Support Groups
Breast Cancer Support Group
Adelphi School of Social Work
1 South Avenue, P.O. Box 701, Garden City, NY 11530
Tel: 800-877-8077
Coma Recovery Assoc., Traumatic Brain Injury
8300 Republic Airport, Suite 106, Farmingdale, NY 11735
Tel: 631-756-1826
Fax: 631-756-1827
E-mail: inquiry@comarecovery.org
Crohn’s & Colitis Group
585 Stewart Avenue, Suite 304, Garden City, NY 11530
Tel: 516-222-5530
Early Stage Alzheimer’s Patients Groups Long Island Alzheimer’s Foundation
Tel: 516-767-6856
Epilepsy Foundation of L.I.
506 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, NY 11530
Tel: 516-739-7733
Fax: 516-739-1859
E-mail: info@efli.org
H.O.P.E. for Stroke
147 Broadway, Hicksville, NY 11801
Tel: 516-804-8435
Website: www.hopeforstroke.org
(Founded & staffed by stroke survivors)
Myasthenia Gravis Support Group
PO Box 374, Yonkers, NY 10703
Tel: 914-207-5398
Website: www.myasthenia.org/mgfa_chapters.cfm
New Island Hospital-Respiratory Dept.
4295 Hempstead Turnpike, Room M-9, Med Unit, Bethpage, NY 11714
Tel: 516-520-2205
Ostomy Association
400 Lakeville Rd., Admin Building, New Hyde Park, NY 11040
Tel: 516-873-2568
Out & About (Sponsored by Peninsula Counseling Center)
Tel: 516-569-6600 Ext. 1365
Sarcoidosis Support Group
1989 N. Jerusalem Rd., East Meadow, NY 11554
Tel: 516-483-2666 Option 4
Sickle Cell Anemia Services for Children
Nassau University Medical Center,
2201 Hempstead Tpke., East Meadow, NY 11554
Tel: 516-572-5798
Fax: 516-572-6903
The Stroke Club, North Shore University Hospital (Fridays only)
300 Community Dr., Manhasset, NY 11030
Tel: 516-562-4947
Fax: 516-562-3111
Wantagh Multiple Sclerosis Support Group
St. Frances de Chantal Parish
1309 Wantagh Avenue, Wantagh, NY 11793
Tel: 516-312-6171
Downstate NY ADAPT
201 S. Cherokee, Denver, CO 80223
Tel: 303-733-9324
Website: www.adapt.org
American Association of People with Disabilities-AAPD
1629 K Street N.W. Suite 503, Washington, DC 20006
Tel: 800-840-8844/202-457-0046
Fax: 202-457-0473
TTY: 800-840-8844/202-457-0046
E-mail: aapd@aol.com
Website: www.aapd-dc.org
Consumer Link
16 Main Street, Hempstead, NY 11550
Tel: 516-489-0100
Fax: 516-485-4314
DRIVE- Disabled Rights Initiative for Voter Empowerment- A LICIL Initiative
3601 Hempstead Tpk, Suite 500, Hempstead, NY 11756
Tel: 516-796-0144
Fax: 516-520-1247
Website: www.licil.net
Early Childhood Direction Center (Info & Options)
47 Humphrey Drive, Syosset, NY 11791
Tel: 516-364-8580
Fax: 516-496-4958
E-mail: nassauecdc@vclc.org
Website: www.vclc.org
Family and Children Association
100 East Old Country Rd., Mineola, NY 11501
Tel: 516-746-0350
Fax: 516-294-0198
ILRU- Independent Living Research Utilization
2323 South Shepherd, Suite 1000, Houston, TX 77019
Tel: 713-520-0232
Fax: 713-520-5785
TTY: 713-520-0232
E-mail: ilru@ilru.org
Website: www.ilru.org
Long Island Advocacy Center
999 Herricks Rd., New Hyde Park, NY 11040
Tel: 516-248-2222
Fax: 516-248-2290
Long Island Center for Independent Living, Inc. (LICIL)
3601 Hempstead Tpk., Suite 208, Levittown, NY 11756
Tel: 516-796-0144
Fax: 516-796-0529
TTY: 516-796-0135
E-mail: licil@aol.com
Website: www.licil.net
NAMI Queens/Nassau National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
1981 Marcus Avenue, Suite C 117, Lake Success, NY 11042
Tel: 516-326-0797 / 718-347-7284
Fax: 516-437-5785
NARPA-National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy
P.O. Box 4058, Tuscaloosa, AL 35404
Tel: 205-464-0101
Website: www.narpa.org
National Amputation Foundation
40 Church Street, Malverne, NY 11565
Tel: 516-887-3600
Fax: 516-887-3667
E-mail: amps76@aol.com
New York Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for persons w/ Disabilities
401 State Street, Schenectady, NY 12305
Tel: 518-388-2892
Fax: 518-388-2890
TTY: 800-624-4143
E-mail: webmaster@cqc.state.ny.us
Website: www.cqc.state.ny.us
New York State Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services, Inc
1 Columbia Place, 2nd Floor, Albany, NY 12207
Tel: 518-436-0008
Fax: 518-436-0044
Website: www.nyaprs.org
The Health & Welfare Council of Long Island
150 Broadhollow Road, Suite 118
Melville, NY 11747
Tel: 516-483-1110
Fax: 516-483-4794
Website: www.hwcli.com
Through the Looking Glass
2198 6th Street # 100, Berkeley, CA 94710
Tel: 800-644-2666
Fax: 510-848-4445
TTY: 800-804-1616
E-mail: hg@lookingglass.org
Website: www.lookingglass.org
United Spinal Association
75-20 Astoria Blvd., Jackson Heights, NY 11370
Tel: 718-803-3782
Fax: 718-803-0414
Website: www.unitedspinal.org
Long Island Center for Independent Living, Inc.
3601 Hempstead Turnpike, Suite 500
Levittown, NY 11756
The Long Island Center for Independent Living, Inc.
is a non-for-profit organization established in 1980.
TEL: 516-796-0144 En Español: 516-796-6176
TTY: 516-796-0135 Fax: 516-796-0529 / 516-520-1247
E-MAIL: info@licilinc.org
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