Services to the Aging P.O. Box Lansing, MI Phone: 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 Michigan Independent Living Centers 417 Seymour Street, Suite 10 Lansing, MI Phone: (517) TTY: (800) Fannie Mae Midwestern Regional Office One South Wacker Drive, Suite 1400 Chicago, IL Phone: (312) Michigan Housing and Urban Development Offices (HUD): Detroit Field Office McNamara Federal Building 477 Michigan Avenue Detroit, MI Phone: LIBRARY SERVICES 6

7 Library of Michigan Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped 702 West Kalamazoo Lansing, MI Phone: Wayne County Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Michigan Avenue Westland, MI Phone: Toll-free: TDD: Washtenaw County Library for the Blind and Physically Disabled 343 South Fifth Ave., Ann Arbor, MI Phone: Talking Book Center Mideastern Michigan Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped G-4195 West Pasadena Avenue Flint, MI Telephone: Toll-free: Kent District Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Wyoming Branch Library 3350 Michael Avenue, Southwest Wyoming, MI Phone: Toll-free: Grand Traverse Area Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped 610 Woodmere Avenue Traverse City, MI Phone:

8 St. Clair County Library Special Technologies Alternative Resource (STAR) 210 McMorran Boulevard Port Huron, MI Phone: Toll Free: Northland Library Cooperative 220 W. Clinton St. Charlevoix, MI Phone: Muskegon County Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped 4845 Airline Rd. - Unit 5 Muskegon, MI Phone: TDD: Macomb Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Romeo Plank Clinton Twp., MI Phone: Detroit Subregional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Detroit Public Library Douglass Branch Library 3666 Grand River Avenue Detroit, MI Phone: (313) [email protected] NeuroRecovery Network (NRN) The NRN is a network of rehab programs designed to provide locomotor (treadmill) training to promote functional recovery and improve the health and quality of life for people living with paralysis. The program is for people with spinal cord injuries. The NRN is a program of the Reeve Foundation. There is no NRN center in this state but if you are interested in finding one outside of this state, please go to 8

9 PROTECTION and ADVOCACY Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service, Inc Legacy Parkway, Suite 500 Lansing, MI Phone: Phone/TDD: CAP only: Michigan Disability Rights Coalition 3498 East Lake Lansing Road, Ste 100 East Lansing, MI Phone/TTY: (800) , (517) Wolf Packs Inc. s Service Dog Directory Sterling Service Dogs 3715 E. Fifteen Mile Rd. Sterling Heights, MI Phone: [email protected] Paws With A Cause 4646 South Division Wayland MI Phone: [email protected] SERVICE DOGS Athletes with Disabilities Network 2845 Crooks Road Rochester Hills, MI Phone: [email protected] SPORTS and RECREATION 9

10 Cannonsburg Challenged Ski Association P.O. Box 352 Ada, MI Contact: Rob Schwarz Phone: Challenge Mountain M-75 S Boyne City, MI Lodge Phone: Program Director: Linda Armstrong [email protected] Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital: Wheelchair & Adaptive Sports Program 235 Wealthy Street, SE Grand Rapids, MI Phone: [email protected] Michigan Adaptive Sports 4301 Orchard Lake Road Suite 180/B 200 West Bloomfield, MI Phone: [email protected] Michigan Sports Unlimited, Inc. PO Box 200 Essexville, MI Phone: BlazeSports Kentwood Kentwood Parks & Recreation Department: Inclusive Programs Valerie Romeo, Inclusive Coordinator Kentwood City Hall 4900 Breton Ave. Kentwood, MI Phone:

11 BlazeSports Oakland County (Waterford) Oakland County Parks 2800 Watkins Lake Road Waterford, MI Phone: OCPARKS ( ) TTY: UNITED WAY OFFICES United Way National Headquarters 701 North Fairfax Street Alexandria, VA Phone: Enter postal code for a United Way office in your area VETERAN BENEFITS VISN 11: Veterans In Partnership P.O. Box Ann Arbor, MI Phone: VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System 2215 Fuller Road Ann Arbor, MI Phone: or Battle Creek VA Medical Center 5500 Armstrong Road Battle Creek, MI Phone: or John D. Dingell VA Medical Center 4646 John R Detroit, MI

12 Phone: or Aleda E. Lutz VA Medical Center 1500 Weiss Street Saginaw, MI Phone: Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) Michigan Chapter Office Grand River Ave. Novi, MI Phone: Toll-free: MPVA (6782) ALS ALS Association s Chapter ALS of Michigan, Inc. West Michigan office: 678 Front Street NW, Suite 117 Grand Rapids, MI Phone: toll-free [email protected] East Michigan office: 675 E. Big Beaver Rd., Suite 207 Troy, MI Phone: Toll-free: CURE ALS of Michigan, Inc Northwestern Hwy., Suite 100 Southfield, MI Phone: (800) BRAIN INJURY Brain Injury Association of Michigan 7305 Grand River, Suite

13 Brighton, MI Phone: (810) In State: (800) Michigan TBI Model System Southeastern Michigan Traumatic Brain Injury System Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan 261 Mack Avenue Detroit, MI Phone: United Cerebral Palsy of Michigan 3496 Lake Lansing Rd., Suite 170 East Lansing, MI Phone: Toll-free: CEREBRAL PALSY United Cerebral Palsy of Metropolitan Detroit Greenfield, Suite 205 Southfield, MI Phone: Toll-free: FRIEDREICH S ATAXIA National Ataxia Foundation (NAF) 2600 Fernbrook Lane, Suite 119 Minneapolis, MN Phone: NAF Ambassadors: Lynn K Ball Riverview Dr Paw Paw, MI

