Resource Guide for Persons with Disabilities

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1 Resource Guide for Persons with Disabilities Compiled by the Chicago Bar Association Young Lawyers Section 321 South Plymouth Court w Chicago, Illinois voice: Fax: TTY: and Equip for Equality, Inc. 11 East Adams, Suite 1200 Chicago, Illinois Voice: or Fax: TTY: Funding provided by The Chicago Bar Foundation 1

2 THANK YOU Special thanks is due to the following individuals whose efforts in producing this Resource Guide were invaluable: The Chicago Bar Foundation Katie Blaser Cynthia L. Besecker Marianne Boggs Danielle Butts Phyllis Dilworth Karen Litscher Johnson Jennifer Pabon Joanne C. Schwartz Julie Staskiewicz Rose Stein Barry Taylor Paris Tillery AND The 1995 Chicago Bar Association Young Lawyers Section Committee on Delivery of Legal Services to Persons with Disabilities which designed and published the original Resource Guide for Persons with Disabilities Chicago Bar Association 2001 Information is accurate as of date of publication. We welcome further information about any resources, whether listed or not. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. 2

3 TABLE OF CONTENTS A. Services Listed by Category Page Abuse/Neglect... 3 Adaptive Devices... 4 Advocacy Services... 4 Aging and the Elderly... 4 AIDS/HIV... 5 Allergy... 5 Alzheimer s Disease... 5 Amputation/Amputees... 5 Architecture... 5 Arthritis... 6 Arts and Recreational Activities... 6 Assistive Technology and Adaptive Devices... 7 Asthma... 7 Autism... 7 Blindness... 7 Cancer... 7 Cardiac Services... 8 Cerebral Palsy... 8 Communication Disabilities... 8 Computer Services... 8 Cystic Fibrosis... 8 Deafness... 8 Developmental Disabilities... 8 Diabetes... 9 Down Syndrome... 9 Educational Services... 9 Epilepsy... 9 Fibromyalgia Financial Assistance/Public Benefits Head or Spinal Injury Hearing Impairment/Deaf Homecare/Homebound & Respite Services Housing Information and Resource Services Job Placement Kidney Disease Learning Disabilities Legal Services Lung and Breathing

4 Medical Services Mental Health Mental Retardation Multiple Sclerosis Muscular Dystrophy Parkinson s Disease Physical Disability and Amputation Polio and Post-Polio Syndrome Public Access Publications and Publishers Recreation Respite Care Retardation Sickle Cell Anemia Special Services Speech Disabilities and Speech Therapy Spina Bifida Spinal Injury Sports Strokes Student Services Substance Abuse Support Services and Support Groups Technology Tourette Syndrome Transportation and Travel Information Visual Impairment Vocational Training and Assistance B. Toll Free/Hotline Phone Numbers C. Alphabetical Listings of Agencies A. Services Listed by Category Page 1. ABUSE/NEGLECT Cook County State s Attorney s Office Victim/Witness Assistance Program Equip for Equality, Inc Guardianship and Advocacy Commission Illinois Citizens for Better Care Illinois Department of Children and Family

5 Illinois Department of Human Services Illinois Dept. of Public Health Elder Abuse ADAPTIVE DEVICES see Assistive Technology 3. ADVOCACY SERVICES see also Legal Service Access Living AIDS Legal Council of Chicago American Assoc. of Retired Persons ARC of Illinois The Ark Center for Disability and Elder Law Chicago Hearing Society Coalition of Citizens w/ Disabilities in IL Council for Disability Rights Designs for Change Equip for Equality, Inc Family Resource Center on Disabilities Family T.I.E.S. Network H.A.N.D.S. Organization Heartland Alliance Hemophilia Foundation of Illinois Illinois Centers for Independent Living Lambda Legal Defense/Education Fund Midwest Center on Law and the Deaf National Center for Latinos w/disabilities Nat l Org. of Social Security Claimants Paralyzed Veterans of America People First of Illinois Progress Center for Independent Living SSI Coalition for a Responsible Safety Net Statewide Housing Action Coalition AGING AND THE ELDERLY Alzheimer s Disease/Disorders Assoc American Assoc. of Retired Persons Arthritis Foundation - Illinois Chapter Center for Disability and Elder Law City of Chicago Department on Aging

6 Illinois Assistive Technology Project Illinois Department of Aging Illinois Department of Public Health Central Complaint Registry Illinois Secretary of State Department of Senior and Community Service National Institute on Aging National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives AIDS/HIV AIDS Care, Inc AIDS Foundation of Chicago AIDS Legal Council of Chicago BEHIV (Better Existence with HIV) Bonaventure House C.A.L.O.R Chicago Dept. Public Health HIV Services Chicago House and Social Service Agency Chicago Women s AIDS Project Hemophilia Foundation of Illinois HIV Coalition (HIVCO) Howard Brown Health Center Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund Minority Outreach Intervention Project National AIDS Hotline Open Hand Chicago Test Positive Aware Network ALLERGY - see Lung and Breathing 7. ALZHEIMER S DISEASE Alzheimer s Disease and Related Disorders Association AMPUTATION/AMPUTEES see Physical Disability 9. ARCHITECTURE American Access

7 Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) City of Chicago Mayor s Office for People with Disabilities Extended Home Living Services, Inc Hanson Construction Integrity Group Companies, Inc Mark Elmore Associates Architects Paralyzed Veterans of America ARTHRITIS Arthritis Foundation - Illinois Chapter Fibromyalgia Support Highland Pk. Hospital ARTS AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES American Blind Skiing Foundation American Diabetes Association American Hearing Impaired Hockey Assoc Amputee s Service Association (A.S.A.) Boy Scouts of America-Chicago Area Chicago Botanical Garden Chicago Club of the Deaf Chicago Park District Chicago Public Library Deaf Services Project Chicago Public Library - Illinois Regional Library Blind/Physically Handicapped Easter Seals Field Museum of Natural History Girl Scouts of Chicago H.A.N.D.S. Organization Hanson Center Hemophilia Foundation of Illinois International Association of Lions Club Little City Foundation National Lekotek Center Northeast DuPage Special Recreation Assoc Northwest Special Recreation Program Paralyzed Veterans of America

8 Schwab Rehabilitation Center SEASPAR-Southeast Association for Special Parks and Recreation West Suburban Special Recreation Assoc ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY Abledata Academic Software, Inc American Access American Foundation for the Blind Center for Special Education Technology Easter Seals Guild for the Blind HiTec Group International, Inc Illinois Assistive Technology Project Illinois Spina Bifida Association Institute on Disability & Human Development University Affilated Program (UAP) Integrity Group Companies, Inc New Ability, Inc Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago RESNA Schwab Rehabilitation Center United Cerebral Palsy Association of Greater Chicago ASTHMA - see Lung and Breathing 14. AUTISM Autism Society of Illinois BLINDNESS - see Visual Impairment/Blind 16. CANCER AMC Cancer Research Center American Cancer Society - Illinois Division Lupus Foundation of America, Inc. Illinois National Cancer Institute Y-ME Breast Cancer Support Program

9 17. CARDIAC SERVICES American Heart Association CEREBRAL PALSY Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago United Cerebral Palsy Assoc. of Chicago COMMUNICATION DISABILITIES - see Speech Disabilities 20. COMPUTER SERVICES Abledata Academic Software, Inc Association House of Chicago Center for Special Education Technology Easter Seals Schwab Rehabilitation Center CYSTIC FIBROSIS Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Illinois Chapter DEAFNESS - see Hearing Impairment/Deaf 23. DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES Abraham Lincoln Center Ada S. McKinley Community Services, Inc ARC of Illinois ARC of the United States Association House of Chicago Attention Deficit Information Network Autism Society of Illinois Big Brothers/Big Sisters -Metro Chicago Bobby E. Wright Mental Health Center Center for Enriched Living CHADD Chicago Association for Retarded Citizens Clearbrook Center Cystic Fibrosis Foundation-Illinois Chapter

10 ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Children in Education Human Resources Development Institute Illinois Department of Human Services Office of Developmental Disabilities Illinois Early Child Intervention Illinois Spina Bifida Association Institute on Disability & Human Development University Affiliated Programs Jewish Vocational Services Lambs Farm Services Little City Foundation, Inc Little Friends, Inc Lutheran Social Services of Illinois Mau-Glo School, Inc Muscular Dystrophy Association National Association for Down Syndrome National Center for Latinos with Disabilities National Org. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Oak/Leyden Developmental Services, Inc Park Lawn School and Activities Center Pathways Center People First of Illinois Prader Willi Syndrome Association Seguin Services Sickle Cell Disease Association United Cerebral Palsy Association Chicago DIABETES American Diabetes Association International Association of Lions Clubs DOWN SYNDROME National Association for Down Syndrome EDUCATIONAL SERVICES see Student Services 27. EPILEPSY Epilepsy Foundation of America Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago

11 Epilepsy Services for Northeastern Illinois FIBROMYALGIA Fibromyalgia Support - Highland Park FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE/PUBLIC BENEFITS City of Chicago - Public Benefits Hotline Division of Specialized Care for Children Illinois Comprehensive Health Insurance Program (ICHIP) National Organization of Social Security Claimant s Representatives Prairie State Legal Services Social Security Administration HEAD OR SPINAL INJURY American Paralysis Association Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation National Spinal Cord Injury Association-IL Paralyzed Veterans of America Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Schwab Rehabilitation Center HEARING IMPAIRMENT/DEAF Alexander Graham Bell Assoc. for the Deaf American Hearing Impaired Hockey Assoc American Speech-Language- Hearing Assoc Bene Shalom of the Deaf Catholic Office of the Deaf Center on Deafness Chicago Club of the Deaf Chicago Hearing Society Chicago Public Library - Deaf Services - Conrad Sulzer Library Circuit Court of Cook County TTY Numbers City of Chicago Department on Aging Columbia College

12 Easter Seals Federal Communications Commission H.A.N.D.S. Organization Hebrew Seminary of the Deaf Helen Keller National Center HiTec Group International, Inc Illinois Association for the Deaf Illinois Department of Human Services - Office of Rehabilitation Services Illinois Relay Center llinois School for the Deaf Illinois Telecommunications Access Corp International Hearing Dogs, Inc Midwest Center on Law and the Deaf National Association of the Deaf Law Center National Association for Hearing and Speech Action Okada Hearing Ear Guide Dogs Philip J. Rock Center and School Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Thresholds Bridge Program HOMECARE/HOMEBOUND SERVICES AND RESPITE SERVICE ASI City of Chicago Department on Aging Illinois Department of Aging Illinois Department of Human Services - Office of Rehabilitation Services Visiting Nurse Association HOUSING - see also Architecture Access Living AIDS Care, Inc Association House of Chicago Bonaventure House Chicago House and Social Service Agency

13 Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities in IL Design for Independent Living, Inc Extended Home Living Services, Inc Hanson Construction Heartland Alliance IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law John Marshall Law School Fair Housing Legal Clinic Mark A. Elmore Associates Architects Over the Rainbow Paralyzed Veterans of America Progress Center for Independent Living Statewide Housing Action Coalition INFORMATION AND RESOURCE SERVICES Accent on Living Magazine Access Living AIDS Foundation of Chicago American Association of Retired Persons American Brain Tumor Association American Council for the Blind American Diabetes Association American Heart Association Amputee s Service Association (A.S.A.) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association The ARC of Illinois The ARC of the United States Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) Attention Deficit Information Network Chicago Bar Association Chicago Hearing Society Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind Chicagoland Radio and Information Service CHADD City of Chicago Department on Aging City of Chicago Mayor s Office for People with Disabilities Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities in IL

14 Connection Resource Services, Inc Coordinated Advice and Referral Program for Legal Services (CARPLS) Council for Disability Rights Disability Rights Education/Defense Fund Easter Seals Epilepsy Foundation of America Equip for Equality, Inc ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education Family Resource Center on Disabilities Family T.I.E.S. Network Great Lakes Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center Guardianship and Advocacy Commission H.A.N.D.S. Organization HEATH Resource Center Hemophilia Foundation of Illinois HIV Coalition (HIVCO) Illinois Assistive Technology Project Illinois Centers for Independent Living Illinois Department of Public Health Illinois Early Child Intervention Clearinghouse Illinois Spina Bifida Association International Dyslexia Association Job Accommodation Network (JAN) March of Dimes - Greater Illinois Chapter Myasthenia Gravis Foundation National AIDS Hotline National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of IL National Assoc. for Hearing/Speech Action National Information Center for Children and Youth with Handicaps (NICHY) National Organization on Disability National Org. on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome National Rehabilitation Information Center National Tuberous Sclerosis Association

15 Paralyzed Veterans of America People First of Illinois Progress Center for Independent Living Resources for Rehabilitation Test Positive Aware Network Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc. of Illinois/Greater Chicago Chapter U.S. Department of Justice Disability Rights U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Comm JOB PLACEMENT - see Vocational Training and Assistance 36. KIDNEY DISEASE National Kidney Foundation of Illinois LEARNING DISABILITIES Attention Deficit Information Network Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder (CHADD) Feingold Path of Illinois International Dyslexia Association Learning Disability Association of Illinois LEGAL SERVICES - see also Advocacy Services Access Living AIDS Legal Council of Chicago American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois The Ark Center for Disability and Elder Law Chicago Bar Association Chicago Commission on Human Relations Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law Chicago Legal Clinic Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation Cook County Bar Association Cook County Commission on Human Rights Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation

16 Cook County State s Attorney s Office - Victim/Witness Assistance Division Coordinated Advice and Referral Program for Legal Services (CARPLS) Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund DuPage Bar Association Legal Aid Service Equip for Equality, Inc Guardianship and Advocacy Commission IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law Illinois Department of Human Rights John Marshall Law School Fair Housing Legal Clinic Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund Legal Aid Bureau Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago Loyola University Community Law Center Mandel Legal Aid Clinic-Univ. of Chicago National Association of the Deaf Law Center Nat l Employment Lawyers Assoc. Illinois Northwestern University Legal Clinic Poverty Law Project Prairie State Legal Services Pro Bono Advocates SSI Coalition for a Responsible Safety Net Uptown People s Law Center U.S. Dep t of Education Office Civil Rights U.S. Dep tof Health & Human Service - Office of Civil Rights U.S. Dep t of Justice Disability Rights Sec U.S. Department of Labor Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Women s Bar Association of Illinois LUNG AND BREATHING American Lung Association Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America

17 40. MEDICAL SERVICES Children s Memorial Hospital Howard Brown Health Center Human Resources Development Institute Illinois Citizens for Better Care Illinois Department of Public Health Institute on Disability & Human Development Univ. Affiliated Programs Little City Foundation Muscular Dystrophy Association National Cancer Institute Pathways Center Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Schwab Rehabilitation Visiting Nurse Association MENTAL HEALTH Ada S. McKinley Community Services, Inc The Ark Bobby E. Wright Mental Health Center Center for Learning/National Louis Univ Chicago Department of Public Health Guardianship and Advocacy Commission Human Resources Development Institute Illinois Department of Human Services - Office of Mental Health Independence Center Institute on Disability & Human Development University Affiliated Program (UAP) Little Friends, Inc Mandel Legal Aid Clinic Univ. of Chicago Nat l Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Illinois Nat l Depressive Manic Depressive Assoc Niles Township Sheltered Workshop Pilsen Little Village Community Mental Health Center Recovery, Inc Thresholds Trilogy, Inc

