This is a directory of resources I have encountered as I worked on Far From the Tree. Some of these organizations were helpful to me as I was researching and writing; others have been recommended to me by people in the book; and some were introduced to me by others I met along the way. I cannot vouch for these organizations individually, but hope that the list will be helpful to anyone who is negotiating any of the differences or conditions described in the book. I am always interested in learning about other resources; suggestions may be sent via the contact link under "learn more" at the top of the page.
autism
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- Asperger Association of New England
- 51 Water St., Ste. 206
Watertown, MA 02472
Phone: 617-393-3824 - Visit website
- Autism National Committee
- 7 Teresa Circle
Arlington, MA 02474
Phone: 734-453-6857 - Visit website
- Autism Science Foundation
- 3 Continental Rd.
Scarsdale, NY 10583
Phone: 914-552-1580 - Visit website
- Autism Speaks
- 1 East 33rd St., 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Phone: 212-252-8584 - Visit website
- Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation for Autism
- P.O. Box 767
Framingham, MA 01701
Phone: 508-270-8855 - Visit website
- Organization for Autism Research
- 2000 N. 14th St. Ste. 710
Arlington, VA 22201
Phone: 866-366-9710 - Visit website
- Yale Child Study Center
- P.O. Box 207900 230 South Frontage Rd.
New Haven, CT 06520-7900
Phone: 203-785-5759 - Visit website
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- Association For Science In Autism Treatment
- P.O. Box 188
Crosswicks, NJ 08515 - Visit website
- Autism Network International
- P.O. Box 35448
Syracuse NY 13235-5448 - Visit website
- Autism Society of America
- 4340 East-West Hwy, Ste. 350
Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone: 800-328-8476 - Visit website
- Autistic Self-Advocacy Network
- P.O. Box 66122
Washington, DC 20035 - Visit website
- National Autism Association
- 20 Alice Agnew Dr.
Attleboro, MA 02763 1036
Phone: 877-622-2884 - Visit website
- Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative
- 160 Fifth Ave., 7th Floor
New York, NY 10010
Phone: 646-654-0066 - Visit website
crime
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- Campaign for Youth Justice
- 1012 14th St. NW, Ste. 610
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-558-3580 - Visit website
- Children's Defense Fund
- 25 E St. NW
Washington, D.C. 20001
Phone: 800-233-1200 - Visit website
- Institute for Juvenile Justice Reform and Alternatives
- 1220 L St. NW, Ste. 850
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-728-9557 - Visit website
- The Sentencing Project
- 1705 DeSales St. NW 8th Floor
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-628-0871 - Visit website
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- Child Welfare League of America
- 1726 M St. NW, Ste. 500
Washington DC, 20036
Phone: 202-688-4200 - Visit website
- Court-Appointed Special Advocates for Children
- 100 West Harrison Street
North Tower, Suite 500
Seattle, WA 98119
Phone: 800-628-3233 - Visit website
- National Center for Youth Law
- 405 14th St., 15th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612
Phone: 510-835-8098 - Visit website
Deafness
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- Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf
- 3417 Volta Pl. NW
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: 202-204-4671 - Visit website
- American Society for Deaf Children
- 800 Florida Ave. NE, #2047
Washington, DC 20002-3695
Phone: 800-942-2732 - Visit website
- Association of Late Deafened Adults
- 1131 Lake St., #204
Phone: 877-907-1738 - Visit website
- California State University
- 18111 Nordhoff St.
Northridge, CA, 91330-8265
Phone: 888-285-4041 - Visit website
- Gallaudet University
- 800 Florida Ave. NE
Washington, DC 20002-3695
Phone: 202-651-5000 - Visit website
- House Research Institute
- 2100 W. Third St., 5th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90057
Phone: 213-483-4431 - Visit website
- Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center
- 800 Florida Ave. NE
Washington, DC 20002-3695
Phone: 202-651-5855 - Visit website
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
- 31 Center Dr., MSC 2320
Bethesda, MD USA 20892-2320
Phone: 301-402-0900 - Visit website
- Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf
- 309 Millside Dr.
Columbus, OH 43230 - Visit website
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- American Association of the Deaf-Blind (AADB)
- 8630 Fenton St., Ste. 121
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-3803
Phone: 301-495-4403 - Visit website
- American Speech-Language Hearing Association
- 2200 Research Blvd.