14 Phone: (269) Clare and Patricia Greene 4374 Round Lake Road Laingsburg, MI Phone: (517) Michigan Support Groups: Detroit Tanya Tunstul Wyoming Detroit, MI Phone: Grand Rapids MI Area Support Group Lynn K. Ball 3778 Kinview NW Grand Rapids, MI Phone: GUILLAIN-BARRÉ SYNDROME / CIDP Guillain-Barré Syndrome / CIDP Foundation International The Holly Building 104 1/2 Forrest Avenue Narberth, PA Phone: Toll-free: Call for information in your area MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS National Multiple Sclerosis Society s Michigan Chapter Civic Center Drive Southfield, MI Toll-free: FIGHT-MS ( ) Phone: [email protected] 14

15 Multiple Sclerosis Association of America s Midwest Regional Office 5441 N. E. River Road #380 Chicago, IL Phone: ext [email protected] MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY 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 Health International (PHI) 4207 Lindell Blvd. #110 St. Louis, MO Phone: [email protected] POST-POLIO SYNDROME Directory lists Health Professionals, Clinics, and Support Groups by state. Spina Bifida Association of America P.O. Box Arlington, VA Phone: [email protected] Please contact them for info in your area SPINA BIFIDA West Michigan Spina Bifida Association 235 Wealthy Street SE Grand Rapids, MI Phone:

16 Spina Bifida Association of America Michigan Clinics: Children s Hospital of Michigan Myelomeningocele Care Center 3901 Beaubien Detroit, MI Phone: Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Center 235 Wealthy SE Grand Rapids, MI Phone: Sparrow Hospital Myelodysplasia Clinic 1200 E. Michigan Avenue, Suite 460 Lansing, MI Phone: University of Michigan Health System Myelodysplasia Clinic 325 E. Eisenhower, Suite 100 Ann Arbor, MI Phone: UMHS Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 325 E. Eisenhower, Box 0744 Ann Arbor, MI Phone: SPINAL CORD INJURY Michigan Spinal Cord Injury Association (MSCIA) 1938 Woodslee Drive Troy, MI Phone: [email protected] The MSCIA is the Michigan chapter of the National Spinal Cord Injury Association, or the NSCIA. See their list of support groups at: 16

17 University of Michigan Model Spinal Cord Injury Care System University of Michigan Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 300 North Ingalls, Room NI2A09 Ann Arbor, MI Phone: Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan Novi Center W. 12 Mile Rd. Novi, MI Phone: Holds a support group for persons with spinal cord injury. Please call for more details. Walk the Line to SCI Recovery (WLTSCIR) West 10 Mile, Suite 193 Southfield, MI Phone: WLTSCIR is a physician directed intensive, activity-based therapy program with a focus on weight and load bearing exercises designed to facilitate recovery of function following traumatic spinal cord injury. STROKE CDC s Michigan Stroke Program American Stroke Association National Center 7272 Greenville Avenue Dallas, TX Phone: Call them for the stroke support group in your area Rehab Institute of Michigan Phone: Stroke support groups in Novi and Detroit &s=mi 17

18 Michigan Primary Stroke Care Centers accredited by Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO): Borgess Medical Center 1521 Gull Road Kalamazoo, MI Phone: Harper University Hospital 3990 John R. Street Detroit, MI Phone: Sparrow Hospital 1215 E. Michigan Ave. Lansing, MI Phone: Trinity Health Victor Parkway Livonia, MI Tel: Spectrum Health 100 Michigan Street Northeast Grand Rapids, MI Phone: (866) University of Michigan Health System- MMC 1500 E. Medical Center Drive Ann Arbor, NI Tel: SYRINGOMYELIA/CHIARI MALFORMATION American Syringomyelia & Chiari Alliance Project (ASAP) PO Box 1586 Longview, TX Phone: ASAP

19 ASAP Support Group Upper Peninsula of Michigan Phone: TRANSVERSE MYELITIS Transverse Myelitis Association 1787 Sutter Parkway Powell, OH Phone: Please contact them for info in your area. TM MeetUp Enter your postal code for a MeetUp in your area. Meetings are usually held in local restaurants. GENERAL DISABILITY RESOURCES Alternatives In Motion 201 Matilda NE Grand Rapids, MI Phone: Toll-free: [email protected] Provides wheelchairs to people who can t afford them and don t qualify for other financial assistance. Disability Resources.org: Michigan Michigan Yellow Pages for Kids with Disabilities Michigan Chapter of the American Occupational Therapy Association Muchmore, Harrington, Smalley & Associates 124 West Allegan Street, Suite 1900 Lansing, MI Phone:

20 Michigan Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association Michigan Physical Therapy Association Inc Eisenhower Place Ann Arbor, Michigan Phone: or Michigan Association of People Supporting EmploymentFirst (APSE) 801 Hazen St. P.O. Box 249 Paw Paw, MI Phone: Michigan PVA s Pump Guide An online directory of gas stations serving drivers with disabilities in Michigan. Michigan First Call Phone: 211 Provides callers with information about and referrals to human services for every day needs and in times of crisis. Can offer access to the following types of services: adult day care, respite care, home health care, transportation, support groups, Medicaid/Medicare, etc. The caller is provided with phone numbers, programs and services provided, location, hours of operation, and any other relevant information for the inquiry. All calls are confidential. ThinkFirst National Injury Prevention Foundation 1801 N. Mill St., Suite F Naperville IL Phone: THINK56 [email protected] 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 20

21 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. 21