18 42. MENTAL RETARDATION - see Developmental Disability 43. MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS National Multiple Sclerosis Society National Multiple Sclerosis Society Greater Chicago Chapter Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY Muscular Dystrophy Association Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago PARKINSON S DISEASE American Parkinson s Disease Association Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago PHYSICAL DISABILITY AND AMPUTATION Access Living Ada S. McKinley Community Services, Inc Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ALS Assoc American Access Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation Amputee s Service Association (A.S.A.) Boy Scouts of America-Chicago Area Canine Helpers for the Disabled Chicago Park District Chicago Public Library - Illinois Library for the Blind and Disabled Chrysler Corporation - Physically Challenged Assistance Program Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities in IL Design for Independent Living, Inc Division of Specialized Care for Children Easter Seals Illinois Department of Human Services Institute on Disability & Human Development University Affiliated Program (UAP)

19 Little Friends, Inc Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of Illinois National Center for Latinos with Disabilities Paralyzed Veterans of America Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Schwab Rehabilitation Center POLIO AND POST-POLIO SYNDROME March of Dimes Post-Polio Support Group Christ Hospital Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago PUBLIC ACCESS - see Architecture 49. PUBLICATIONS AND PUBLISHERS Accent on Living American Bar Association Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law American Council for the Blind American Foundation for the Blind, Inc Amputee s Service Association (A.S.A.) Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) City of Chicago Department on Aging City of Chicago Mayor s Office for People with Disabilities Council for Disability Rights H.A.N.D.S. Organization HEATH Resource Center Illinois Assistive Technology Project Illinois Secretary of State Department of Senior and Community Service National Braille Press National Information Center for Children and Youth With Handicaps National Institute on Aging National Lekotek Center Paralyzed Veterans of America Poverty Law Project

20 Recording for the Blind Resources for Rehabilitation Test Positive Aware Network RECREATION see Arts and Recreational Services 51. RESPITE CARE - see Homecare/Homebound Services and Respite Services 52. RETARDATION - see Developmental Disability 53. SICKLE CELL ANEMIA Sickle Cell Disease Association SPECIAL SERVICES Abledata Access Living American Access Canine Helpers for the Disabled Chicago Hearing Society Chicago Public Library - Illinois Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Circuit Breaker City of Chicago Department on Aging City of Chicago Fire Dept. Public Education Division of Specialized Care for Children Good Shepard Center Illinois Comprehensive Health Insurance Program (ICHIP) Illinois Secretary of State Department of Senior and Community Service Institute on Disability & Human Development University Affiliated Program (UAP) National Lekotek Center Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Starlight Children s Foundation

21 55. SPEECH DISABILITIES & SPEECH THERAPY American Speech-Language-Hearing Assoc Center for Speech and Language Disorders Chrysler Corporation - Physically Challenged Assistance Program Circuit Court of Cook Co. - TTY Numbers Easter Seals HiTec Group International, Inc Illinois Relay Center Nat l Assoc. for Hearing and Speech Action Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Schwab Rehabilitation Center Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc SPINA BIFIDA Illinois Spina Bifida Association Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago SPINAL INJURY - see Head or Spinal Injury 58. SPORTS - see Arts and Recreational Services 59. STROKES Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Schwab Rehabilitation Center STUDENT SERVICES Archdiocese of Chicago Associated Talmud Torahs-P Tach Center for Disability and Elder Law Center for Learning/National Louis Univ Center for Special Education Technology City Colleges of Chicago Clearbrook Center Columbia College

22 Council for Disability Rights Designs for Change Educational Tape Recording for the Blind Equip for Equality, Inc ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education Family Resource Center on Disabilities Family T.I.E.S. Network Good Shepard Center HEATH Resource Center Illinois Department of Human Service - Help Me Grow Helpline Illinois Early Child Intervention Clearinghouse Illinois School for the Deaf Learning Disability Association of Illinois Little Friends Mau-Glo School, Inc National Center for Latinos with Disabilities National Information Center for Children and Youth With Handicaps (NICHY) Northwestern University Legal Clinic Oak/Leyden Developmental Services, Inc Park Lawn Services Phillip J. Rock Center and School U.S. Dept. of Education Office Civil Rights Voices for Illinois Children SUBSTANCE ABUSE Human Resources Development Institute Illinois Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Lifeline, Inc Nat l Org. on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Pilsen Little Village Community Mental Health Center Serenity House SUPPORT SERVICES & SUPPORT GROUPS Access Living

23 Ada S. McKinley Community Services, Inc AIDS Foundation of Chicago American Brain Tumor Association Amputee s Service Association (A.S.A ARC of Illinois ARC of the United States The Ark Association House of Chicago BEHIV (Better Existence with HIV) Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Metro Chicago Canine Helpers for the Disabled Catholic Charities Center for Enriched Living Chicago Club of the Deaf Chicago Women s AIDS Project City of Chicago Department on Aging Division of Specialized Care for Children Easter Seals Feingold Path of Illinois Goodwill Industries Hemophilia Foundation of Illinois Howard Brown Health Center Illinois Department of Human Services Illinois Department of Human Services Help Me Grow Helpline Lutheran Social Services of Illinois March of Dimes Nat l Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Illinois National Association for Down Syndrome National Center for Latinos with Disabilities Office of Human Services (Village of Skokie) Open Hand Chicago Paralyzed Veterans of America Pathways Center Recovery, Inc Schwab Rehabilitation Center Test Positive Aware Network Visiting Nurse Association

24 Y-ME Breast Cancer Support Program TECHNOLOGY - see Assistive Technology 64. TOURETTE SYNDROME see Speech Disabilities 65. TRANSPORTATION & TRAVEL INFORMATION Access Living ADC Services Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) Art s Special Service ASC Wheelchair Transportation Chicago Transit Authority Chrysler Corporation - Physically Challenged Assistance Program City of Chicago Department on Aging Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities in IL Freedom Driving Aids, Inc New Ability, Inc Progress Center for Independent Living Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Schwab Rehabilitation Center SCR Medical Transportation VISUAL IMPAIRMENT American Blind Skiing Foundation American Council for the Blind American Foundation for the Blind Blind Service Association, Inc Blinded Veterans Association Canine Helpers for the Disabled Carroll Center for the Blind Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind Chicago Public Library - Illinois Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Chicagoland Radio Information Service, Inc City of Chicago Department on Aging Educational Tape Recording for the Blind

25 Field Museum of Natural History Foundation Fighting Blindness Guild for the Blind Hadley School for the Blind Helen Keller National Center International Association of Lions Club Jewish Braille Institute of America Johanna Bureau for the Blind and Visually Handicapped, Inc National Braille Press National Lekotek Center Phillip J. Rock Center and School Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic VOCATIONAL TRAINING & ASSISTANCE Ada S. McKinley Community Services, Inc Association House of Chicago C.A.L.O.R Chicago Association for Retarded Citizens Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind Christ Hospital and Medical Center Clearbrook Center Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities-Illinois Council for Disability Rights Goodwill Industries Habilitation Systems Illinois Department Human Services - Office of Rehabilitation Services Jewish Vocational Service Job Accommodation Network (JAN) Lambs Farm Little City Foundation Little Friends, Inc Niles Township Sheltered Workshop Oak/Leyden Developmental Services, Inc Over the Rainbow Association Paralyzed Veterans of America

26 President s Committee on Employment of Persons with Disabilities Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Rehabilitation Services Administration Schwab Rehabilitation Center Seguin Services Spectrum Vocational Thresholds U.S. Department of Labor B. TOLL-FREE/HOTLINE NUMBERS 1. City of Chicago Hotlines: Aging (312) Aldermanic Information (312) Building Complaints (312) Chicago Domestic Abuse (312) Chicago Public Library (312) Commission on Human Relations (312) Department of Health (312) Fair Housing Discrimination (312) Homeless Hotline (800) Public Benefits Hotline (888) Rape Victim Emergency Assistance (312) State of Illinois: Illinois Attorney General s Office Consumer Hotline (800) Disability Rights Bureau (312) Healthcare Bureau (877) Violent Crime Victims (800) Illinois Department of Children & Family Services Adoption Information Center (800) Child Abuse & Neglect Hotline (800) Child Care Information (733) Foster Parenting Information (800) 624-KIDS To register a complaint about DCFS (800) TTY Child Abuse & Neglect (800)

27 llinois Department of Commerce/Community Affairs Energy Hotline (800) Occupational Safety and Health Act (800) Small Business Hotline (800) Illinois Department of Human Services Child Support Action Line (800) Fraud & Abuse Hotline (800) Medicaid Complaint Inquiry (800) Medicaid Fraud Line (800) (800) TTY Medicare Complaint Line (800) Medicare Information Line (800) (800) TTY Office of the Inspector General (800) Public Inquiries (800) Illinois Department of Public Health AIDS Hotline (800) AID-AIDS Cancer Research Center Hotline (800) Central Complaint Registry (800) Connection Resource Services, Inc. (847) Elder Abuse (800) Hearing Aid Action Hotline (800) Sexually Transmitted Diseases (800) Women Children & Infant Care (800) Illinois Department of Rehabilitation Services Disabled Individuals Assistance Line (800) Illinois Emergency Management Agency (800) Illinois Equal Employment Opportunity Commission General questions (800) Job Accommodation Network (800) Publications (800) Joint Commission on Accreditation (800) Secretary of State Senior Citizen s Hotline (800)

28 C. ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF AGENCIES ABLEDATA 8401 Colesville Road, Suite 200 Silver Spring, MD Voice: (800) Fax: (301) TTY: (301) Website: Database of more than 23,000 listings on assistive technology for persons with disabilities. Sign language and Braille or large print are available on request. ABRAHAM LINCOLN CENTER 3858 South Cottage Grove Avenue Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) TDD: (312) President: Jesse D. Madison Treatment programs for people who are developmentally and physically disabled and between the ages of 3 to 21. Also after school and day care, as well as residential respite sites, serving people with disabilities ages 3 to 21. ACADEMIC SOFTWARE, INC. 331 West Second Street Lexington, KY Voice: (800) Sales (606) Main Office Fax: (606) [email protected] Specializes in assistive technology and computer access for children and adults with disabilities and health professionals who work with them. Designs and distributes custom software and hardware products for educational research and assistive technology communities. 28

29 ACCENT ON LIVING MAGAZINE P.O. Box 700 Bloomington, IL Voice: (309) or (800) Fax: (309) Website: Published since 1956, quarterly magazine presents ideas, news and information for, by and about people with disabilities. ACCESS LIVING-CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING 614 West Roosevelt Road Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Center for independent living for people with any disability residing in the City of Chicago. Non-residential. Two attorneys on staff provide advocacy in these areas: domestic violence and sexual assault; housing discrimination, including compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and civil rights issues; immigration; landlord/tenant issues; public benefits (PA/Medicaid/Medicare); Social Security. Intake hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Sign language and Braille or large print are available. Interpreters for Spanish are also available. ADA S. MCKINLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC. 725 South Wells Street, Suite 1-A Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) Website: Ex. Dir.: George Jones, Jr. Provides assistance to people who are financially disadvantaged and disabled in finding and pursuing paths for a healthy and productive life at 37 sites in the Chicagoland area. Offers vocational services, foster care and adoption services, alternative schools, educational assistance and placement, counseling and residential homes. Intake hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Some sites have interpreters available. 29

30 ADC SERVICES, INC. 15 West Fullerton Avenue Addison, IL Voice: (630) Fax: (630) Evaluation, modification and custom conversion of personal and commercial vehicles, homes and commercial buildings to accommodate persons with disabilities. Offers consultation and management services for persons with long or short-term disabilities. AIDS CARE, INC. 315 West Barry Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) Website: Admin.: Adrienne Drobny Long term housing for couples, gays, singles and straights living with HIV/AIDS. Continuum of care through personal physicians and outside agencies. Case management and food provided. Clothing, basic necessities, pastoral care and counseling provided through linkages with outside providers. AIDS FOUNDATION OF CHICAGO 411 South Wells, Suite 300 Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Website: Ex. Dir.Mark Ishaug Provides funding for HIV care and education programs in community based agencies; advocates for sound HIV-related public policy and increased support for HIV care and prevention efforts; information and referral service and case management coordinator. 30

31 AIDS LEGAL COUNCIL OF CHICAGO 188 W. Randolph Street, Suite 2400 Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Provides free legal advice and services to persons living in Cook County with HIV or AIDS, their companions and families on issues related to HIV and AIDS. Legal services are provided in the following areas: employment, housing, accessibility, transportation discrimination relating to HIV/AIDS discrimination; wills and estate planning; public benefits (PA/Medicaid/Medicare); Social Security; bankruptcy and confidentiality issues. There is a $20,000 income cap. Sign language and Braille or large print are available. Interpreters for Spanish are also available. ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL ASSOCIATION FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING National Office 2000 M Street, N.W., Suite 310 Washington, DC Voice: (202) Fax: (202) TTY: (202) [email protected] Website: Organization for parents of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Offers support groups and information. Call national office to obtain current Illinois Chapter president. ALZHEIMER S ASSOCIATION National Headquarters Greater Chicagoland Chapter: 4709 Golf Road, Suite 1015 Skokie, IL Voice: (888) or (847) Helpline: (847) Fax: (847) Website: 31

32 Nationwide chapters provide information on Alzheimer s Disease and caregiving issues. The national headquarters can refer interested parties to their local chapters which provide support groups and other resources. Interpreters for Spanish are available. AMC CANCER INFORMATION & COUNSELING HOTLINE Voice: (800) Hotline staffed by trained counselors who provide understanding and support for patients with cancer; information on the causes and prevention of cancer; methods of detection and diagnosis; treatment and treatment facilities; rehabilitation and counseling. Provides publications on cancer and referral to local sources. AMERICAN ACCESS th Place, #400 Kenosha, WI Voice: (800) Fax: (847) For profit organization that sells and installs chair lifts and wheelchair lifts for residential and commercial buildings. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED PERSONS (AARP) MIDWEST REGIONAL OFFICE 8750 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue, Suite 600 Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) TTY: (773) Website: Non-profit membership association which helps persons age 50 and older to help themselves and their communities through programs such as Health Education, Crime Prevention, Tax-Aide, 55 Alive/Mature Driving, Consumer Affairs, Widowed Persons Service, Institute of Lifetime Learning, Intergenerational Programs and Legislative Advocacy. Services include: educational programs or materials, advocacy, fundraising, social activities, newsletter and written information. 32

33 AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION COMMISSION ON MENTAL AND PHYSICAL DISABILITY LAW th Street, N.W., 9 th Fl. Washington, DC Voice: (202) Fax: (202) TTY: (202) Website: Offers publications on mental and physical disability law. AMERICAN BLIND SKIING FOUNDATION 610 South William Mount Prospect, IL Voice: (847) Instructs and promotes downhill and cross country skiing for individuals who are blind. Operates from first Sunday in January through the middle of March, snow conditions permitting. Braille or large print are available on request. AMERICAN BRAIN TUMOR ASSOCIATION 2720 River Road, Suite 146 Des Plaines, IL Voice: (847) Patient Line: (800) Fax: (847) [email protected] Website: Services include more than 20 publications which address brain tumors, their treatment and strategies for coping with the disease appropriate for a variety of age groups. Provides free social service consultants by telephone; national symposia and regional town meetings for patients and their families; mentorship program for new brain tumor support group leaders; a nationwide database of established support groups; a resource listing of physicians offering investigative treatments; the Connections pen-pal program; and an award-winning Internet site, Intake: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Time, Monday through Friday. 33

34 AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY-ILLINOIS DIVISION National Headquarters: Voice: (800) ACS-2345 Website: Batavia-Fox Valley Office 11 East Wilson Street, Batavia, IL Voice: (630) Fax: (630) Chicago Area Office 77 East Monroe Street, 12 th Floor, Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) Collinsville-Metro East Area Office 118 South Seminary Street, Collinsville, IL Voice: (618) Fax: (618) Evanston-North Shore Area Office 820 Davis Street, Suite 206A, Evanston, IL Voice: (847) Fax: (847) Glen Ellyn-DuPage County Office 999 N. Main Street, Glen Ellyn, Illinois Voice: (630) Fax: (630) Highland Park-Lake County Office 777 Central Avenue, Highland Park, IL Voice: (847) Fax: (847) Marion Southern Area Office 805 West DeYoung Street, Marion, IL Voice: (618) Fax: (618)

