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Toll Free Numbers

AIDS/HIV
AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service………………….…..1-800-874-2572
AIDS Hotline…………………………………………………......1-800-342-2437
TDD……………………………………………………...……..…1-800-243-7889
Project Inform Hotline………………………………………..… 1-800-822-7422

ADOPTION
Bethany Christian Services……………………………………..1-800-238-4269
Liberty Godparent Home-Pregnancy Help Line.……………...1-800-542-4453
National Adoption Center………………………………..….….1-800-862-3678

AGING
National Council on Aging…………………………………..….1-800-424-9046
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)………..…1-800-424-2277

ALCOHOLISM
Al-Anon Family Group…………………………………………..1-800-356-9996
American Council on Alcoholism………………………..……..1-800-527-5344
Alcohol and Drug Hotline………………………………...……..1-800-821-4357
National Council on Alcoholism…………………………......…1-800-NCA-CALL

ALLERGY/ASTHMA
Allergy and Asthma Hotline………………………………...…..1-800-822-2762
Asthma and Allergy Foundation………………………….……1-800-727-8462
National Asthma Center…………………………………...…….1-800-222-5864

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center………..…1-800-438-4380
Alzheimer's Disease Association…………………………...…..1-800-272-3900

ARTHRITIS
Arthritis Foundation……………………………………………..1-800-283-7800
Scleroderma Foundation…………………………………………1-800-422-1113

CANCER
American Cancer Society………………………………….……..1-800-227-2345

American Institute for Cancer Research……………….………1-800-843-8114
National Cancer Institute……………………………………..…1-800-4-CANCER
National Marrow Donor Program…………………………..…..1-800-MARROW2
Y-Me Breast Cancer Support………………………………..….1-800-221-2141

CHEMICAL PRODUCTS/PESTICIDES
Chemical Information Referral Center………………………..….1-800-262-8200

CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Child Abuse Hotline……………………………………………..1-800-4A-CHILD
Child Find of America………………………………………..…..1-800-426-5678
California Youth Crisis Line………………………………….….1-800-843-5200
Children's Wish Foundation International……………….……1-800-323-9479
Covenant House Nineline………………………………….....…1-800-999-9999
Boys Town National Hotline………………………………...….1-800-448-3000
Missing Children Help Center…………………………….…….1-800-USA-KIDS
Child Care Information Service………………………………….1-800-424-2460
National Child Abuse Hotline …………………….………....….1-800-4A-CHILD
National Child Safety Council Childwatch…………………......1-800-222-1464

CONTINENCE
Simon Foundation for Continence……………………………….1-800-237-4666

CYSTIC FIBROSIS
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation………………………………………1-800-344-4823

DEPRESSION
National Institute of Mental Health Information Line...………..1-800-421-4211
National Foundation for Depressive Illness…………...…..……1-800-248-4344

DIABETES
American Diabetes Association……………………………....…..1-800-232-3472
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International…………………......1-800-223-1138

DIGESTIVE DISEASES
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America
Information………………………………………………….…...….1-800-932-2423
Literature………………………………………………………….....1-800-343-3637

DISABILITIES
American Paralysis Association……………………………….….1-800-225-0292
Center for Youth With Disabilities…………………………….......1-800-333-6293
National Easter Seal Society…………………………………….....1-800-221-6827
National Library Service for the Blind & Handicapped................ 1-800-424-8567
Job Accommodation Network……………………………….......…1-800-526-7234

DOCTORS
National Rehabilitation Information Center………………………..1-800-346-2742

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Health Resource Center……………………………………….....….1-800-313-1310
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence………………..1-800-537-2238
National Victim Center…………………………………..........……..1-800-FYI-CALL
Child Abuse Hotline…………………………………………….…..1-800-540-4000

DOWN'S SYNDROME
National Down's Syndrome Society Hotline……………………….1-800-221-4602
National Down's Syndrome Congress……………………………..1-800-232-6372

DRUG ABUSE
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment National Hotline………….1-800-662-HELP
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information………..1-800-729-6686
TDD………………………………………………………………...........1-800-487-4889
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence…………..1-800-622-2255
National Cocaine Hotline…………………………………....................1-800-COCAINE
Workplace Helpline…………………………………………….......…..1-800-843-4971

ENVIRONMENT
Indoor Air Quality Clearinghouse………………………………...….1-800-438-4318

EPILEPSY
The Epilepsy Foundation of America………………………..…....….1-800-EFA-1000

EYES/VISION
American Council of the Blind……………………………….......…..1-800-424-8666
Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind………………………..…...…..1-800-548-4337
The Lighthouse National Center for Vision and Aging……………1-800-334-5497
National Association for Parents of the Visually Impaired………..1-800-562-6265
National Library Service for the Blind……………………………....1-800-424-8567
National Society to Prevent Blindness……………………………..1-800-331-2020

FITNESS
Aerobics and Fitness Association of America……………….……..1-800-233-4886

GENERAL HEALTH
National Health Information Center…………………………….....…1-800-336-4797
Medic Alert Foundation…………………………………………....…1-800-432-5378

GRIEF
Grief Recovery Institute………………..……………………….....…..1-800-445-4808

HEADACHE/HEAD INJURY
National Headache Foundation…………………………….……..…1-800-843-2256
National Head Injury Foundation Family Helpline……………..….1-800-444-6443

