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Service Types

• Disability Awareness

Program Type

• Information/Referral

Populations Served

• All Disabilities
• Allergies
• Alzheimer's Disease
• Amputations
• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
• Angelman Syndrome
• Aphasia
• Apraxia
• Arthritis
• Arthrogryposis
• Asperger's Syndrome
• Ataxia
• Autism Spectrum
• Autoimmune Diseases
• Balance Disorders
• Barth Syndrome
• Batten Disease
• Behavior Disorder
• Birth Defects
• Blind
• Blood disorders
• Bone Disorders
• Burns
• Canavan Disease
• Cancer
• Celiac Disease
• Cerebral Palsy
• Chemical Sensitivities
• Chiari Malformation
• Chromosome Disorders
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• Chronic Health Impairment
• Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
• Cleft Lip & Palate
• Cochlear Implants
• Colon Disease
• Cornelia de Lange Syndrome
• Costello Syndrome
• Craniofacial syndromes
• Cushing Syndrome
• Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome
• Cystic Fibrosis
• Dandy-Walker Syndrome
• Deaf
• DeafBlind
• Depression
• Developmental Delay Birth to 3
• Developmental Disability
• Diabetes
• Digestive Disorders
• Dravet Syndrome
• Dysautonomia
• Dysphagia
• Eating Disorders
• Ectodermal Dysplasias
• Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
• Elderly Person with disabilities
• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
• FG Syndrome
• Fragile X Syndrome
• Gastrointestinal Disorders
• Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders
• Gastroparesis
• Gaucher Disease
• Genetic Disorders
• Glycogen Storage Disorders
• Grave's Disease
• Growth Disorders
• Guillain-Barré Syndrome
• Hard of Hearing
• Heart Disorder
• Huntington's Disease
• Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome
• Hydrocephalus
• Incontinentia Pigmenti
• Intellectual Disabilities
• Joint Disorder
• Kawasaki Disease
• Kidney Disease
• Klinefelter Syndrome
• Language Impairment
• Laryngectomy
• Learning Disabilities
• Leukemia
• Leukodystrophy
• Liver Disease
• Lupus Erythematous
• Lyme Disease
• Mental Illness
• Microcephaly
• Mitochondrial Disease
• Mowat-Wilson Syndrome
• Multiple Disability
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Muscular Dystrophy
• Musculoskeletal
• Myotonic Dystrophy
• Narcolepsy
• Neurofibromatosis
• Neurogenic Spinal Deformity
• Nonverbal Communication
• Osteogenesis Imperfecta
• Other See Narrative
• Pain
• Parkinson's Disease
• Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders
• Periventricular Nodular Heterotopia
• Phenylketonuria (PKU)
• Phobia
• Physical Disabilities
• Polio
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Respiratory Disorders
• Rett Syndrome
• Rubella
• Sandhoff Disease
• Sanfilippo Syndrome
• Scoliosis
• Sensory Processing Disorder
• Sickle Cell Disease
• Skin Disorders
• Smith-Magenis Syndrome
• Sotos Syndrome
• Speech Impairment
• Spina Bifida
• Spinal Cord Injury
• Stroke
• Substance Abuse
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
• Suicide Loss Survivors
• Syringomyelia
• Tarlov Cyst Disease
• Tay-Sachs
• Thyroid Conditions
• Tourette Syndrome
• Tuberous Sclerosis
• Turner Syndrome
• Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome
• Urea Cycle Disorders
• Visual Impairment
• von Hippel-Lindau Disease
• Williams Syndrome
• Xeroderma Pigmentosum

Ages Served

• Birth to 3
• 3 - 4
• 5 - 8
• 9 - 13
• 14 - 18
• 19 - 22
• 23 – 59
• 60 +

Languages Spoken

• Arabic
• Armenian
• Bengali
• Cape Verdean
• Chinese-Cantonese
• Chinese-Mandarin
• Farsi
• French
• German
• Greek
• Haitian-Creole
• Hindi
• Hmong
• Italian
• Japanese
• Korean
• Laotian
• Other
• Pashto
• Polish
• Portuguese
• Punjabi
• Russian
• Spanish
• Swedish
• Urdu
• Vietnamese

Additional Information

• Fees: Free Service