35 Palatine-Northwest Cook Office 100 W. Palatine Road, #100, Palatine, IL Voice: (847) Fax: (847) Peoria-West Central Office 711 West Crestwood Drive, Peoria, IL Voice: (309) Fax: (309) Riverside Office 7234 West Ogden Avenue, S, Riverside, IL Voice: (708) Fax: (708) Rockford-Northern Office 850 North Church Street, Rockford, IL Voice: (815) Fax: (815) Rock Island Northwest Area Office 3727 Blackhawk Road, Rock Island, IL Voice: (309) Fax: (309) Savoy-Eastern Area Office 1810 Woodfield Drive, Suite 100, Savoy, IL Voice: (217) Fax: (217) Springfield-Western Area Office 1305 Wabash, Suite J, Springfield, IL Voice: (217) Fax: (217) Tinley Park-Prairie Land Office 6720 West 167 th Street, Suite 3, Tinley Park, IL Voice: (708) Fax: (708)

36 Using education and research, aims to prevent and eventually eradicate cancer. By contacting the Chicago office, you can be referred to one of 18 area offices in Illinois. Interpreters for Spanish are available. AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF ILLINOIS (ACLU) 180 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 2300 Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) Website: Provides legal representation in civil liberties and civil rights matters which present significant issues or affect a large number of people. AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR THE BLIND th Street, N.W., Suite 1004 Washington, DC Voice: (800) or (202) Fax: (202) [email protected] Website: Membership organization comprised of persons who are blind throughout the United States. Addresses legislative issues, provides information on vision loss and technology, offers a free magazine in Braille, on halfspeed cassettes and large print formats. Provides referrals and a resource list. Interpreters for Spanish are available. AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION National Headquarters 1701 N. Beauregard Street Alexandria, VA Voice: (800) DIABETES or (800) Website: Northern Illinois 30 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 2015, Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312)

37 Non-profit health organization which raises money for research and education programs. Maintains an advocacy program. Provides camping opportunity for children with diabetes. Legal services are provided in the following areas: employment discrimination and insurance issues. Interpreters for Spanish are available. AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND 11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300 New York, NY Voice: (212) or (800) AFB-LINE Fax: (212) TDD: (212) Website: Midwest Office 401 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 308 Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) Resource for people who are blind and visually impaired. Produce talking books for people who are blind. The national headquarters has consumer products for people who are blind and visually impaired. Provides publications, research and referral services. AMERICAN HEARING IMPAIRED HOCKEY ASSOCIATION, INC West Lake Street, Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Provides hockey activities for youth who are hearing impaired. Sign language is available. AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION National Headquarters 7272 Greenville Avenue 37

38 Dallas, TX Voice: (800) Website: Chicago Office 208 South LaSalle Street, Suite 900, Chicago, IL Voice: (312) or (800) Fax: (312) Rockford Office 5192 Harrison Avenue, Rockford, IL Voice: (815) or (800) Fax: (815) Springfield Office 2501 Chatham Road, Suite 210, Springfield, IL Voice: (217) or (800) Fax: (217) Westmont Office 801 N. Cass Avenue, Suite 102, Westmont, IL Voice: (630) Fax: (630) Provides information and educational materials about heart disease and prevention strategies. The Heart Steps Program helps groups start a walking program. In the Heart Smart Program, a nutritionist gives advice on healthy eating. Conducts an annual Heart Healthy Recipe Contest. AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION National Headquarters: 1740 Broadway New York, NY Voice: (212) Website: American Lung Association of Illinois 3000 Kelly Lane Springfield, IL Voice: (800) LUNGUSA or (217) [email protected] 38

39 American Lung Association of Metropolitan Chicago 1440 West Washington Street Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) Call and your call will be routed to your local chapter. Undertakes education, research and advocacy on lung disease issues. Braille or large print are available. Interpreters for Spanish are available. AMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOCIATION, INC. National Headquarters 1250 Hyland Boulevard, Suite 4B Staten Island, NY Voice: (718) or (800) Fax: (718) Website: Midwest Chapter 2050 Pfingsten Road, #127 Glenview, IL Voice: (847) Aims to improve the lives of patients with Parkinson s Disease and their family members through education to increase public awarenes AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION Rockville Pike Rockville, MD Voice: (800) or (301) TTY: (800) , extension 4157 or (301) Fax: (877) Ensures access to quality care through information and referral about child and adult communication disorders. AMPUTEES SERVICE ASSOCIATION 4801 W. Montrose Chicago, IL Voice: (773)

40 Support group, outreach and visitation for new amputees. Publishes a newsletter and provides information, education and recreational services to speed amputees integration into the community. The organization accepts donations of clothing to be sold with the proceeds going directly to the organization. A $15 per year membership is appreciated but not required. Interpreters for Spanish and German are available. AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL OFFICE Argoura Road, Suite 150 Calabasas Hills, CA Voice: (800) or (818) Fax: (818) Website: Research and information regarding ALS (Lou Gehrig Disease). Call for referral to your local chapter. THE ARC OF ILLINOIS 1820 Ridge Road, Suite 300 Homewood, IL Voice: (708) Fax: (708) Website: The ARC of Illinois is committed to empowering persons with disabilities to achieve full participation in community life through informed choices. THE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES National Headquarters: 1010 Wayne Avenue, Suite 650 Silver Spring, MD Voice: (301) Fax: (301) [email protected] Website: The nation s largest volunteer organization solely devoted to improving the lives of all children and adults with mental retardation and their 40

41 families. Also fosters research and education regarding the prevention of mental retardation in infants and young children. More than 100 publications and videos on research, employment, prevention, family and organizational issues. Large print is available. ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO OFFICE OF CATHOLIC EDUCATION Website: Schools for children and young adults with disabilities: Bartlett Learning Center 801 West Bartlett Road, Bartlett, IL Voice: (630) Serves special children and adult age 3 to 21 who are educable mentally retarded, have learning disabilities and have a behavior disorder. Children of Peace (Holy Trinity School for the Deaf) 1900 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Serves children with hearing impairments and hearing children age 3 to grade 8. St. Mary of Providence 4200 North Austin Street, Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) Co-educational program for the developmentally disabled age 3 to 21. Program lasts 11 months. St. Rose Center for Developmentally Disabled 4911 South Hoyne Street, Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) Provides educational programs for people with developmental disabilities. ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRI- ERS COMPLIANCE BOARD (Also Know as the The Access Board) 1331 F Street, N.W., Suite 1000 Washington, DC

42 Voice: (202) or (800) Fax: (202) TTY: (202) or (800) Website: Government agency with authority to draft accessibility guidelines for commercial and other public facilities. Publishes numerous booklets. A publication list is available by request. Braille and large print are available upon request. THE ARK 6450 North California Avenue Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) Website: Provides various services to the indigent in the Chicago area including: social services; crisis intervention; counseling; and medical, dental and pharmacy services. Also offers rehabilitation services for adults who are chronically mentally ill. Legal services are provided in the following areas: some criminal matters; will preparation; some public benefits (PA/Medicaid/Medicare) matters; Social Security, including SSI and SSDI. To obtain ongoing services, you must be Jewish. Interpreters for Yiddish, Russian and Hebrew are available. ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION Greater Chicago Chapter 303 East Wacker Drive, Suite 300 Chicago, IL Voice: (800) or (312) Fax: (312) [email protected] Website: Greater Illinois Chapter 2621 N. Knoxville Avenue Peoria, IL Voice: (309) or (800) Fax: (309)

43 Website: Provides public and patient education, exercise programs, self-help courses, support groups, seminars, speakers bureau and networking luncheons in the following nine counties: Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties in Illinois; and Lake and Porter counties in Indiana. There is a fee for some services. Interpreters for Spanish are available. ART S SPECIAL SERVICE 950 West 45 th Street Chicago, IL Voice: (800) or (773) TTY: (773) Provides lift buses and other transportation for persons with disabilities. To obtain services, you must be certified by the Chicago Transit Authority. To obtain an application for certification, call (312) ASC WHEELCHAIR TRANSPORTATION Voice: (773) Fax: (773) Provides non-emergency transportation 24 hours a day. Cost is $30 base rate plus $2.50 per mile plus $12 for an extra attendant. Accepts Public Aid and credit cards for payment. Please note that wide wheelchairs cannot be accommodated and oxygen is not provided. Interpreters for Spanish, Polish and Arabic are available. ASI 2619 West Armitage Street, Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) [email protected] Provides home care services for persons with disabilities. Intake hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Interpreters for Spanish are available. ASSOCIATED HOUSE OF CHICAGO 2150 West North Avenue 43

44 Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) North Kedzie Avenue Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) Provides educational and vocational counseling for all individuals. Offers supported living for adults with disabilities. Also provides developmental training, case management and respite services. Sign language is available. Interpreters for Spanish are available. ASSOCIATED TALMUD TORAHS P TACH 2828 West Pratt Boulevard Chicago, IL Voice: (847) Fax: (847) Provides a day school program for students with learning disabilities. ASTHMA AND ALLERGY FOUNDATION OF AMERICA th Street, N.W., #402 Washington, DC Voice: (800) 7-ASTHMA Fax: (202) [email protected] Website: Provides education about asthma and allergies, including food allergies. Offers emotional support and support groups for parents, pre-teens, teens and adults with asthma and allergies. Call for information concerning local Illinois support groups. ATTENTION DEFICIT INFORMATION NETWORK INC. 475 Hillside Avenue Needham, MA Voice: (781) Fax: (781) [email protected] 44

45 Website: A not-for-profit, national organization which provides information, materials and support for those persons (children and adults) whose lives have been affected by attention deficit disorder. Provides printed informational materials, related referrals and referrals to local support groups. AUTISM SOCIETY OF ILLINOIS 2200 South Main Street, Suite 317 Lombard, IL Voice: (630) Fax: (630) [email protected] Website: Dedicated to the education, welfare and cure of children and adults with severe disorders of communication and behavior. Provides quarterly newsletter Promise, referrals to local chapters and to appropriate evaluators and related organizations, and current information on relevant state and federal legislation. Holds annual meetings (chapters hold monthly meetings), sends out educational materials and is available to provide information about autism. BEHIV (BETTER EXISTENCE WITH HIV) P.O. Box 5171 Evanston, IL Voice: (847) Fax: (847) Website: Counseling for individuals and groups; comprehensive case management; support for family, friends and caregivers; housing assistance; education programs BENE SHALOM OF THE DEAF 4435 W. Oakton Street Skokie, IL Voice: (847) Fax: (847) TTY: (847) [email protected] 45

46 Website: Synagogue for people who are deaf and hearing impaired. A senior citizens group meets for lunch on the first and third Wednesday of each month. Sign language is available. Some Braille resources are available. Interpreters for Hebrew are available. BIG BROTHERS-BIG SISTERS OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO 28 East Jackson Boulevard, Suite 1800 Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) [email protected] Website: Provides one-on-one mentor program for children in Cook County age 7 to 13 years old. Accepts all children, including those with physical and mental disabilities. Intake hours are from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Interpreters for Spanish are available. BLIND SERVICE ASSOCIATION, INC. 22 West Monroe Street, 11 th Floor Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) Provides reading services, tape recordings, one-on-one career counseling and support groups to people are legally blind. Many materials are available on cassette tape or in large print. BLINDED VETERANS ASSOCIATION 477 H Street, N.W. Washington, DC Voice: (202) Fax: (202) [email protected] Website: National advocacy organization representing veterans who are legally blind in matters pending before the U.S. Congress and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Provides information for veterans who are legally blind 46

47 regarding the services available to them. Many materials are available on cassette tape or in large print. BOBBY E. WRIGHT MENTAL HEALTH CENTER 9 South Kedzie Avenue Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) TTY: (773) Provides comprehensive mental health treatment for children, adolescents, adults and seniors; outpatient programs; community day treatment; arrangement for long and short term hospitalization; developmental disabilities programs; case coordination; day training; residential placements; respite services; and a comprehensive alcoholism and substance abuse program. BONAVENTURE HOUSE 825 W. Wellington Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) Licensed supportive residence for people with AIDS and case management services. BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA-CHICAGO AREA COUNCIL 1218 West Adams Street Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) Website: Scouting for People with Disabilities is a traditional scouting program for boys adapted for children with disabilities. The Champions program is a classroom curriculum for boys and girls that teaches life skills to children with various disabilities. There is a $7 registration fee per year. C.A.L.O.R W. Armitage Avenue Chicago, IL 47

48 Voice: (773) Fax: (773) TTY: (773) Case management and support groups for Spanish-speaking HIV affected clients. Also offers employment placement services. CANINE HELPERS FOR THE DISABLED Ridge Road Lockport, NY Voice: (716) TTY: (716) Trains dogs to assist people who are blind and who also have physical disabilities. Resources in large print are available. CARROLL CENTER FOR THE BLIND 770 Centre Street Newton, MA Voice: (800) or (617) Fax: (617) Website: Rehabilitation services for people who are blind. Services include job placement program, assistive technology, educational and computer services, low vision services, community mobility training, and a program welcoming international teachers and students. Braille and large print are available. CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO 126 N. Des Plaines Street Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Website: In-home counseling, case management, information and referral, basic human needs such as shelter, clothing, and housing subsidies. 48

49 CATHOLIC OFFICE OF THE DEAF 721 N. LaSalle Street Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Serves people who are deaf and hearing impaired and their families in Cook and Lake counties. Provides information and referrals, religious services for deaf Catholics and social activities. Sign language is available. Interpreters for Spanish and French are available. CENTER FOR DISABILITY & ELDER LAW 710 North Lake Shore Drive, 3 rd Floor Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Free legal services for elderly who are residents of Chicago and people with disabilities in Cook County. CENTER FOR ENRICHED LIVING 280 Saunders, Riverwoods, IL Voice: (847) Fax: (847) [email protected] Website: Year round social enrichment and skill development center dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for youth, adults and senior citizens with developmental disabilities. CENTER FOR LEARNING/NATIONAL LOUIS UNIVERSITY 2840 Sheridan Road Evanston, IL Voice: (847) Ext Fax: (847) Psychological educational evaluations for children, adolescents, and adults. Individual counseling. 49

50 CENTER FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY/ COUNCIL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN 1110 N. Glebe Road, Suite 300 Arlington, VA Voice: (703) or (888) CEC-SPED Fax: (703) TTY: (703) Website: Offers information about the use of technology in special education nationwide. CENTER FOR SPEECH AND LANGUAGE DISORDERS 195 Spangler Avenue, Suite B Elmhurst, IL Voice: (630) Fax: (630) TTY: (630) Evaluation and therapy. Hearing and learning disability screening. Parenting training and support groups. CENTER ON DEAFNESS 3444 Dundee Road Northbrook, IL Voice: (847) Fax: (847) TTY: (847) Center on Deafness is a not for profit organization serving both students and adult clients who have hearin impairments and emotional or behavioral problems. Centerview School serves students ages Students may be day or residential students. Worksite and residential placements are also available for adults. Sign language and early intervention classes are also available. CHICAGO AREA INTERPRETER REFERRAL 36 S. Wabash Avenue, Suite 1100 Chicago, IL Voice: (312)

51 Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Receives and fulfills requests for sign language interpreters for all kinds of occasions and for various sign language needs. Also provides referrals for alternative auxiliary aids and communication assistance. General information and referral services. CHICAGO ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CITIZENS (CARC) 8 S. Michigan Avenue, Suite 1700 Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Website: Provides residential, vocational, job placement, foster care respite early intervention, ancillary, and special education services to people who are developmentally disabled and residing in Chicago. CHICAGO BAR ASSOCIATION LAWYER REFERRAL SERVICE 321 Plymouth Court Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Website: Refers callers to attorneys in Chicago and surrounding suburbs. $20 referral fee. Referral also made via Web site. CHICAGO BOTANICAL GARDEN 1000 Lake Cook Road Glencoe, IL Voice: (847) Fax: (847) TTY: (847) Website: 51

