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BALDING

National Alopecia Areata Foundation

San Rafael, CA

415-472-3780

www.naaf.org/site/PageServer


BEREAVEMENT

(see DEATH & BEREAVEMENT)

BIRTH DEFECTS

(see also CLEFT PALATE; SPINA BIFIDA)

Federation for Children With Special Needs

Boston, MA

617-236-7210

www.fcsn.org


March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation

White Plains, NY

888-663-4637

914-997-4481

www.marchofdimes.com


Mount Sinai Center for Jewish Genetic Diseases, Inc.

New York, NY

212-659-6774

www.mssm.edu/research/programs/jewish-genetics-disease-center


BLINDNESS & VISION PROBLEMS

American Association of the Deaf-Blind

Silver Spring, MD

800-735-2258 (Maryland relay)

301-495-4403

301-495-4402 (TTY)

www.aadb.org


American Council of the Blind

Arlington, VA

800-424-8666

202-467-5081

www.acb.org


American Foundation for the Blind

New York, NY

800-AFB-LINE (800-232-5463)

212-502-7600

www.afb.org


Association for Education & Rehabilitation of the Blind & Visually Impaired

Alexandria, VA

877-492-2708

703-671-4500

www.aerbvi.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=1


Association for Macular Diseases, Inc.

New York, NY

212-605-3719

www.macula.org


The Foundation Fighting Blindness

Owings Mills, MD

800-683-5555

410-568-0150

800-683-5551 (TDD)

www.blindness.org


Glaucoma Research Foundation

San Francisco, CA

800-826-6693

415-986-3162

www.glaucoma.org


Helen Keller Services for the Blind

Sands Point, NY

516-944-8900

www.helenkeller.org


Lighthouse International/National Association for Visually Handicapped

New York, NY

800-829-0500

212-821-9200

www.lighthouse.org


Prevent Blindness America

Chicago, IL

800-331-2020

www.preventblindness.org


BLOOD DISORDERS

Cooley's Anemia Foundation (Thalassemia)

New York, NY

800-522-7222

www.thalassemia.org


The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

White Plains, NY

800-955-4572

914-949-5213

www.lls.org


National Hemophilia Foundation

New York, NY

212-328-3700

www.hemophilia.org/NHFWeb/MainPgs/MainNHF.aspx?menuid=0&contentid=1


Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Inc. (SCDAA)

Baltimore, MD

800-421-8453

410-528-1555

www.sicklecelldisease.org


BRAIN DISORDERS

(see also CANCER & OTHER TUMORS; ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & OTHER DEMENTIAS; EPILEPSY)

Brain Injury Association of America

Vienna, VA

800-444-6443

703-761-0750

www.biausa.org


National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke

Bethesada, MD

800-352-9424

301-468-5981 (TTY)

www.ninds.nih.gov


BULLYING

Bullying.org

www.bullying.org


Stop Bullying

www.stopbullying.gov


Stop Cyberbullying

201-463-8663

www.stopcyberbullying.org


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