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: 800-498-2071 - Visit website
- Boys Town National Research Hospital
- 555 N. 30th St.
Omaha, NE 68131
Phone: 402-498-6511 - Visit website
- Cochlear Implant Association
- 5335 Wisconsin Ave. Ste. 440
Washington, D.C. 20015-2052
Phone: 202-895-2781 - Visit website
- Hearing Health Foundation
- 363 Seventh Ave., 10th Floor
New York, NY 10001-3904
Phone: 212-257-6140 - Visit website
- John Tracy Clinic
- 806 W. Adams Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90007
Phone: 213-748-5481 - Visit website
- National Association of the Deaf
- 8630 Fenton St., Ste. 820
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3819
Phone: 301-587-1788 - Visit website
- National Theater of the Deaf
- 139 North Main St.
West Hartford, CT 06107
Phone: 860-236-4193 - Visit website
- Telecommunications For The Deaf, Inc.
- 8630 Fenton St., Ste. 604
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3803
Phone: 301-589-3786 - Visit website
disability
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- Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
- 3075 Adeline St., Ste. 210
Berkeley, CA 94703
Phone: 510-644-2555 - Visit website
- TASH
- 1001 Connecticut Ave. NW, Ste. 235
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-540-9020 - Visit website
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- National Council on Independent Living
- 1710 Rhode Island Ave NW 5th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20036
Phone: 202-207-0334 - Visit website
down syndrome
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- American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- 501 3rd St. NW, Ste. 200
Washington, D.C. 20001
Phone: 202-387-1968 - Visit website
- Association for Children with Down Syndrome
- 4 Fern Pl. Plainview,
New York 11803
Phone: 516-933-4700 - Visit website
- National Down Syndrome Congress
- 30 Mansell Court, Ste. 108
Roswell, GA 30076
Phone: 770-604-9500 - Visit website
- Special Olympics
- 1133 19th St. NW
Washington, DC 20036-3604
Phone: 202-628-3630 - Visit website
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- Arc of the United States
- 1825 K St. NW, Ste. 1200
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-534-3700 - Visit website
- National Association for Down Syndrome
- P.O. Box 206
Wilmette, IL 60091
Phone: 630-325-9112 - Visit website
- National Down Syndrome Society
- 666 Broadway, 8th Floor
New York, N.Y. 10012-2317
Phone: 212-460-9330 - Visit website
dwarfs
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- Billy Barty Foundation
- 929 West Olive Ave., Ste. C
Burbank, CA 91506
Phone: 818-953-5410
- Coalition for Dwarf Advocacy
- 5289 NE Elam Young Pkwy.
Hillsboro, OR 97124 - Visit website
- Human Growth Foundation
- 997 Glen Cove Ave,, Ste. 5
Glen Head, NY 11545
Phone: 800-451-6434 - Visit website
- Little People of America
- 250 El Camino Real, Ste. 201
Tustin, CA 92780
Phone: 714-368-3689 - Visit website
- Luca John Foundation
- P.O. Box 55388
Trenton, NJ 08638
Phone: 856-817-6206 - Visit website
- Restricted Growth Association
- P.O. Box 15755
Solihull
B93 3FY
United Kingdom
Phone: 0300-111-1970 - Visit website
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- Children of Difference Foundation
- 214 Nettleton Hollow Rd.
Washington, CT 06793
Phone: 860-868-9595
- Dwarf Athletic Association of America
- 708 Gravenstein Hwy. N, Ste 118
Sebastopol, CA 95472
Phone: 313-884-4963 - Visit website
- International Dwarf Advocacy Association
- 9829 S. Locknane
Nampa, ID 83686
Phone: 208-284-4841 - Visit website
- Little Peoples Research Fund
- 7106 Ridgewood Ave.
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Phone: 301-529-4530
- Magic Foundation for Children's Growth
- 1327 N. Harlem Dr.
Oak Park, IL 60302
Phone: 708-383-0808 - Visit website
- Short Stature Foundation
- 28202 Cabot Rd., Ste. 600
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Phone: 949-640-4887
prodigies
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- Davidson Institute for Talent Development
- 9665 Gateway Dr., Ste. B
Reno, NV 89521
Phone: 775-852-3483 - Visit website
- National Association for Music Education
- 1806 Robert Fulton Dr.
Reston, VA 20191
Phone: 703-860-4000 - Visit website
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- National Association for Gifted Children
- 1331 H St. NW, Ste. 1001
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-785-4268 - Visit website
rape
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- Center for Reproductive Rights
- 120 Wall St.