52 Approximately 400 acre public garden, accessible trails; programs; events. Open year round except Christmas day. Enabling garden renovation exhibit, outreach horticultural therapy program serving people with disabilities and older adults. CHICAGO CLUB OF THE DEAF 4221 W. Irving Park Road Chicago, IL Voice: (708) Fax: (773) TTY: (773) or (708) Social club, support groups, sports activities, special events/holiday, sign language courses, summer youth programs for people who are deaf and hard of hearing. CHICAGO COMMISSION ON HUMAN RELATIONS 740 N. Sedgewick, 3 rd Floor Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Website: The Chicago Commission on Human Relations is charged with enforcing the Chicago Human Rights and Fair Housing Ordinances which prohibit discrimination based on 13 protected categories including disability. The Commission also assists victims of hate crimes, provides anti-bias workshops, and resolves intergroup tensions. CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH Division of STD/HIV/AIDS 333 South State Street, Room 2135 Chicago, IL Voice: (312) City Hotline: (312) 747-AIDS Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Website: Referrals for HIV-related services; HIV testing, referral and partner no- 52

53 tification, HIV early intervention clinical services, case management, primary health care, education and prevention programs. CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH- NORTHTOWN, ROGERS PARK OFFICE 1607 W. Howard, 4 th Floor Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Outpatient mental health services for residents of Rogers Park. CHICAGO HEARING SOCIETY 2001 N. Clybourn Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) TTY: (773) [email protected] Web Page: Advocacy and case management for people who are deaf and hard of hearing. Victim assistance counselor for people who are deaf and hard of hearing and victims of crimes; sign language interpreter referral services, sign language classes, audiology clinic, preschool hearing and vision testing, youth program for youngsters and teens who are deaf and hard hearing. Fees vary by program; sliding fees scale for most services. CHICAGO HOUSE AND SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY 1925 N. Clybourn, Suite 401, Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) Permanent long-term housing for people living with HIV. Case management provided to clients in residence and community. CHICAGO LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW 100 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 600 Chicago, IL

54 Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Class action and law reform litigation in pursuit of equal treatment for all people, particularly in the area of employment, housing, hate crime and public accommodations discrimination, including those with disabilities. CHICAGO LEGAL CLINIC, INC. Central Office 2938 East 91 st Street, Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) Austin Circle Law Center 118 North Central Avenue, Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Pilsen Office 1909 South Ashland Avenue, Chicago, IL Roseland Office South Michigan Avenue, Suite 200, Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Provides general assistance in areas such as divorce, visitation, guardianship, bankruptcy, Social Security benefit claims, torts, wills/ estates, contracts, real estate closings and landlord/tenant disputes. CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND 1850 W. Roosevelt Road Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Website: A comprehensive private rehabilitation and education agency in Illinois specifically serving people who are blind or visually impaired, including 54

55 individuals with additional disabilities. The Lighthouse exists to create opportunities for children, youth, and adults through an array of programs options. CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT 425 E. McFetridge Road Chicago, IL General Park Information: (312) General TTY Line: (312) ADA Compliance Office: (312) Special Children s Program: (312) Therapeutic Recreation: (312) Therapeutic Recreation TTY: (312) Website: General and specialized programs for adults and children with disabilities in Chicago. Please check local park district for available programs. CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY/DEAF SERVICES PROJECT SULZER LIBRARY 4455 N. Lincoln Avenue Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) TTY: (773) Website: Captioned videocassettes for children and adults; special loan program for Telecaption II Adapters; Recreational/arts programs. CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY/ILLINOIS REGIONAL LIBRARY FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDI- CAPPED 1005 W. Roosevelt Road Chicago, IL (312) Captioned videocassettes for children and adults; special loan program for Telecaption II Adapters; Recreational/arts programs. 55

56 CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS OFFICE OF SPECIAL- IZED SERVICES 125 S. Clark, 8 th Floor Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) TTY: (773) Website: Ensures that every student has equal access to all programs and activities in the Chicago Public Schools, improves the achievement of students who are disabled, and have special needs through effective and innovative service delivery models which meet the needs of the individual learner and promote high standards and expectations; and prepares students for graduation and employment; and capitalizes on the resources of families, teachers and community. CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY Merchandise Mart Plaza P.O. Box 3555 Chicago, IL ADA Compliance Office Voice: (312) ext TTY: (888) Customer Service [email protected] Voice: (888) TTY: (888) Website: Paratransit Services 120 North Racine Avenue Chicago, IL Voice: (312) ex TTY: (312) Paratransit transportation for persons with disabilities in Chicago and suburbs, available 24 hours a day. 56

57 CHICAGO VOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES FOUNDATION 100 North LaSalle Street, Suite 900 Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) General civil legal services to individuals. No class action or impact litigation. CHICAGO WOMEN S AIDS PROJECT 5249 North Kenmore Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) Case management, family therapy, support groups for women with HIV/ AIDS, and therapy for children and teens of parents with HIV/AIDS. CHICAGOLAND RADIO INFORMATION SERVICES 77 E. Randolph Street, Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Web Page: ~ cmeans/cris.html CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER (CHADD) 8181 Professional Place, Suite 201, Landover, MD Voice: (301) or (800) Fax: (301) Website: National, not-for-profit, parent based organization which disseminates information on attention deficit disorders and provides referrals to local support groups. Provides educational materials, and a quarterly newsletter. CHILDREN S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL 2300 Children s Plaza Chicago, IL

58 Voice: (773) Fax: (773) TTY: (773) Website: Provides counseling, emergency services, information, referrals and medical and nursing services for children up to the age of 16. CHRIST HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER/VOCA- TIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT 4440 West 95 th Street Oak Lawn, IL Voice: (708) Fax: (708) TTY: (708) Provides vocational evaluation, vocational counseling, work adjustment training, job placement, follow-up services and case management to adults with disabilities. CHRISTOPHER REEVE PARALYSIS FOUNDATION (Merger of American Paralysis Association and Christopher Reeve Foundation) 500 Morris Avenue Springfield, NJ Voice: (800) Fax: (973) Website: CHRYSLER CORPORATION PHYSICALLY CHAL- LENGED ASSISTANCE CORPORATION Voice: (800) Fax: (248) Provides resource information about driver education. Per state listing of conversion companies. Consultations on physical needs. Database of manufactures in the U.S. and Canada. Rebate program with purchase of qualified Chrysler vehicle and qualified installation: adaptation must be medically required and on a new Chrysler automobile (current or immediate past model year). Rebate of up to $500 on cost of item. 58

59 CIRCUIT BREAKER P.O. Box Springfield, IL Voice: (800) Website: A state-funded program offering assistance on rent or property tax to people with disabilities. Also has financial assistance for certain medications (limited to heart, blood pressure, diabetes, and arthritis medications). CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY TTY Numbers: Adult Probation: (312) Public Guardian: (312) Social Services:(773) Traffic Court: (312) Website: CITY OF CHICAGO DEPARTMENT ON AGING 30 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 2320 Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) [email protected] Website: Central/West Senior Center 2102 W. Ogden, Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Cultural Center 78 E. Washington, Chicago, IL Voice: (312) TTY: (312) Information and Assistance Unit 121 N. LaSalle Street, Room 100, Chicago, IL

60 Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Northeast (Levy Center) Senior Center 2019 W. Lawrence, Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Northwest (Copernicus Center) Senior Center 3160 N. Milwaukee, Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Southeast (Atlas Center) Senior Center 1767 E. 79 th Street, Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Southwest Senior Center 6117 S. Kedzie, Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) CITY OF CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTION PUBLIC EDUCATION UNIT 1010 S. Clinton, Chicago, IL Voice: (312) or Fax: (312) TDD: (312) Website: Offers lectures and a registration program in Chicago on fire safety for people with disabilities. 60

61 CITY OF CHICAGO MAYOR S OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES 121 N. LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Website: Promotes total access, full participation, and equal opportunity for people of all ages with disabilities, in all aspects of life. Ensures compliance with accessibility laws in city facilities, public areas and projects. Investigates complaints and provides technical assistance and advice. Outreach services to disability support groups and technical assistance to public and private industry with regard to compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of Disability Awareness Training Seminars provided to organizations and employers upon request. Publishes Access Notes and Disability Advocacy Digest in English and Spanish and on tape. CITY COLLEGES OF CHICAGO SPECIAL NEEDS OFFICES 226 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Website: Seven colleges in the City Colleges of Chicago offer support services in educational/vocational programs to students with disabilities who are at least 18 years old. Services include sign language interpreters, note takers, test accommodations and adaptive technology. The colleges offering these services are: Kennedy-King College Special Needs Office 6800 South Wentworth Avenue, Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) Main: (773) Malcolm X College Special Needs Office 1900 West Van Buren Street, Chicago, IL

62 Voice: (312) Fax: (312) Main: (312) Olive-Harvey College Special Needs Office South Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) Harold Washington College Special Needs Office 30 East Lake Street, Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) Main: (312) Harry S. Truman College Special Needs Office 1145 West Wilson Avenue, Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) Main: (773) Richard J. Daley College Special Needs Office 7500 South Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) Main: (773) Wilbur Wright College Special Needs Office 4300 Narragansett Avenue, Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) Main: (773) CLEARBROOK CENTER 2800 W. Central Road Rolling Meadows, IL Voice: (847)

63 Fax: (847) TTY: (847) Not-for-profit organization providing education, vocational, and residential services to children and adults with developmental disabilities and their families. COALITION OF CITIZENS WITH DISABILITIES IN ILLINOIS 300 E. Monroe, Suite 100 Springfield, IL Voice: (800) or (217) Fax: (217) TTY: (800) or (217) Website: Promotes the advocacy and public awareness relating to the empowerment of people with disabilities. Over 1,200 members available statewide. Information available about local chapters. COLUMBIA COLLEGE/STUDENT SERVICES 600 S. Michigan Chicago, IL Voice: (312) TTY: (312) Columbia College has a support services office responsible for providing special services to students with disabilities. Columbia College also provides a sign-language interpreter training program. CONNECTION RESOURCE SERVICES, INC Green Bay Road, Bldg #5 North Chicago, IL Voice: (847) Fax: (847) [email protected] Affiliated with the United Way of Lake County. Serves Lake County residents primarily, provides free-of-charge programs which include: Crisis & Referral Hotline: (847) Student Hotline: (800)

64 PADS: (847) ext.103 PADS Resource Center:(847) ext 107 HELP: (847) ext. 113 COOK COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION Lawyer Referral Program 188 West Randolph, Suite 720 Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Provides referrals to private attorneys. COOK COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION COMMUNITY LAW PROJECT: 188 West Randolph, Suites 720 Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Centers for New Horizon 4150 South King Drive, Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fifth City Reformulation Corporation 3350 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Lillydale Progressive Missionary Baptist Church South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Rebecca K. Crown Community College 7601 South Phillips Avenue, Chicago, IL Voice: (773) The Community Law Project operates pro bono (free) legal clinics where low-income persons can receive legal advice, direct representation by an attorney, and/or referrals to attorneys on tenant/landlord problems, consumer fraud, family law and unemployment compensation benefits. COOK COUNTY COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS 69 W. Washington Street, Suites 2900 Chicago, IL

65 Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Website: The Commission enforces the Cook County Human Rights Ordinance by investigating, mediating and adjudicating complaints of discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations and credit transactions. COOK COUNTY LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION 828 Davis Street, Suite 201, Evanston, IL Voice: (708) Northern Suburbs/Evanston Voice: (847) TTY: (847) Southern Suburbs/Harvey Voice: (708) TTY: (708) Western Suburbs/Oak Park Voice: (708) TTY: (708) Provides legal counseling and representation for civil cases only, concentrating in the areas of public benefits, family law, landlord-tenant and subsidized housing, elder abuse, education, consumer, and collection defense. Spanish speaking staff available. COOK COUNTY STATES ATTORNEY S OFFICE-VIC- TIM/WITNESS ASSISTANCE UNIT 2650 S. California Avenue Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) TTY: (773) Website: Will notify of court dates, make counseling referrals, courtroom assistance, crisis intervention, orientation to criminal justice system, assistance preparing victim impact statements, wheelchair loan, 65

66 information on crime and homicide victims compensation and support groups. Serves all crime victims and witnesses as well as family members of murder victims in Chicago and Cook County. COORDINATED ADVICE AND REFERRAL PROGRAM FOR LEGAL SERVICES (CARPLS) 910 W. Van Buren, Suite 700 Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Website: CARPLS is a legal assistance hotline that provides advice and referrals to low-income residents of Cook County. Staffed directly by attorneys. Provides legal referrals. COUNCIL FOR DISABILITY RIGHTS 205 W. Randolph, Suites 1650 Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Website: Promotes human rights of persons with disabilities and their families. Offers a job preparation for placement service. The Council s newest project, Education Advocacy Services, provides legal advocacy to parents of children to obtain a free appropriate public education according to state and federal laws. Fees are charged on a sliding scale basis, according to family income and size. The Council also provides pro bono consultation once a month with an attorney who specializes in employment law; usually four client appointments are available. CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION-GREATER ILLINOIS CHAPTER 150 N. Michigan Avenue, Suites 410 Chicago, IL Voice: (312) or (800) Fax: (312)

67 Website: Provides information about support groups to parents of children with cystic fibrosis. Also telephone network in some groups. Services include: mutual aid, educational program or material, advocacy, telephone support, written information. DESIGNS FOR CHANGE 6 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1600 Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) [email protected] A not-for-profit organization which provides general and specific assistance and education materials for advocacy use by Illinois parents of children with disabilities. Staff provides technical assistance and support to ABLE (Advocates Behind Legal Education) Coalition which is a volunteer, self-help organization for parents, professionals and others interested in the education of children with disabilities. DESIGN FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING, INC N. Oakley Avenue Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) The Home Modifications Program assists persons in adapting their current dwelling for special needs, whether temporary or permanent. Design, consulting and remodeling for people with disabilities. DISABILITY RIGHTS EDUCATION AND DEFENSE FUND 2212 Sixth Street Berkeley, CA Voice: (510) or (800) ADA questions (voice and TDD) Fax: (510) TTY: (510) [email protected] Website: 67

68 The Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) is a national law and policy center dedicated to furthering the civil rights of people with disabilities. Managed and directed by people with disabilities and parents of children with disabilities, DREDF is a unique advocate for the rights of all people with disabilities. DREDF promotes the full integration of people with disabilities into the mainstream of society. DIVISION OF SPECIALIZED CARE FOR CHILDREN 1919 W. Taylor Chicago, IL Voice: (312) or (800) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Provides case management and financial assistance to eligible children with physical disabilities to facilitate necessary specialized care and other services they may require. DUPAGE BAR LEGAL AID SERVICE 126 South County Farm Road Wheaton, IL Voice: (630) Fax: 9630) TTY: (630) Website: (click on Legal & Related Links) Legal assistance to low income residents of DuPage County in the areas of family law and bankruptcy. Telephone screening are conducted Monday through Friday, 9 am to 12 pm only. EASTER SEALS National Headquarters 230 W. Monroe, Suite 1800 Chicago, IL Voice: (800) or (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) [email protected] Website: Information about local Easter Seals chapters can be provided upon request. 68

