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MEDIC ALERT

MedicAlert

Turlock, CA

888-633-4298

209-668-3333

www.medicalert.org


MENTAL HEALTH

(see DEPRESSION; PSYCHIATRIC DISEASE)

MENTAL RETARDATION/INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY

(see also LEARNING DISORDERS)

The Arc of the United States

Silver Spring, MD

800-433-5255

301-565-3842

www.thearc.org


FRAXA Research Foundation

Newburyport, MA

978-462-1866

www.fraxa.org


The Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation

Washington, DC

202-393-1250

www.jpkf.org


National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD)

Washington, DC

202-506-5813

www.nacdd.org/site/home.aspx


VOR (formerly Voice of the Retarded)

Elk Grove Village, IL

877-399-4VOR (877-399-4867)

www.vor.net


MOVEMENT DISORDERS

(see also PARKINSON'S DISEASE)

We Move

New York, NY

www.wemove.org


MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

Multiple Sclerosis Association of America (MSAA)

Cherry Hill, NJ

800-532-7667

856-488-4500

www.msassociation.org


National Multiple Sclerosis Society

New York, NY

800-344-4867

www.nationalmssociety.org/index.aspx


MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY

Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA)

Tucson, AZ

800-572-1717

www.mda.org


MYASTHENIA GRAVIS

Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America, Inc. (MGFA)

New York, NY

800-541-5454

212-297-2156

www.myasthenia.org


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