New York, NY 10005
Phone: 917-637-3600 - Visit website
- National Abortion Rights Action League
- 1156 15th St. NW, Ste. 700
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-973-3000 - Visit website
- Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network
- 2000 L St. NW, Ste. 406.
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-544-3075 - Visit website
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- National Abortion Federation
- 1660 L St. NW, Ste. 450
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-667-5881 - Visit website
- Planned Parenthood Action Center
- 434 West 33rd St.
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212-541-7800
- War Child
- 489 College St West, Ste. 500
Toronto ON M6G 1A5
Canada
Phone: 416-971-7474 - Visit website
schizophrenia
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- Mental Health America
- 2000 N. Beauregard St., 6th Floor
Alexandria, VA 22311
Phone: 703-684-7722 - Visit website
- National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery
- 1101 15th St. NW #1212
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 877-246-9058 - Visit website
- Treatment Advocacy Center
- 200 N. Glebe Rd., Ste. 730
Arlington, VA 22203
Phone: 703-294-6001 - Visit website
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- National Alliance on Mental Illness
- 3803 N. Fairfax Dr., Ste. 100
Arlington, VA 22203
Phone: 703-524-7600 - Visit website
- National Institute of Mental Health
- Visit website
transgender & gay
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- Ali Forney Center
- 224 W. 35th St., Ste. 1102
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212-222-3427 - Visit website
- COLAGE (Children of Lesbians & Gays Everywhere)
- 1550 Bryant St., Ste. 830
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: 415-861-5437 - Visit website
- Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders
- 30 Winter St., Ste. 800
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: 617-426-1350 - Visit website
- Gender Odyssey Family
- 702 Kentucky St., #164
Bellingham, WA 98225
Phone: 206-329-1624 - Visit website
- Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
- 1640 Rhode Island Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20036-3278
Phone: 202-628-4160 - Visit website
- Mermaids U.K.
- 870 Market St., Ste 370
San Francisco CA 94102
Phone: 415-392-6257 - Visit website
- National Center for Transgender Equality
- 1325 Massachusetts Ave NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-903-0112 - Visit website
- Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays – Transgender Network
- 1828 L St. NW, Ste. 660
Washington, D.C. 20036
Phone: 202-467-8180 - Visit website
- Transgender Law Center
- 870 Market St., Rm. 400
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: 415-865-0176 - Visit website
- TransKids Purple Rainbow Foundation
- 7000 W. Palmetto Park Rd., Ste. 205
Boca Raton, FL 33433
Phone: 561-750-3850 - Visit website
- Trevor Project
- 8704 Santa Monica Blvd., Ste. 200
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Phone: 310-271-8845 - Visit website
- World Professional Association for Transgender Health
- 2420 Clover St.
Union City, CA 94587
Phone: 510-675-9380 - Visit website
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- American Civil Liberties Union LGBT Project
- 125 Broad St. 18th Floor
New York, NY 10004-2400
Phone: 212-549-2627 - Visit website
- Freedom to Marry
- 155 W. 19th St., 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10011
Phone: 212-851-8418 - Visit website
- Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network
- 90 Broad St., 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10004
Phone: 212-727-0135 - Visit website
- Gender Spectrum
- 1271 Washington Ave. #834
San Leandro, CA 94577
Phone: 510-567-3977 - Visit website
- Matthew Shepard Foundation
- 1530 Blake St., Ste. 200
Denver, CO 80202
Phone: 303-830-7400 - Visit website
- National Center for Lesbian Rights
- 870 Market St., Ste 370
San Francisco CA 94102
Phone: 415-392-6257 - Visit website
- National Gay & Lesbian Task Force
- 1325 Massachusetts Ave NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-639-6302 - Visit website
- TransActive Education & Advocacy
- 1631 NE Broadway, Ste. 355-T
Portland, Oregon 97232
Phone: 503-927-7052 - Visit website
- Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund
- 151 W. 19th St., Ste. 1103
New York, NY 10011
Phone: 646-862-9396 - Visit website
- TransYouth Family Allies
- P.O. Box 1471,
Holland, MI 49422-1471
Phone: 1-888-462-8932 - Visit website
- TS Roadmap
- 5419 Hollywood Blvd., C-142
Hollywood, CA 90027 - Visit website