69 Easter Seals of DuPage Center 830 S. Addison Road Villa Park, IL Voice: (630) Fax: (630) TTY: (630) Outpatient physical, occupational, and speech-language therapy, audiology services, equipment loan, assistive technology evaluations, integrated day care program open to the community, sibling support group, transition group, and parent group. Easter Seals of Metropolitan Chicago 14 E. Jackson Boulevard, 9 th Floor Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Website: Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago is a multisite organization serving children and adults with disabilities. Programs include early intervention, Head Start, inclusive child care, a therapeutic day school, adaptive positioning, appointment ban, and sheltered workshop. EDUCATIONAL TAPE RECORDING FOR THE BLIND 3915 W. 103 rd Street, Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Educational tape recordings for students who are blind or who have a visual impairment. EPILEPSY FOUNDATION 4351 Garden City Drive, Suite 406 Landover, MD Voice: (800) or (301) Fax: (301) TTY: (800) Website: Request for Materials: (800)

70 National information and referral service for people with epilepsy, their families, and employers. Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago 20 E. Jackson, 13 th Floor Chicago, IL Voice: (312) or (800) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Direct services such as psychotherapy, counseling, in-services, advocacy and support groups for anyone living in Chicago area whose life is affected by epilepsy. Family, individual and group evaluation and counseling. Provides a placement service for job ready individuals, has a Job Club and individual vocational training. Epilepsy Services of Northeastern Illinois 1698 First Street Highland Park, IL Voice: (847) Fax: (847) Direct services such as psychotherapy, counseling, in-services, advocacy and support groups for anyone living in north suburban Lake and Cook counties whose life is affected by epilepsy. Family, individual and group evaluation and counseling. EQUIP FOR EQUALITY, INC. Northeastern Region 11 E. Adams, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL Voice: (312) or (800) Fax: (312) TTY: (800) Website: Northwestern Region 1612 Second Avenue, P.O. Box 3753, Rock Island, IL Voice: (309) or (800) Fax: (309) TTY: (309) or (800)

71 West Central Region 427 East Monroe, P.O. Box 276, Springfield, IL Voice: (217) or (800) Fax: (217) TTY: (217) or (800) By statute, the designated protection and advocacy agency in Illinois for people with physical and mental disabilities. Promotes the civil and human rights of people with disabilities while assisting them in understanding and asserting their rights, improving the laws, policies, and programs which affect them. Provides free legal services and self-advocacy assistance to people with disabilities in the areas of discrimination, assistive technology, special education, guardianship defense, abuse and neglect, and community integration. Publishes the Equalizer, a free, quarterly, informational newsletter and other self-advocacy publications. Provides self-advocacy training to people with disabilities and family members on topics including the Americans with Disabilities Act, special education, and guardianship and advance directives. ERIC CLEARINGHOUSE ON DISABILITIES AND GIFTED EDUCATION 1110 N. Glebe Road Arlington, VA Voice: (800) TTY: (800) [email protected] Website: One of 16 federally funded clearinghouses in the ERIC system, a nationwide information network sponsored by the US Department of Education Office of Educational Research and improvement and administered by the National Library of Education. It gathers and disseminates the professional literature, information and resources on the education and development of individuals of all ages who have disabilities and/or who are gifted. EXTENDED HOME LIVING SERVICES, INC Capitol Drive Wheeling, IL Voice: (847) Fax: (847)

72 Website: Provides affordable solutions that enable the aging and disabled to live and function independently, safely, and comfortably in any environment. Specializes in design modifications, product knowledge and implementation. FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER ON DISABILITIES 20 E. Jackson, Suite 900 Chicago, IL Voice: (312) or (800) Fax: (312) TTY: 9312) or (800) Provides advocacy, special education rights training; special consultation services and information/referral service. FAMILY T.I.E.S. NETWORK 830 S. Spring Street Springfield, IL Voice: (800) Fax: (217) Family T.I.E.S. is a Parent Training and Information Center, funded through IDEA and a grant from the Illinois Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities, along with Family Resource Center, Designs for Change and the National Center for Latinos with Disabilities, Inc. (Formerly Illinois Fiesta Educative). They provide training, support and educational advocacy through parent-to-parent connections. There are currently seven (7) Regional Support Centers. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION th Street, S.W. Washington, DC Voice: (202) or (888) Fax: (202) TTY: (202) or (888) [email protected] 72

73 Website: The FCC has responsibility for Title IV of the Americans with Disabilities Act. It enforces compliance with requirements of relay services and other means by which people with speech and hearing impairments may communicate via telephone and other services. 8:00 am - 4:00 pm M-F. FEINGOLD ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES 127 East Main Street, Suite 106 Riverhead, NY Voice: (631) or (800) Fax: (631) [email protected] Website: Support group for followers of Feingold program of diet management as treatment for hyperactive and/or behaviorally disabled; children, adults and persons of all ages with attention deficit disorder. Publishes Pure Facts Newsletter. FIBROMYALGIA SUPPORT GROUP (HIGHLAND PARK HOSPITAL) 718 Glenview Avenue Highland Park, IL Voice: (847) Fax: (847) Website: Provides support, resources, and education for Fibromyalgia sufferers. Family members participate on intermittent schedule by invitation. FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL Voice: (312) TDD: (312) Website: Place for Wonder is Braille-equipped hands-on-mini-museum. Museum is open daily 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Cost is $7.00 for adults and $4.00 for children ages 3-17, under 3 free. No admission fee on Wednesday. 73

74 FREEDOM DRIVING AIDS, INC W. Andrew Road Plainfield, IL Voice: (815) or (800) Fax: (815) TTY: (815) Website: For profit group converting vans with wheelchair lifts and hand controls; new and used vans for sale. FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS, THE Executive Plaza, Suite 800, McCormick Road Hunt Valley, MD Voice: (410) or (888) Fax: (410) TTY: (800) or (410) Website: Chicago Area Office (847) Research funding organization, providing, free of charge, disease specific information. The Foundation Fighting Blindness also publishes a newsletter six times a year. (Subscriptions are free of charge.) GIRL SCOUTS OF CHICAGO 222 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2120 Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) A not-for-profit organization dedicated to encouraging, challenging and supporting all girls, including those with disabilities. The purpose of girl scouting is to inspire girls with the highest ideals of character, conduct, patriotism and service that they may become happy and resourceful citizens. GOOD SHEPARD CENTER 74

75 220 Carroll Parkway Flossmoor, IL Voice: (708) Fax: (708) TTY: (708) Parent-infant early intervention programs serving ages birth to three years. Group based setting offering developmental and therapeutic services to residents of Cook County. GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SOUTHEASTERN MILWAUKEE AND METROPOLITAN CHICAGO, INC W. Van Buren Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Website: Not-for-profit employment and training center. Evaluation, case management, jobs training, and placement for persons with disabilities. GREAT LAKES DISABILITY AND BUSINESS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER 1640 Roosevelt Road, Room 405 Chicago, IL Voice: (800) Fax: (312) TTY: (800) The Great Lakes Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center (GLDBTAC) services the six-state Midwest region by providing information and technical assistance concerning the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 to people with disabilities and government and businesses. The Great Lakes DBTAC is one of the ten regional centers funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), a division of the Department of Education and part of the Institute on Disability and Human Development at the University 75

76 of Illinois at Chicago. GUARDIANSHIP AND ADVOCACY COMMISSION 160 N. LaSalle Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (708) TTY: (312) Website: An executive state agency created to safeguard the rights of persons with disabilities through three division programs - Office of State Guardian, Legal Advocacy Service, and Human Rights Authority. Investigates alleged rights violations against persons with disabilities. Information, referral, and legal representation in mental health court hearings. GUILD FOR THE BLIND 180 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 1700 Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) [email protected] Website: Consumer products center selling aids and appliances for people who are blind. Produces material in Braille and on tape; provides computer training in computer Braille and in use of a cane. HABILITATION SYSTEMS 415 S. Kilpatrick Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) [email protected] Website: Sheltered workshop. Vocational evaluation and training for people who are developmentally disabled. Infant development program. Day program available for children with disabilities. HADLEY SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND, THE 76

77 700 Elm Street Winnetka, IL Voice: (800) Fax: (847) Website: Single largest worldwide educator of adults with visual impairments. Over 90 courses available in braille, large print or on audiocassette. Program for parents of children who are blind. Also offers a high school diploma and college credits (CEUs). H.A.N.D.S. ORGANIZATION 2501 W. 103 rd Street Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) TTY: (773) [email protected] Advocacy for individuals who are deaf and hearing impaired; information and referrals; social and educational events; sign-language summer youth camp; monthly newsletter. HANSON CENTER 15 West th Street Burr Ridge, IL Voice: (630) Fax: (630) A member of the Gateway Special Recreation Association that offers a variety of recreation and leisure programs for individuals ages 3 and older in the arts, physical fitness, and horseback riding at a twelve-acre facility. New Horizons Group Respite program offers after school respite and a Saturday recreational program. HEARTLAND ALLIANCE (formerly Travellers and Immigrants Aid) 208 South LaSalle Street, Room 1818 Chicago, IL Voice: (312)

78 Fax: (312) Heartland Alliance, an agency addressing human needs and human rights. It is an anti-poverty, human rights organization that provides housing, healthcare and human services to impoverished Chicagoans, including people with disabilities. Through direct service and advocacy, it ensures that human needs are met and human rights are protected. HEATH RESOURCE CENTER One DuPont Circle NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC Voice: (202) or (800) Fax: (202) TTY: (202) or (800) Website: Offers free publications on a wide variety of topics regarding postsecondary education for persons with all types of disabilities. Provides information about and reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities and student responsibilities and rights. A clearinghouse relating to post-secondary education for persons with disabilities. HEBREW SEMINARY OF THE DEAF 4435 W. Oakton Street Skokie, IL Voice: (847) Fax: (847) TTY: (847) [email protected] Learning center for the Jewish Deaf to acquire the knowledge about their Jewish Heritage and culture. HELEN KELLER NATIONAL CENTER-NORTH CENTRAL REGIONAL nd Avenue, Suite 4 East Moline, IL Voice: (309) Fax: (309)

79 TTY: (309) Website: Regional Office for Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Provides consultation with agencies serving people who are deaf/blind and consultation with adults age 16 or older who are deaf/blind. Also provides information and referral services. HEMOPHILIA FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS 332 S. Michigan, Suite 1135 Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) Website: Hemophilia Foundation of Illinois was organized by families affected by hemophilia, a bleeding disorder which causes crippling arthritis because of hemorrhages into joints. Its purpose is to combine their resources for help with the medical, social, emotional, and financial stresses of the disorder. HITEC GROUP INTERNATIONAL, INC Madison Avenue Burr Ridge, IL Voice: (800) Fax: (630) TTY: (800) [email protected] Website: Dedicated to helping the world become more accessible by providing a full range of high quality assistive devices for people who have hearing, speech, vision and mobility disabilities. HIV COALITION (HIVCO) Website: Criss Circle, Elk Grove, IL Voice: (847) Fax: (847)

80 14730 Kilbourn, Midlothian, IL Voice: (708) Fax: (708) HIV/AIDS resource and referral information center; Hand-to Hand food program distributes non-perishables in Cook, Lake, McHenry and Kane counties. HOWARD BROWN HEALTH CENTER 4025 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) TTY: (773) Website: Outpatient health services, including STD and HIV testing. HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE, INC. 222 S. Jefferson Street Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) Website: Provides rehabilitation, alcohol and substance abuse, and mental health services to people with disabilities. Temporary residential facilities for individuals with mental health or substance problems. IIT/CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW Advice Desk First Municipal District 601 Daley Center Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) Website: Advice for pro se defendants and assists in filling out forms for eviction cases, contracts and torts not to exceed $10,000. Individuals seeking assistance must have a pending or completed lawsuit in the First Municipal District. 80

81 Legal Clinic and Tax Clinic 565 West Adams, Suite 600 Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) Website: Provides pro bono legal advice and representation to eligible low-income persons with a federal income tax before the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Tax Court or the District Court. All of these services are free of charge. The following types of cases are handled by attorneys for varying fees: criminal defense, immigration and employment discrimination. ILLINOIS ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG DEPENDENCE ASSOCIATION 937 S. 2 nd Street Springfield, IL Voice: (800) or (217) Fax: (217) [email protected] Website Referrals to treatment agencies in Illinois, information and referrals to agencies for prevention and training. ILLINOIS ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY PROJECT 1 W. Old State Capital Plaza, Suite 100 Springfield, IL Voice: (217) or (800) Fax: (217) TTY: (217) or (800) [email protected] Website: Consumer-responsive statewide program to promote assistive technology devices and services for persons of all ages with all disabilities. Information and referral service provides information about devices, where to obtain them, and the cost. ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF 81

82 st Avenue Moline, IL Website: Illinois Attorney General s Office Website: W. Randolph, 10 th Floor, Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) S. Second, Springfield, IL Voice: (217) Fax: (217) TTY: (217) The Illinois Association for the Deaf (IAD) is a non-profit corporation whose members are deaf and hard of hearing adults, parents of deaf or heard of hearing children and professionals in areas of service to deaf and hard of hearing individuals. The IAD strives to promote the social, educational, and economic welfare of the deaf and hard of hearing and to safeguard the civil rights of deaf and hard of hearing Illinois citizens. IAD organization is affiliated with the National Association of the Deaf. ILLINOIS CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING Access Living-Center for Independent Living 614 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Center for independent living for people with any disability residing in the City of Chicago. Central Illinois Center for Independent Living 614 West Glen, Peoria, IL Voice: (309) Fax: (309) TTY: (309) Website: Ex. Dir.: William Fielding 82

83 Serving Peoria, Fulton, Woodford and Tazewell counties. DuPage Center for Independent Living 739 Roosevelt Road, Bldg. 8, Suite 109, Glen Ellyn, IL Voice: (630) Fax: (630) TTY: (630) Ex. Dir.: Gregg R. Newberry Serving DuPage county. Fox Valley Center for Independent Living 730 B. West Chicago Street, Elgin, IL Voice: (847) Fax: (847) TTY: (847) Ex. Dir.: Cindy Ciancio-Wallace Serves residents of Kane, Kendall and McHenry counties. Illinois-Iowa Independent Living Center* th Street Rock Island, IL Voice: (309) or (309) Fax: (309) TTY: (309) or (309) Website: Ex. Dir.: Liz Sherwin Serving Henry, Mercer and Rock Island counties in Illinois and Clinton, Muscatine and Scott counties in Iowa. IMPACT-Center for Independent Living 2735 East Broadway, Alton, IL Voice: (618) Fax: (618) TTY: (618) Website: Ex. Dir.: Richard Goodwin 83

84 Serving Madison, Green, Bond, Jersey, Calhoun and Macoupin counties. Independence Network Center Durst Building, 406 North 24 th Street, Quincy, IL Voice: (217) Fax: (217) TTY: (217) Website: Ex. Dir.: Henry Murray Serving Adams, Pike, Brown, Schuyler, Hancock and McDonough counties. Jacksonville Area Center for Independent Living 60 East Central Park Plaza, Jacksonville, IL Voice: (217) Fax: (217) TTY: (217) Ex. Dir.: Rebecca McGinnis Serving Mason, Scott, Cass and Morgan counties. Lake County Center for Independent Living 377 N. Seymour, Mundelein, IL Voice: (847) Fax: (847) TTY: (847) Ex. Dir.: Lori Clark Serving Lake County. Living Independence for Everyone 2201 Eastland Drive, Suite 1, Bloomington, IL Voice: (309) or (888) LIFECIL Fax: (309) TTY: (309) Website: 84

