[misc.handicap] PARKINSON'S GROUPS

Betty.J.@p10.f642.n105.z1.fidonet.org (Betty J.) (01/23/91)

Index Number: 13107

 
Your message requesting information on Parkinson's Groups caught my eye.  My 
mother has just been diagnosed with Parkinson.
 
I have a book entitled "REACHING OUT:  A directory of National Organizations 
Related to Maternal and Child Health", it has the following listings:
 
AMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASOCIATION (APDA)
116 John Street
Suite 417
New York, New York  10038-9982
        (800)223-2732
        (212)732-9550
        Frank L. Williams, Executive Director
 
 
NATIONAL PARKINSON FOUNDATION, INC. (NPF)
1501 Northwest Ninth Avenue-Bob Hope Road
Miami, Florida  33136-1494
        (800)327-4545
        (305)547-6666
        Nathan Slewett, President
 
 
PARKINSON'S DISEASE FOUNDATION, INC. (PDF)
650 West 168th Street
New York, New York  10032
        (800)456-6676
        (212)923-4700
        Dinah T. Orr, Executive Director
        Contact:  Sheree Loftus
 
 
PEP (PARKINSON'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM) USA
1800 Park Newport, #302
Newport Beach, California  92660
        (800)344-7872
        (714)640-0218
        Contact:  Charlotte Jayne Drake
 
These should give you a good start. Learning more about a condition can do 
alot to put your mind at ease.
 
                                BETTY JACOBSEN
 

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