DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION
Mabrey Whetstone, Director
AL Dept of Education
Div of Special Education Services
P.O. Box 302101
Montgomery, AL 36130-2101
(334) 242-8114; (800) 392-8020 (in AL)
E-mail: mabreyw@sdenet.alsde.edu
Web: www.alsde.edu/speced/speced.html
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES: AGES 3 THROUGH 5
James Waid, Education Specialist
Coordinator 619
AL Dept of Eduction
Div of Special Education Services
P.O. Box 302101
Montgomery, AL 36130-2101
(334) 242-8114; (800) 392-8020 (In AL)
PROGRAMS FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH DISABILITIES: AGES BIRTH THROUGH 2
Ouida G. Holder, Part C Coordinator
Alabama’s Early Intervention System
Department of Rehabilitation Services
Division of Early Intervention
2129 East South Blvd., P.O. Box 11586
Montgomery, AL 36111-0586
(334) 281-8780
E-mail: oholder@rehab.state.al.us
Web: www.rehab.state.al.us
STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AGENCY
Lamona Lucas, Commissioner
Department of Rehabilitation Services
2129 East South Blvd., P.O. Box 11586
Montgomery, AL 36111-0586
(334) 281-8780
E-mail: webinfo@rehab.state.al.us
Web: www.rehab.state.al.us/vr.html
OFFICE OF STATE COORDINATOR OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
Jim Kendrick, Coordinator
Special Needs Programs
Department of Education
Gordon Persons Building
P.O. Box 302101
Montgomery, AL 36130-2101
(334) 242-9108
STATE MENTAL HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH
Virginia A. Rogers, Commissioner
Alabama Department of Mental Health
RSA Union Bldg.
P.O. Box 301410
Montgomery, AL 36130-1410
(334) 242-3218
STATE MENTAL RETARDATION PROGRAM
Catharine P. Maddox, Associate Commissioner
Department of Mental Health/Mental Retardation
RSA Union Bldg.
100 N. Union Street
P.O. Box 301410
Montgomery, AL 36130-1410
(334) 242-3701
STATE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PLANNING COUNCIL
Joan B. Hannah, Director
Alabama DD Planning Council
RSA Union Bldg.
100 N. Union Street
P.O. Box 301410
Montgomery, AL 36130-1410
(334) 242-3973; (800) 232-2158
PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY AGENCY
Reuben Cook, Director
Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP)
526 Martha Parham West
The University of Alabama
P.O. Box 870395
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0395
(800) 826-1675; (205) 348-4928
(205)348-9484 (TTY)
E-mail: ADAP@law.ua.edu
Web: www.adap.net
CLIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Jerry Norsworthy, Coordinator
Department of Rehabilitation Services
P.O. Box 11586
Montgomery, AL 36111-0586
(334) 281-2276 (V/TTY); (800) 228-3231 (V/TTY in AL)
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS
Christine Kendall, Assistant Commissioner
Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services
Children’s Rehabilitation Service
2129 East South Blvd., P.O. Box 11586
Montgomery, AL 36111-0586
(334) 281-8780; (800) 846-3697
E-mail: ckendall@rehab.state.al.us
Web: www.rehab.state.al.us
REGIONAL ADA TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AGENCY
Southeast Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center
United Cerebral Palsy Associations, Inc.
490 10th Street
Atlanta, GA 30318
(404) 385-0636
E-mail: sedbtac@ucpa.org
Web: www.sedbtac.org
DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS
Attention Deficit Disorder:
To identify an ADD group in your state or locality, contact either:
Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit /
Hyperactivity Disorder (CH.A.D.D)
8181 Professional Place, Suite 201
Landover, MD 20785
(301) 306-7070
(800) 233-4050 (Voice mail to request information packet)
E-mail: national@chadd.org
Web: www.chadd.org
National Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
P.O. Box 1303
Northbrook, IL 60065-1303
E-mail: mail@add.org
Web: www.add.org
Autism
Julie Oetting, Executive Director
Autism Society of Alabama
P.O. Box 248
Alabaster, AL 35207-0248
(877) 428-8476 (toll-free)
E-mail: julieASA@ucmail.com
Web: www.autism-alabama.org
Cerebral Palsy
Gary Edwards, Executive Director
United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Birmingham
2430 11th Avenue, North
Birmingham, AL 35234
(205) 251-0165
E-mail: UCPGBI@AOL.com
Glenn R. Harger, Executive Director
United Cerebral Palsy of Mobile, Inc.
3058 Dolphin Square Connector
Mobile, AL 36607
(334) 479-4900
E-mail: ucp@acan.net
Head Injury
Charles Priest, Director
Alabama Head Injury Foundation
3600 8th Avenue, South
Birmingham, AL 35222
(205) 328-3505; (800) 433-8002 (In AL)
Web: www.ahif.org
Learning Disabilities
Debbie Gibson, President
Learning Disabilities Association of Alabama
P.O. Box 11588
Montgomery, AL 36111
(334) 277-9151
Mental Retardatio
Donald Giglio, Director
The Arc of Alabama
300 S. Hull Street
Montgomery, AL 36104
(334) 262-7688; (800) 261-7687 (In AL)
E-mail: ArcAlabama@juno.com
Speech and Hearing
Brian Shulman, President
Speech & Hearing Association of Alabama
P.O. Box 9585
Mobile, AL 36691
(334) 380-2630
Visual Impairment
Frances Mary D’Andrea, Director
American Foundation for the Blind-Southeast
100 Peachtree Street, Suite 620
Atlanta, GA 30303
(404) 525-2303
E-mail: atlanta@afb.org
UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED PROGRAM
Craig T. and Sharon L. Ramey, Directors
Civitan International Research Center
University of AL at Birmingham
1719 Sixth Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35294-0021
(205) 934-8900
Web: www.circ.uab.edu
TECHNOLOGY-RELATED ASSISTANCE
Tom Gannaway, Executive Director
STAR (Statewide Technology Access and Response for Alabamians with Disabilities)
2125 East South Boulevard
P.O. Box 20752
Montgomery, AL 36120-0752
(334) 613-3480; (334) 613-3519 (TTY);
(800) 782-7656 (In AL)
E-mail:tgannawa@rehab.state.al.us
Web:www.rehab.state.al.us/star
PARENT TRAINING AND INFORMATION PROJECT
Carol Blades, Director
Special Education Action Committee Inc. (SEAC)
P.O. Box 161274
Mobile, AL 36616-2274
(334) 478-1208; (800) 222-7322 (In AL)
E-mail: seacofmobile@zebra.net
Web: www.hsv.tis.net/~seachsv/
PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION (PTA)
Donna Dickey, President
Alabama PTA
470 S. Union St.
Montgomery, AL 36104-4330
(334) 834-2501; (800) 328-1897
E-mail: al_office@pta.org
OTHER DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS
Barry F. Cavan, President
Alabama Easter Seal Society
P.O. Box 20320
Montgomery, AL 36120-0320
(334) 288-8382
E-mail: alaseal@worldnet.att.net
Joseph Busta, Jr., President
Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind
P.O. Box 698
Talladega, AL 35161
(256) 761-3200
E-mail: jbusta@aidb.state.al.us
Web: www.aidb.state.al.us
Bruce Patterson, Executive Director
VSA (Very Special Arts) Alabama
1121 Heflin Avenue
Birmingham, AL 35214
(205) 791-0075