85 Ex. Dir.: Gail Kear Serving DeWitt, Ford, Livingston and McLean counties. Living Independently Now Center for Independent Living 120 East A. Street, Belleville, IL Voice: (618) Fax: (618) TTY: (618) Ex. Dir.: John Laker Serving St. Clair, Monroe and Randolph counties. Northwestern Illinois Center for Independent Living st Avenue, Suite 2, Rock Falls, IL Voice: (815) Fax: (815) TTY: (815) [email protected] Ex. Dir.: Kathy Fischer Serving Carroll, Lee, Ogle, JoDaviess and Whiteside counties. Opportunities for Access 3300 Broadway, Suite 5, Mount Vernon, IL Voice: (618) Fax: (618) TTY: (618) [email protected] Ex. Dir.: Michael Egbert Serving Clinton, Jefferson, Marion, Washington and Wayne counties. Options Center for Independent Living 61 Meadowview Center, Kankakee, IL Voice: (815) Fax: (815) TTY: (815) [email protected] Ex. Dir.: Kathryn Jackson 85

86 Serving Kankakee and Iroquois counties. Persons Assuming Control of Their Environment 1317 East Florida Avenue, Urbana, IL Voice: (217) Fax: (217) TTY: (217) Ex. Dir.: Nancy McClellan-Hickey Serving Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Ford, Piatt and Vermilion counties. Progress Center for Independent Living 7521 Madison Street, Forest Park, IL Voice: (708) Fax: (708) TTY: (708) or (708) Ex. Dir.: Diane Coleman Serving Suburban Cook County. Rockford Access and Mobilization Project 202 Market Street, Rockford, IL Voice: (815) Fax: (815) TTY: (815) Ex. Dir.: Julie Bosma Serving Boone, DeKalb, Stephenson and Winnebago counties. Stone-Hayes Center for Independent Living 39 N. Prairie, Galesburg, IL Voice: (309) Fax: (309) TTY: (309) Website: Ex. Dir.: Catherine T. Holland 86

87 Serving Knox and Warren counties. Southern Illinois Center for Independent Living 100 North Glenview, Suite 103 Carbondale, IL Voice: (618) Fax: (618) TTY: (618) Ex. Dir.: Bonnie Vaughn Serving Franklin, Jackson, Perry and Williamson counties. Soyland Access for Independent Living 2545 Millikin Parkway, Suite 1305, Decatur, IL Voice: (217) Fax: (217) TTY: (217) Interim Dir.: Bill Kienzle Serving Macon, Moultrie and Shelby counties. Springfield Center for Independent Living 426 West Jefferson Street, Springfield, IL Voice: (217) Fax: (217) TTY: (217) Website: Ex. Dir.: Pete Roberts Serving Menard, Logan, Sangamon, Christian and Montgomery counties. Will/Grundy Center for Independent Living 2415 A. West Jefferson Street, Joliet, IL Voice: (815) Fax: (815) TTY: (815) Ex. Dir.: Pam Heavens 87

88 Serving Will and Grundy counties. ILLINOIS CITIZENS FOR BETTER CARE 220 S. State Street, Suite 800, Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Nursing home advocacy group whose purpose is to assist consumers by providing information on nursing homes and assistance in handling complaints. Education seminars are also provided. ILLINOIS COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM (CHIP) 400 West Monroe Street, Suite 202, Springfield, IL Voice: (217) Fax: (217) TTY: (217) Website: State-administered health insurance program for the un-insurable. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT ON AGING 100 W. Randolph, Suite Chicago, IL Voice: (312) TTY: (312) Senior Help: (800) (voice and tty) Website: The state agency charged with advocacy and provision of service to senior citizens in Illinois. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS James R. Thompson Center 100 West Randolph, Suite Chicago, IL Voice: (312) or (800) Fax: (312) charging party or (312) administration TTY: (312)

89 Website: The Illinois Department of Human Rights takes and investigates charges of discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, unfavorable military discharge, physical and mental disabilities and family status. The Department s mediation program is available to mediate employment charges filed in the Chicago office. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 401 S. Clinton Chicago, IL Services include: Advocacy, Alcoholism, Disabilities, Domestic Violence, Drug Abuse, Education-vocational/technical schools, Employment-placement, General Assistance/Public Aid, Information and Referral centers/services, Rehabilitation-physical, Rehabilitation-speech, Rehabilitation-vocational. 100 S. Grand Avenue, East Springfield, IL Voice: (800) general information TTY: (800) general information Website: Bureau of Customer Inquiry and Assistance Voice: (800) TTY: (800) Bureau of Provider Assistance and Correspondence Voice: (800) TTY: (800) Client Assistance Program (CAP) 100 N. 1 st Street, 1 st Fl. W. Springfield, IL Voice: (217) or (800) Fax: (217) TTY: (217) or (800) Help Me Grow/Futures for KIDS Helpline 89

90 2501 N. Dirksen Parkway Springfield, IL Voice: (800) Fax: (217) TTY: (800) Serves Illinois citizens with regard to health, safety, development, education and social services with an emphasis on mothers, infants, children and teens. The programs include: Parents Too Soon, serving pregnant and parenting teens; Families with a Future, targeting areas with high infant mortality rates; Beautiful Babies, focusing on early and continuous prenatal care; Help Me Grow, focusing on maternal and child health and safety issues; Direction Services, focusing on early learning intervention services for children who are disadvantaged. Office of Developmental Disabilities Voice: (312) Chicago or (217) (Springfield) TTY: (800) Network Facilitators (contact for the specific case coordination unit and for preadmission screening agency telephone number) Greater Illinois Voice: (217) TTY: (800) Chicago and Metro Chicago Voice: (312) TTY: (800) Office of Hispanic/Latino Affairs Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Office of Inspector General Voice: (800) [email protected] An entity within the Illinois Department of Human Services with the authority to investigate, and prepare reports describing the findings of the investigations, allegations of abuse and neglect in programs operated, licensed, certified or funded by the Office of Mental Health and/or 90

91 the Office of Developmental Disabilities. It is also responsible for receiving reports of alleged domestic abuse of disabled adults, linkage and referral to the appropriate local agency and/or DHS division and collecting data. Office of Mental Health Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Network Managers Chicago Metro North Voice: (773) Fax: (773) TTY: (773) Chicago Metro South Voice: (708) Fax: (708) TTY: (708) Chicago Metro West Voice: (708) Fax: (708) TTY: (708) Chicago Metro Suburban Voice: (847) Ext Fax: (847) TTY: (847) Chicago Metro Child And Adolescent Voice: (773) Fax: (773) Office of Rehabilitation Services Voice: (800) or (312) Fax: (217) or (773) TTY: (800) Bureau of Disability Determination Services 91

92 Adjudicator Voice: (800) TDD: (800) Services include: advocacy, alcoholism, disabilities, domestice violence, drug abuse, education-vocational/technical schools, employment-placement, general assistance/public aid, information and referral centers/services, rehabilitation-physical, rehabilitation-speech, rehabiliation-vocational, volunteers. Reporting Abuse Abuse of Adult in Nursing Home- (800) Report Abuse of Adult With a Disability- (800) Report Child Abuse- (800) 25-ABUSE- Voice (800) TDD Report Mistreatment by Health Provider- (217) or (312) voice (217) TDD Report Senior Abuse- (800) Services for Persons who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing 623 E. Adams, P.O. Box Springfield, IL Voice: (217) Fax: (217) TTY: (217) or (217) [email protected] Serves as a technical resource unit regarding issues related to persons who are deaf/hard of hearing and deaf/ blind. Technical Resource related to employment, technology interpreter services, and ADA access. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH 535 W. Jefferson Street Springfield, IL Voice: (217) Fax: (217) TTY: (800) [email protected] Website: Complaints can be filed if a facility is violating the rights of residents. 92

93 The Complaints will be investigated and if a violation has been found, the long term care facility will be cited and corrective action will be taken. Complaint Registry Hotline: 535 W. Jefferson Springfield, IL Voice: (800) Fax: (800) TTY: (800) The Central Complaint Registry operates toll-free lines, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week re: emergency abuse, neglect and emergency resident safety issues in long-term facilities. During regular work hours M-F, complaints against Hospitals, Home Health, Hospice, rural health clinics are also taken. ILLINOIS SOCIAL SECURITY INFORMATION Hotline: (800) TDD: (800) Website: Local Chicago Social Security Administration Offices 77 W. Jackson, Room 300, Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TDD: (312) [email protected] 4849 N. Milwaukee, Suite 200, Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) [email protected] 6338 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) TDD: (773) [email protected] 2100 N. California Avenue, Chicago, IL Voice: (773)

94 Fax: (773) TDD: (773) S. Ashland, Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) East 87 th Street, Suite 400, Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) TDD: (773) N. Milwaukee, Suite 400, Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (312) W. North Avenue, Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) TDD: (773) S. Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) W. Lawrence Avenue, Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) W. Adams, Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) S. Sacramento, Chicago, IL

95 Voice: (773) Fax: (773) TDD: (773) ILLINOIS EARLY CHILD INTERVENTION 830 South Spring Street Springfield, IL Voice: (800) or (217) Fax: (217) TTY: (800) A lending library with information on health, educational and developmental concerns of infancy and early childhood. ILLINOIS PLANNING COUNCIL ON DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES Chicago Office: 100 West Randolph, Suite Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Website: Springfield Office: 830 South Spring Street Springfield, IL Voice: (217) Fax: (217) TTY: (312) Website: The Illinois Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities was created as a result of the Developmental Disabilities and Bill of Rights Act. The mandate of all Councils is to assure that individuals with developmental disabilities and their families participate in the design of and have access to culturally competent services, supports, and other assistance and opportunities that promote independence, productivity, and integra- 95

96 tion and inclusion into the community. The Illinois Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities is comprised of 39 members, 27 who are appointed by the Governor. The makeup of the Council is unique in that at least half of the members are individuals with developmental disabilities or their families. Other members include representatives of advocacy organizations, higher education, state agencies, and local and other private not for profit groups concerned with services for people with developmental disabilities in the state. ILLINOIS RELAY CENTER 3001 Montvale Drive, #D Springfield, IL Voice: (800) or (800) (Spanish) Fax: (888) TTY: (800) or (800) (Spanish) Website: Allows people who are deaf or hearing impaired and who have a TTY to contact other persons who do not have a TTY, and vice-versa, at no cost. Operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. ILLINOIS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF 125 Webster Jacksonville, IL Voice: (217) Fax: (217) TTY: (217) Website: School for deaf students ages Residential program. Program oversight provided by the Illinois Department of Human Services - Office of Rehabilitation Services. ILLINOIS SECRETARY OF STATE DEPARTMENT OF SENIOR & COMMUNITY SERVICE Michael J. Howlett Buildings 2 nd & Edwards Street, Room 450 Springfield, IL Voice: (800) or (217) Fax: (217) TTY: (800)

97 Website: Offers information and assistance to people with disabilities, seniors and veterans regarding Secretary of State programs and services. ILLINOIS SPINA BIFIDA ASSOCIATION 3080 Ogden Avenue, Suited 103 Lisle, IL Voice: (630) Fax: (630) Website: Provides direct services to people with Spina Bifida and their families, including: family outreach programs; Campability (a summer residential program); educational advocacy; quarterly newsletter; annual report; loan closet; and informational materials. ILLINOIS TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS CORPORATION 3001 Montvale Drive, Suite D, Springfield, IL Voice: (800) Fax: (217) TTY: (800) Website: Free TTY loan program for Illinois residents who are deaf, hard-of-hearing or voice impaired and are unable to use a standard telephone. There are 18 distribution centers throughout the state. INDEPENDENCE CENTER 2025 Washington, Waukegan, IL Voice: (847) Fax: (847) [email protected] Support and direction for mentally ill persons. INDEPENDENT MOBILITY SYSTEMS, INC W. Piedras Street Farmington, NM

98 Voice: (505) or (800) Fax: (505) Website: Manufactures minivans for wheelchair accessibility. Network of 150 dealers nationwide. INSTITUTE FOR THERAPY THROUGH THE ARTS 6160 N. Cicero Avenue, Suite 122 Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) Individual and group therapy is provided in music, drama, art and dance to clients of all ages and all levels of functioning. Adaptive instruction is also provided. ITA consults with and provides direct services to community agencies which desire to use expressive arts therapy. INSTITUTE ON DISABILITY AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT University of Illinois at Chicago 1640 W. Roosevelt Road Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Web Page: The Institute on Disability and Human Development (UAP) was founded in 1988 and receives core funding from the Administration on Developmental Disabilities. The Institute is the research and public service arm of the Department of Disability and Human Development at the University of Illinois at Chicago. IDHD has 159 full time staff working on research, training, and community service projects in the areas of Aging and Developmental Disabilities, Americans with Disabilities Act, assistive technology, epidemiology of disability, physical activity and disability, public policy and disability, demography of disability, diagnostics, self advocacy, and minorities with disabilities. INTEGRITY GROUP COMPANIES, INC. 98

99 511 Estes Avenue Gurnee, IL Voice: (800) Fax: (800) For profit retailer of stairway lifts, wheelchair lifts, access elevators, home elevators and mobility scooters. Residential/Commercial/Institutional INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LIONS CLUBS 300 W. 22 nd Street Oak Brook, IL Voice: (630) Fax: (630) TTY: (630) Website: Lions Clubs International has over 43,000 individual clubs (worldwide) which provide community service and promote better international relations. Contact headquarters office for information regarding clubs within your area. Clubs work with the local communities to provide needed and useful programs for individuals with diabetes, visual impairments and hearing impairments. INTERNATIONAL DEAF-TEK, INC. 4 Stanley Drive Farmington, MA Voice: (508) Fax: (508) TTY: (508) Website: INTERNATIONAL DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION Chester Building, Suite 382, 8600 LaSalle Road Baltimore, MD Voice: (410) or (800) Fax: (410) TTY: (800) [email protected] Website: 99

100 Information about dyslexia and referrals to testers and tutors in general areas are available by phone or through the mail. INTERNATIONAL HEARING DOG, INC E. 89 th Avenue Henderson, CO Voice: (303) Fax: (303) TTY: (303) Web Page: Train dogs to assist persons who are deaf or hard-of hearing, with and without multiple disabilities, at no cost to the recipient. JEWISH BRAILLE INSTITUTE OF AMERICA 110 East 30 th Street New York, NY Voice: (212) Fax: (212) Website: Serves the Judaic cultural, educational and religious needs of the blind, visually impaired and reading disabled worldwide. JEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICES 1 S. Franklin Street Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) [email protected] Website: JVS is a not-for-profit employment and training agency which provides a wide range of career development services to individuals seeking first jobs, advancement and new career direction. Specialized programs are available to people with disabilities seeking employment. JOB ACCOMMODATION NETWORK 100

101 Wet Virginia University P.O. box 6080 Morgantown, WV Voice: (800) Fax: (304) TTY: (800) Website: Consulting service that provides information about job accommodation and the employability of people with functional limitations. JOHANNA BUREAU FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, INC. 8 South Michigan Avenue, Suite 300 Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) A volunteer not for profit corporation which transcribes print into Braille and onto tape for anyone who cannot read conventional print. JOHN MARSHALL LAW SCHOOL FOR HOUSING LEGAL CLINIC 28 East Jackson Boulevard, Suite 500 Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) Provides full representation including Court action in Federal and State court, and all other administrative agencies. Handles fair housing, fair lending, insurance discrimination and affordable housing issues. LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND 11 East Adams, Suite 1008 Chicago, Illinois Voice: (312) Fax: (312) National organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men and all people with HIV/AIDS through impact litigation, education, and public policy work. 101

102 LAMBS FARM P.O. Box 520 Libertyville, IL Voice: (847) Fax: (847) Private, non-profit organization serving adults with development disabilities. Lambs offers residential, vocational, social services and recreation/leisure activities programming. LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR BETTER HOUSING 220 S. State Street, Suite 1700, Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) LEARNING DISABILITY ASSOCIATION OF ILLINOIS, INC South Roberts Road, Suited 106 Palos Hills, IL Voice: (708) Fax: (708) Website: Provides support and information to Illinois parents, professionals and adults with learning disabilities through groups, workshops and local conferences; printed information; public education; telephone support; advocacy; newsletter; referrals to other local organizations and area CHADD support groups in Illinois; some referrals to relevant professionals; and scholarships for post-secondary education to students with learning disabilities. LEGAL AID BUREAU OF METROPOLITAN FAMILY 14 East Jackson, 15 th Floor Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Webpage: 102