HEARING AND SPEECH
American Speech - Language - Hearing Association…………..…1-800-638-8255
Dial-A-Hearing Screening Test……………………………….…...…1-800-222-3277
Hearing Helpline………………………………………….………........1-800-327-9355
John Tracy Clinic…………………………………………......………..1-800-522-4582
Tripod Grapevine Voice/TDD…………………………….....…..……1-800-287-4763

HEART DISEASE
American Heart Association……………………….….…........……1-800-AHA USA1

HOSPITAL/HOSPICE CARE
Children's Hospice International………………………………...…..1-800-242-4453
Hospice Education Institute Hospice Link…………………...…….1-800-331-1620

IMPOTENCE
Impotence Information Center…………………………………...…..1-800-843-4315
Prostate Information……………………………………………....…..1-800-543-9632

KIDNEY
American Association for Kidney Patients…………………………1-800-749-2257
American Kidney Fund…………………………………………....…..1-800-638-8299
National Kidney Foundation…………………………………….....…1-800-622-9010

LEARNING DISORDERS
The International Dyslexia Society Information Line………………1-800-222-3123

LIVER DISEASES
American Liver Foundation………………………………………......1-800-223-0179

LUNG DISEASES
Lung Line Information Service…………………………....……..……1-800-222-5864

LUPUS
American Lupus Society………………………………..……....……..1-800-331-1802
Lupus Foundation of America……………………………………..…1-800-558-0121

MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTH
American SIDS Institute……………………………………….........…1-800-232-7437
International Childbirth Education Association………………..…..1-800-624-4934
La Leche League International………………………………...……..1-800-638-6607
March of Dimes………………………………………………….....….1-888-663-4637
National Association of Mother's Centers……………………...….1-800-421-4211

MENTAL HEALTH
National Institute for Mental Health…………………..…………...…1-800-969-6642

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
National Multiple Sclerosis Society…………………………….....…1-800-344-4867

MYASTHENIA GRAVIS
Myasthenia Gravis Foundation……………………………………...1-800-541-5454

NUTRITION
American Dietetic Association Hotline…………………………...…1-800-366-1655
National Dairy Council………..1-800-426-8271

ORGAN DONATION
National Marrow Donor Program……………………………….........1-800-MARROW2
Organ Donor Hotline………………………………………..................1-800-24-DONOR
The Living Bank………………………………………………...….......1-800-528-2971

PARALYSIS AND SPINAL COURD INJURY
Spinal Cord Injury Hotline………………………………...………....1-800-526-3456
National Rehabilitation Information Center………..……………....1-800-346-2742
National Spinal Cord Injury Association………………….…….…1-800-962-9629

PARKINSON'S DISEASE
American Parkinson's Disease Association…………..…………....1-800-223-2732
National Parkinson Foundation…………………………………...…1-800-327-4545

RARE DISORDERS
American Leprosy Missions………………………………….…...…1-800-537-7679
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association…………………..……1-800-782-4747
Cleft Palate Foundation…………………………………………....….1-800-242-5338
Histiocytosis Association……………………………………….…...1-800-548-2758
Huntington's Disease Society……………………………..………....1-800-345-4372
National Association for Rare Disorders……………………….…..1-800-999-6673
National Lymphedema Network………………………………..….....1-800-541-3259
National Neurofibromatosis Foundation…………………..………..1-800-323-7938
National Organizations for Rare Disorders…………………..…..….1-800-999-6673
National Reye's Syndrome Foundation………………………….......1-800-233-7393
Sarcoidosis Family Aid and Research Foundation……………..…..1-800-223-6429
Sickle Cell Disease Association of America……………….….…….1-800-421-8453
Spina Bifida Assoc of America Informarion & Referral Hotline......1-800-621-3141
Tourette Syndrome Association………………………………….….1-800-237-0717
United Scleroderma Foundation………………………………..….....1-800-722-4673

SAFETY
National Highway Traffic Safety Hotline……………………........…1-800-424-9393
National Fire Protection Association………………………….......…1-800-344-3555
National Safety Council……………………………………….........…1-800-621-7619
Safe Drinking Water Hotline…………………………........…….....…1-800-426-4791
U.S. Coast Guard, Boating Safety Hotline…………………………..1-800-368-5647
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission …………………….…1-800-368-CPSC
TDD……………………………………………………………..........…1-800-638-8270

SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
National STD Hotline…………………………………….....................1-800-227-8922

STROKE
American Heart Association Stroke Connection…………......…….1-800-553-6321
National Stroke Association…………………………………..............1-800-STROKES

STUTTERING
National Center for Stuttering………………………………...............1-800-221-2483
Stuttering Foundation of America…………………………................1-800-992-9392

SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME (SIDS)
American SIDS Institute………………………………................…......1-800-232-7437
SIDS Alliance…………………………………………..................……...1-800-221-7437

SUICIDE
Boys Town National Hotline…………………………………...............1-800-448-3000
TDD……………………………………………………….........................1-800-448-1833

UROLOGICAL DISORDERS
American Foundation for Urologic Disorders………………...........…1-800-242-2383

WOMEN
Endometriosis Association…………………………………..............…1-800-992-3636
PMS Access………………………………………………...................…1-800-222-4767
Women's Center Women's Health America Group…………...........…1-800-222-4767