103 The Legal Aid Bureau is the legal advocacy arm of Metropolitan Family Services. Staff lawyers and paralegals, assisted by volunteers, provide both legal advice and representation for those who are unable to afford an attorney. Legal services are provided in the family law field in such areas as divorce, child custody, domestic violence and child abduction. LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO 111 West Jackson, Suite 300 Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Website: Free legal counseling and advocacy on behalf of low-income Chicago residents, including people with disabilities. LIFELINE, INC. 550 W. Webster, Grant Hospital Chicago, IL Voice: (800) Fax: (773) Substance abuse treatment and referrals. LITTLE CITY FOUNDATION 3246 N. Elston Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) TTY: (773) Provides a variety of residential services, including group homes in Palatine, and independent living arrangements around the Chicago area. Offers employment programs, social services, medical and dental services, educational opportunities, and recreation. Families One program provides support, therapy, and training for families with a developmentally disabled child. LITTLE FRIENDS, INC. 103

104 140 N. Wright Street Naperville, IL Voice: (630) Fax: (630) Programs for children and adults having social or developmental disabilities, including residential facilities and sheltered vocational workshops. LOYOLA UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY LAW CENTER 1 East Pearson, Suite 202 Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) Website: communit.htm Provides legal counseling and direct representation for civil cases only, concentrating in the areas of unemployment insurance, disability Social Security, tenant/landlord, guardianship, simple divorce (no children or property involved), debt defense cases and adoption. LUPUS FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS 9901 S. Western, #203 Chicago, IL Voice: (773) or LUPUS.2 Fax: (773) [email protected] Website: Works to increase awareness and understanding lupus. Provides educational programs, informational services and emotional support. Supports research. Educational meetings open to the public. Services include: mutual aid, speakers bureau, written information, social activities, telephone support, educational program or material, hotline, newsletter. LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF ILLINOIS 1001 E. Touhy Avenue, Suite 50 Des Plaines, IL Voice: (847)

105 Fax: (847) Website: Lutheran Social Services of Illinois is a social service ministry organization providing services in foster care, behavioral health, prison ministry, senior services monitoring, and community child care with the intention of bringing healing, justice and wholeness to people and communities. MANDEL LEGAL AID CLINIC University of Chicago 6020 South University Avenue Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) Web Page: Provides legal counseling and/or representation to people with mental illness, selected criminal/juvenile defense representation; advocacy for the rights of the mentally ill. MARCH OF DIMES-GREATER ILLINOIS CHAPTER 111 W. Jackson, 22 nd Floor Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) [email protected] Website: Since 1938, the March of Dimes had been the number one volunteer service organization dedicated to improving infant and maternal health, first by conquering polio with the Salk and Sabin vaccines, and today by preventing birth defects and infant mortality. This mission is carried out through research, community services, education and advocacy. MARK ELMORE ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS 7707 Northwest Highway Crystal Lake, IL Voice: (815) or (800) Fax: (815) [email protected] 105

106 Website: Architectural firm providing accessible design for housing and commercial buildings. ADA compliance reviews. MAU-GLO SCHOOL, INC East 75 th Street Chicago, IL Voice: (773) or (773) or (773) Mau-Glo Developmental Training Program is day programming (8-3:30 p.m.) (M-F) for adults 21 years and over with developmental disabilities. MIDWEST CENTER ON LAW AND THE DEAF 36 S. Wabash, Suite 1101 Chicago, IL Voice: (312) or (800) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) or (800) MCLD shall ensure equal access to the courts and legal system for persons who are deaf or hard-of-hearing by providing information and referral, education and training, advocacy, litigation, and legal resources. MCLD serves the following Midwestern states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin. MINORITY OUTREACH INTERVENTION PROJECT 1255 South Wabash Avenue, 2 South Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) A street-based outreach program providing HIV/AIDS prevention to African American and Latino gay and bisexual men. Also provides psychological support services via peer led support groups and educational workshops. MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION 106

107 Website: Lexington Drive, #210, Buffalo Grove, IL Voice: (847) Fax: (847) Jorie Boulevard, #250, Oak Brook, IL Voice: (630) Fax: (630) Fiday Road, Joliet, IL Voice: (815) Fax: (815) Offers patient services and clinical care; combats forty neuromuscular diseases; worldwide research program. MYASTHENIA GRAVIS FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS 2411 New Street Blue Island, IL Voice: (708) Fax: (708) Website: Provides educational materials, peer counseling, support group meetings, referrals to those with Myasthenia Gravis. Provides educational materials to health care professionals and general public. Provides for medical research. NATIONAL AIDS HOTLINE Voice: (800) Fax: (919) TTY: (800) Spanish: (800) Provides general information on HIV/AIDS, including service and information referrals. NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE MENTALLY ILL OF 107

108 ILLINOIS (NAMI) 730 East Vine, Suite 209 Springfield, IL Voice: (217) or (800) Fax: (217) TTY: (217) or (800) Website: Greater Chicago 1536 W. Chicago Avenue Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) Website: Provides support services for families with a family member who is mentally ill. Publishes a newsletter, hosts quarterly general meetings with professionals addressing mental health issues. Offers a family to family education course. Can provide information on local chapters accross the state. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF LAW CENTER (NAD) 814 Thayer Avenue Silver Springs, MD Voice: (301) Fax: (301) TTY: (301) [email protected] Website: The NAD Law Center was established in 1976 as the litigation arm of deaf advocacy efforts to address a critical social problem: discrimination against persons who are deaf or hard of hearing. The NAD Law Center uses impact litigation to address discrimination in education, employment, health care and access to courts. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR DOWN SYNDROME P.O. Box 4542 Oak Brook, IL Voice: (630) or (630)

109 Website: Parent support group for families who have children and adults with Down Syndrome. Provides information and referrals. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR HEARING & SPEECH ACTION Rockville Pike Rockville, MD Voice: (800) or (301) Fax: (301) TTY: (800) or (301) NAHSA is the consumer affiliate of the American Speech-Language- Hearing Association and makes a series of brochures, fact sheets, and packets available to the general public at no cost, and uses a computerized referral database of audiology and speech-language pathology programs to meet individual needs. NATIONAL BRAILLE PRESS 88 St. Stephen Street, Boston, MA Voice: (617) or (888) Fax: (617) [email protected] Website: Non-profit Braille printing and publishing house. NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE Voice: (800) Fax: (301) TTY: (800) Website: The hotline provides the latest, most accurate cancer information for patients, their families, the general public and health professionals. Interpreters for Spanish are available. The National Cancer Institute s Regional Office in Kansas City, Kansas serves Illinois, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska. Large print resources available. NATIONAL CENTER FOR LATINOS WITH 109

110 DISABILITIES, INC S. Blue Island Avenue Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Statewide not-for-profit organization serving Latinos with disabilities and their families. Services offered through unique linguistically and culturally appropriate advocacy training, information and referral programs. NATIONAL DEPRESSIVE AND MANIC DEPRESSIVE ASSOCIATION 730 North Franklin, #501 Chicago, IL Voice: (312) or (800) Fax: (312) Website: The National DMDA educates parents, families, professionals and the public concerning the nature of depression and manic depression illness as a treatable medical disease; fosters self help for parents and families; eliminates discrimination and stigma; improves access to care and advocates for research towards the elimination of these illnesses. Information about Illinois local DMDA chapters is also available. NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAWYERS ASSOCIATION- ILLINOIS 30 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 1724 Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) [email protected] Website: NELA provides educational programs for plaintiff employment lawyers. Its substantive law committees provide technical support to NELA members and keep them abreast of recent developments in the law. With the assistance of these committees and the contributions of individual NELA members, the organization has participated as amicus curiae in 110

111 virtually every employment case before the U.S. Supreme Court since NELA focuses on major employment issues, including seeking to abolish employment-at-will, opposing compulsory arbitration of employment claims, and resisting reforms to the civil justice system that would make it more difficult for victims of employment discrimination to vindicate their rights. As a service to the public, NELA-Illinois operates an attorney referral service at (312) NELA-Illinois members are available for seminars. NATIONAL INFORMATION CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH HANDICAPS (NICHCY) P.O. Box 1492 Washington, DC Voice: (800) or (202) Fax: (202) TTY: (800) or (202) [email protected] Website: Provides information on disabilities and disability-related issues for families, educators and other professionals. Its special focus is on children and youth (birth to age 22). It is a federally funded, non-profit clearinghouse funded through the United States Department of Education Office of Special Education. It provides a wide variety of publications, including fact sheets on specific disabilities, state resource sheets, parent guides, bibliographies and issue papers. NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING (NIA) Bldg. 31, Room 5C27 31 Center Drive, MSC 2292 Voice: (301) or (800) Fax: (301) TTY: (800) Website: NIA provides public and professional health information materials on fraility, exercise, and other biomedical, social and behavioral research on aging and the special needs of older people. NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS 111

112 600 S. Federal, #201 Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) Website: Funds medical research, public information and education and patient service programs. Provides telephone support to persons who call and want to speak to someone who shares their concern. NATIONAL LEKOTEK CENTER 2100 Ridge Avenue Evanston, IL Voice: (847) or (800) 366-PLAY Fax: (847) TTY: (800) Website: Provides play-centered programs, including toy lending libraries, family play sessions and computer play programs, for children with disabilities through a nationwide network of 64 centers. NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY rd Avenue New York, NY Voice: (800) FIGHTMS [email protected] Website: Services include advocacy, publications, educational programs, equipment loans, peer support, counseling, recreational activities and MS research. Chicago-Greater Illinois: 910 W. Van Buren, 4 th Floor Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) [email protected] Website: 112

113 Voluntary health care agency providing information and referrals to people with multiple sclerosis and their family members, professionals and the general public. Funding research to end the effects of multiple sclerosis. NATIONAL ORGANIZATION ON DISABILITY 910 Sixteenth Street, N.W., Suite 600 Washington, DC Voice: (202) Fax: (202) TTY: (202) Website: NOD promotes the full and equal participation of America s 54 million men, women and children with disabilities in all aspect of life. Founded in 1982 as an outgrowth of the United Nations International Year of Disabled Persons, NOD is the only national network organization concerned with all disabilities, age groups and disability issues. NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME 216 G Street, Northeast Washington, DC Voice: (202) Fax: (202) [email protected] Website: Provides information and education on fetal alcohol syndrome and other alcohol related birth defects, including fetal alcohol effect; printed information; public education information; related referrals and referrals relevant to state and local provider organizations. NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY CLAIMANTS REPRESENTATIVES 6 Prospect Street Midland Park, NJ Voice: (201) Fax: (201)

114 A lawyer referral service which refers claimants to a private attorney in their area who specializes in Social Security Disability Law. There is no charge for the referral, but the caller has to discuss the attorney s fee with the attorney. NATIONAL REHABILITATION INFORMATION CEN- TER (NARIC) 1010 Wayne Avenue, Suite 800 Silver Spring, MD Voice: (800) or (301) Fax: (301) TTY: (301) Website: NARIC is a library and information center focusing on disability and rehabilitation research. Information Specialists provide quick information on a referral, customized database searches and document delivery. NATIONAL SPINAL CORD INJURY ASSOCIATION OF ILLINOIS 1032 S. LaGrange Rood LaGrange, IL Voice: (708) Fax: (708) [email protected] Website: National Spinal Cord Injury Association Illinois Chapter is a resource for people affected by paralysis due to trauma and conditions of the central nervous system. Information and referral, peer support, and literature among the services provided free of charge. NATIONAL TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION 801 Roeder Road, Suite 750 Silver Spring, MD Voice: (301) or (800) Fax: (301) [email protected] Website: 114

115 The only voluntary, national non-profit organization which provides support to people with tuberous sclerosis & their families, awards grants to researchers & offers education to the public & professional communities. NEW ABILITY, INC. 9 North Ninth Avenue Melrose Park, IL (708) Supplies and installs adaptive vehicle equipment (driving controls, wheelchair lifts and other vehicle modifications). NILES TOWNSHIP SHELTERED WORKSHOP 8050 N. Monticello Skokie, IL Voice: (847) or (847) Fax: (847) TTY: (847) Offers psychosocial rehabilitation, employment services and job placement to individuals recovering from mental illness. Offers respite care, employment services and adult day services to seniors located in Skokie and Evanston. NORTHEAST DUPAGE SPECIAL RECREATION ASSOCIATION 1770 W. Centennial Place Addison, IL Voice: (630) Fax: (630) TTY: (630) [email protected] Website: Special recreation association serving the needs of people with disabilities. Communities serviced include: Addison, Bensenville, Butterfield, Glendale Heights, Itasca, Lombard, Medinah, OakBrook Terrace, Villa Park, Wooddale and York Center. NORTHWEST SPECIAL RECREATION ASSOCIATION 3000 W. Central Road, Suite

116 Rolling Meadows, IL Voice: (847) Fax: (847) TTY: (847) Partnership of 16 Northwest suburban park districts, providing community recreation programs for children and adults with disabilities. Also facilitates those with disabilities joining regular park-district programs. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LEGAL CLINIC 357 East Chicago Avenue Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Website: Provides representation on child abuse/neglect, criminal, death penalty, some disability related issues, juvenile delinquency, special education, adoption, and domestic violence. OAK/LEYDEN DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES, INC. 411 Chicago Avenue Oak Park, IL Voice: (708) Fax: (708) TTY: (708) Website: Provides services for people with disabilities, including those with autism. Provides programs in early intervention, employment-job readiness, employment placement, occupational rehabilitation, physical rehabilitation, speech rehabilitation, vocational rehabilitation, sheltered workshops and has some residential housing. OKADA HEARING EAR GUIDE DOGS 7509 E. Saviors Path Floral City, FL Voice: (352) Fax: (352)

117 Website: Trains dogs to aid people who are deaf or who have a hearing impairment. OFFICE OF HUMAN SERVICES-VILLAGE OF SKOKIE 5120 Galitz Street Skokie, IL Voice: (847) Fax: (847) TTY: (847) Website: Division of Village of Skokie (local government) with subdivisions for social work, disability services and home-delivered meals. OPEN HAND CHICAGO 1648 West Howard Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) [email protected] Website: Home-delivered meals program for people living with HIV/AIDS. Requires a referral from a case manager. OVER THE RAINBOW ASSOCIATION 2040 Brown Avenue Evanston, IL Voice: (847) Fax: (847) [email protected] Website: Not-for-profit organization that provides accessible housing and job opportunities for persons with disabilities. Operates and maintains two awardwinning apartment buildings (one on Chicago s north side, the other in Evanston) designed for independent living for persons with disabilities. 117

118 PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA P.O. Box 1337 Hines, IL Voice: (800) or (708) Fax: (708) Website: Office assists members and eligible veterans, their dependents and survivors to access VA benefits and quality medical care through the VA Hospital system. Also helps with prosthetics, wheelchairs, lifts and other equipment. PARK LAWN SCHOOL & ACTIVITY CENTER La Porte, Oak Lawn, IL Voice: (708) Fax: (708) Website: Park Lawn is a non-for-profit agency which provides school services, adult developmental training, residential living, counseling, recreation and other support services. PATHWAYS CENTER FOR CHILDREN 3633 West Lake Avenue Glenview, IL Voice: (847) Fax: (847) TTY: (312) Website: Private, not-for-profit therapy center providing physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy to children with neuromotor/ neuromuscular challenges, motor/movement concerns. Social work support services. PEOPLE FIRST OF ILLINOIS P.O. Box 4294 Bloomington, IL Voice: (877) Fax: (309)

119 Website: A self-advocacy organization run by people with disabilities in Illinois. Publishes a quarterly newsletter as well as trainings on choice-making, rights and responsibilities and generally helping to empower people with disabilities to self-advocate. PHILIP J. ROCK CENTER AND SCHOOL 818 DuPage Boulevard Glen Ellyn, IL Voice: (630) or (800) TTY: (800) Small public residential school program for children (ages 3-21) who have both severe hearing and vision impairment. Also, statewide technical assistance service center. PILSEN LITTLE VILLLAGE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER, INC S. Damen Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) Website: Case management for people with mental illness and their families. Services for Spanish-speaking persons, peer volunteer program, substance abuse and mental health. POST-POLIO SUPPORT Christ Hospital Chapter 4440 West 95th Street Oak Lawn, IL Voice: (708) x 5428 or (708) [email protected] or [email protected] Website: Provides support and information for post-polio patients and their families. 119

120 POVERTY LAW PROJECT 205 West Montoe Street Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) Website: The Poverty Law Project represents the poor through legislative and administrative advocacy and through class-action and individual cases that have broad policy implications. Its attorneys, who are nationally known experts on welfare and housing policy, combine community organizing and legal services to effect policy changes at the local and national levels. PRADER WILLI SYNDROME ASSOCIATION (PWSA) National Headquarters 5700 Midnight Pass Road Sarasota, FL Voice: (800) Fax: (941) Website: Assists parents whose children have been diagnosed with Prader-Willi Syndrome. Offers support to parents from others having a P-W child. Holds quarterly meetings. PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES 975 North Main Street Rockford, IL Voice: (815) Fax: (815) TTY: (815) Website: Assistance with civil matters such as debt collection, disability, family law, health/insurance, housing discrimination, living wills, powers of attorney, SSI, and unemployment. Eligibility based on 200% poverty level. Nine field offices in Northern Illinois. Information about field offices is available. 120

121 PRESIDENT S COMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES 1331 F Street, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC Voice: (202) Fax: (202) TTY: (202) Website: Independent federal agency created to assist people with disabilities in employment. PRO BONO ADVOCATES 28 N. Clark, Room 630 Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) Legal assistance for civil orders of protection, paternity, divorce, referrals, domestic violence for indigent individuals. PROGRESS CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING 7521 Madison Street Forest Park, IL Voice: (708) Fax: (708) TTY: (708) [email protected] Progress Center directly helps persons with disabilities establish selfdirected lives in the community. It serves and supports disabled individuals who wish to have control over their lives to achieve that goal. Center for Independent Living for Cook County. RECORDING FOR THE BLIND & DYSLEXIC (RFB&D) 18 S. Michigan Avenue, Suite 806 Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) Website: 121

122 RFB&D serves as the nation s educational library for persons who cannot effectively use standard print due to a visual, perceptual, learning disability or other physical disability RECOVERY INC. Headquarters 802 N. Dearborn Street Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) [email protected] Website: A non-profit community based, self-help mental health program for adults with nervous symptoms and fears. The program was developed by Abraham A. Low, M.S. in 1937 and offers systematic techniques to manage temperamental behavior and cope with emotional disorder. There are more than 700 groups that meet weekly throughout North America and abroad. There is no required fee to participate. Supported by voluntary contributions. REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO Voice: (800) or (312) Website: Provides rehabilitative therapy, prosthetics, and other services (both inpatient and outpatient) to persons with amputation, arthritis, brain trauma, burns, cerebral palsy, chronic pain, congenital disabilities, geriatric rehabilitation, multiple sclerosis, neuromuscular disorders, post-polio syndrome, spinal cord injury, sports rehabilitation, stroke, and other disabling conditions. Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago s Center for Health and Fitness is a specially designed health club for individuals with physical disabilities, open 7 days a week. Other programs offered by RIC s Wirtz Sports Program include 17 different activities. Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago - Center for Health & Fitness 710 N. Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL Voice: (312)

123 Fax: (312) Website: REHABILITATION SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (RSA) 111 N. Canal, Suite 1048 Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Website: RSA s mission is to develop opportunities and create options for individuals with disabilities to achieve employment, independence and integration into the workplace and the community. RSA provides leadership and direction through the responsible administration of its statutory authorities, and by assuring participation of all its constituencies and the general public in pursuit of excellence in rehabilitation. RESNA 1700 North Moore Street, Suite 1540 Arlington, VA Voice: (703) Fax: (703) TTY: (703) [email protected] Website: RESNA is an interdisciplinary association for the advancement of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology. Membership is open to anyone with an interest in Assistive Technology. Membership in RESNA provides an opportunity for active participation in promotion and support of AT research and development dissemination of vital information, and integration of new knowledge with practical applications. Further, RESNA works to bring appropriate recognition to individuals employed in the field of AT service delivery. RESOURCES FOR REHABILITATION 33 Bedford Street, Suite 19A Lexington MA

124 Voice: (781) Fax: (781) Website: Publishes resource guides that enable individuals with disabilities to locate services and products that promote independence. Free publications catalogue. SCHWAB REHABILITATION HOSPITAL AND CARE NETWORK 1401 South California Boulevard Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) TTY: (773) Website: Inpatient, outpatient and extended services in rehabilitation for people with diagnoses of stroke, spinal cord injury, brain injury, amputation, hip/knee replacement. Physical, art and occupational therapy, neuropsychological, case management, vocational rehabilitation and speciality medical management. SCR MEDICAL TRANSPORTAION S. Greenwood Avenue Chicago IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) TTY: (773) SCR offers 24-hour radio-dispatched medi-cars with wheelchair lift vehicles. Private trips are available utilizing limousines, town cars, 15- passenger vans and mini-buses. SEGUIN SERVICES, INC S. Central Avenue Cicero, IL Voice: (708) Fax: (708) TTY: (708)

125 Website: Seguin Services is a not-for-profit social service organization, serving children and adults with disabilities and special needs throughout the western Cook County communities. Seguin Services is devoted to enriching the lives of children and adults with disabilities. Working with local communities, Seguin Services creates job opportunities and housing options that lead to greater independence for adults with disabilities. In addition, a specialized foster care program matches infants and young children who have disabilities and serious medical conditions with caring foster parents or in permanent homes. SERENITY HOUSE 891 South Routh 53, Addison, IL Voice: (630) Fax: (630) [email protected] Website: Group and individual counseling for substance addiction, housing and halfway house for persons with drug dependency. SICKLE CELL DISEASE ASSOCIATION OF ILLINOIS 200 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 605 Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) [email protected] Website: SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 1223 West Adams Chicago, IL Voice: (800) Fax: (312) TTY: (800) Website: Provides information about Social Security benefits. 125

126 Local Chicago Social Security Administration Offices 77 W. Jackson, Room 300, Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TDD: (312) N. Milwaukee, Suite 200, Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) TDD: (773) N. California Avenue, Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) TDD: (773) S. Ashland, Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) East 87 th Street, Suite 400, Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) TDD: (773) N. Milwaukee, Suite 400, Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (312) W. North Avenue, Chicago, IL Voice: (773)

127 Fax: (773) TDD: (773) S. Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) W. Lawrence Avenue, Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) W. Adams, Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) S. Sacramento, Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) TDD: (773) SOUTHEAST ASSOCIATION FOR SPECIAL PARKS AND RECREATION (SEASPAR) 6000 S. Main Street Downers Grove, Downers Grove, IL Voice: (630) Fax: (603) TTY: (630) Provides information about Social Security benefits. SOUTHSTAR SERVICES (formerly Happiday Centers) 1005 W. End Avenue Chicago Heights, IL Voice: (708) Fax: (708)

128 TTY: (708) Website: SPECTRUM VOCATIONAL A DIVISION OF LITTLE FRIENDS, INC Wisconsin Avenue Downers Grove, IL Voice: (630) Fax: (630) TTY: (630) Adult day vocational services, sheltered work developmental training and supported employment for people with developmental disabilities. Mon - Fri 9am - 3pm. Funded through Department of Human Services, Medicaid waiver or private pay. SSI COALITION FOR A RESPONSIBLE SAFETY NET (SSIC) 205 W. Monroe, 3rd Floor Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (800) [email protected] Website: The SSI Coalition s mission is to work with low-income people of all ages who are disabled, have long-term illnesses, or are elderly to assure security and dignity. The SSI Coalition s work includes the following: in-depth policy analysis of programs and policies that affect cash assistance and access to health care for low-income elderly and persons with disabilities; training and technical assistance for the elderly and persons with disabilities and for groups that serve these populations; direct advocacy, including problem-solving with government agency officials, and legislative education efforts; and legal advice and representation, including providing legal advice to, and representation of, individuals on issues around case assistance, medical assistance, access to health care, and discrimination; and engaging in class litigation concerning issues that affect large groups of low-income elderly and persons with disabilities. 128

129 STARLIGHT CHILDREN S FOUNDATION 30 East Adams, Suite 1020 Chicago, IL Voice: (312) 352-STAR[7827] Fax: (312) [email protected] Website: Brightens the lives of seriously ill children through the granting of special wishes and the provision of hospital entertainment. STATEWIDE HOUSING ACTION COALITION (SHAC) 202 S. State, #1414 Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) [email protected] Website: Over 100 organizations working together to address housing problems of Illinois lower income communities. TEST POSITIVE AWARE NETWORK (TPAN) 1258 W. Belmont Avenue Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) [email protected] (General Information and contact) (2): [email protected] (Editorial Dept. and for Positively Aware magazine Website: Peer-led, self-help organization providing resources, referrals and support for individuals living with and impacted by HIV. THRESHOLDS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OTHER BRANCHES Bridge Mobile Assessment Unit 129

130 Voice: (773) Deaf North Program Voice: (773) TTY: (773) Bridge North 4101 N. Ravenswood, Chicago IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) TTY: (773) Bridge West 5000 W. Roosevelt Road, Chicago IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) TTY: (773) Bridge South 1712 S. Prarie, Chicago IL Voice: (773) Fax: (312) Bridge SoutHwest P.O. Box 32109, Chicago IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) TTY: (773) Deaf South Program 4734 S. Ellis, Chicago IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) TTY: (773) Thresholds AMI House 403 North Madison Woodstock IL Voice: (815) Fax: (815) Thresholds Austin Apartments 333 N. Menard 130

131 Chicago IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) Thresholds First Step 8050 Monticello Evanston IL Voice: (847) Thresholds HOMEFIRST 2120 Jackson Avenue Evanston IL Voice: (847) Fax: (847) Thresholds Mothers Project 1110 W. Belmont Chicago IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) Thresholds North 2700 N. Lakeview Chicago IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) TTY: (773) Thresholds Oak Park 1102 N. Austin Oak Park IL Voice: (708) Fax: (708) Thresholds Older Adult Program 7943 N. Western Avenue Chicago IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) Thresholds Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center Voice: (773) (information) 131

132 Website: Thresholds Sandler Center 4529 S E. Road St. Anne, IL Voice: (815) Fax: (815) Thresholds South 734 W. 47th Street Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) TTY: (773) Thresholds South Suburbs S. Western Blue Island, IL Voice: (708) Fax: (708) TTY: (708) Thresholds Willpower 444 W. Frontage Road Northfield, IL Voice: (847) Fax: (847) Thresholds Young Adult Program 4219 N. Lincoln Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) Psychosocial rehabilitation agency provides array of vocational, residential, education, social and health services with primary focus on prevention of unnecessary hospitalization for people with mental illness. TOURETTE SYNDROME ASSOCIATION, INC. OF ILLINOIS 5102 Oakton Street, Suite 115 Skokie, IL

133 Voice: (847) Fax: (847) Website: Provides services to Illinois residents who have Tourette Syndrome. Also provides services to their families and the educational and medical professionals working with them. The association provides: up-to-date literature, books and videos for loan or purchase; in-service for school personnel and medical professionals; physician referral list; quarterly general meetings with informational speakers; quarterly chapter newsletter; bi-annual day long conferences for professionals and families; support groups; children s summer camp; annual family picnic; annual golf-outing; and other related services and programs. TRIOLOGY, INC W. Greenleaf Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773) TTY: (773) Crisis Intervention: (800) Hour Mental Health Lind: (773) Trilogy provides rehabilitation services for individuals with severe and/ or persistent mental illnesses. A variety of services assists these individuals in their efforts to be as self-sufficient as possible: intake/ assessment, case management, residential, psychosocial and vocational rehabilitation, crisis, respite, and counseling. UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CHICAGO 160 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) [email protected] Website: Serves people with disabilities. Early intervention program, employment placement, job readiness, recreation, information & resources. Assistive Technology training. 133

134 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 111 North Canal Street, Room 1053 Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Website: Federal agency responsible for enforcing civil rights regulations which prohibit discrimination based on race, color, national origin, disability or age. It provides information on the requirements for the evaluation and placement of students with disabilities. It also receives and investigates complaints from individuals who believe that an education institution that receives Federal financial assistance has discriminated against someone on the basis detailed above. The complaint must be filed within 180 calendar days of the date of the alleged discrimination, unless the time for filing is extended by OCR for good cause. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - OFFICES OF CIVIL RIGHTS 233 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 240 Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Website: OCR is the designated agency, under Title II of the ADA, for complaints of discrimination based on disability in health and human service programs operated by state and local governmental entities. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DISABIL- ITY RIGHTS SECTION, CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION P.O. Box Washington, DC Voice: (800) Fax: (202) TTY: (800) Website: 134

135 The Disability Rights Section, Civil Rights Division, of the Department of Justice is responsible for enforcement of Titles II and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) which prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in employment, State and local government, public accommodations, commercial facilities, transportation and telecommunications. The office operates a toll-free information line that provides technical assistance on the ADA and on how to file ADA complaints. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR-OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS CHICAGO Regional Office: 230 S. Dearborn, Room 570 Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) Website: Ensures that employers doing business with the federal government abide by laws and regulations requiring equal employment opportunity and affirmative action. Conducts compliance evaluations of federal contractor affirmative action programs and investigates complaints of discrimination on the basis of race, gender, national origin, disability, or veteran status. UNITED STATES EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISION 500 West Madison Street, Suite 2800 Chicago, IL 606 Voice: (312) Fax: (312) TTY: (312) Website: Enforces federal civil rights laws in employment with respect to race, sex, national origin, religion, color, age and disability. UPTOWN PEOPLE S LAW CENTER 4404 North Broadway Chicago, IL Voice: (773) Fax: (773)

136 Legal education and defense program. Serves Uptown population on issues including domestic violence, social security and welfare. VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION 5215 Old Orchard Road, Suite 700 Skokie, IL Voice: (847) Fax: (847) Website: Full-range home hospice care for the terminally ill - skilled nursing care, home health aides, and social work counseling. Public Aid accepted. VOICES FOR ILLINOIS CHILDREN 108 S. LaSalle, Suite 1490 Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) [email protected] Website: WEST SUBURBAN SPECIAL RECREATION ASSOCIATION 2915 Maple Street Franklin Park, IL Voice: (847) Fax: (847) TTY: (847) Website: Community based therapeutic recreation for individuals with any kind of impairment. Athletic, fitness, art, social, camping and travel programs are offered. WILLIAM RAINEY COLLEGE 1200 W. Algonquin Road Palatine, IL Voice: (847) Fax: (847)

137 TTY: (847) Website: WOMEN S BAR ASSOCIATION OF ILLINOIS 321 Plymouth Court, Suite 4-S, Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Provides referrals to private attorneys. YMCA 1515 N. Halsted, Chicago, IL Voice: (312) Fax: (312) Y-ME BREAST CANCER ORGANIZATION 212 W. Van Buren Street, Chicago, IL Voice: (800) Fax: (312) Website: 137