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United States Senators
Honorable Maria Cantwell (D)
511 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-3441
http://cantwell.senate.gov/contact/index.html
http://cantwell.senate.gov/

Honorable Patty Murray (D)
173 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-2621
(202) 224-0238 (Fax)
http://murray.senate.gov/email/index.cfm
http://murray.senate.gov

Governor
Honorable Christine Gregoire

Office of the Governor
P.O. Box 40002
Olympia, WA 98504-0002
(360) 902-4111; (360) 753-4110 (Fax)
http://www.governor.wa.gov/contact/default.asp
http://www.governor.wa.gov/

Official State Web Site
http://access.wa.gov/

 State Department of Education: Special Education
Douglas Gill, Director
Special Education Operations
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
P.O. Box 47200
Olympia, WA 98504-7200
(360) 725-6075
doug.gill@k12.wa.us
http://www.k12.wa.us/specialed

State Coordinator for NCLB (No Child Left Behind)
Bob Harmon, Assistant Superintendent of Special Programs and Federal Accountability
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
P.O. Box 47200
Olympia, WA 98504-7200
(360) 725-6170
bob.harmon@k12.wa.us
http://www.k12.wa.us

 Programs for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities:
Ages Birth through 2
Sandy Loerch Morris, Program Director
Infant Toddler Early Intervention Program
Division of Developmental Disabilities
Department of Social and Health Services
P.O. Box 45201
Olympia, WA 98504-5201
(360) 725-3500
loercsk@dshs.wa.gov
doug.gill@k12.wa.us

State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency
Lynnae Ruttledge, Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Department of Social and Health Services
P.O. Box 45340
Olympia, WA 98504-5340
(360) 725-3610; (800) 637-5627 (V/TTY)
ruttllm@dshs.wa.gov
http://www1.dshs.wa.gov/dvr


 Programs for Children with Disabilities:
Ages 3 through 5
Anne Shureen Smith
Early Childhood Services
Special Education Learning Improvement
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
P.O. Box 47200
Olympia, WA 98504-7200
(360) 725-6075
http://www.k12.wa.us

Coordinator for Transition Services
Dr. Cinda Johnson, Assistant Professor/Director
Center for Change in Transition Services
College of Education, Seattle University
P.O. Box 222000
Seattle, WA 98122-4340
(206) 296-5888
cinda@seattleu.edu
http://www.seattleu.edu/ccts


 State Director of Vocational Education for Students with Disabilities
Betty Klattenhoff, Director
Career and Technical Education
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
P.O. Box 47200
Olympia, WA 98504-7200
(360) 725-6245
betty.klattenhoff@k12.wa.us
http://www.k12.wa.us/careerteched

Special Format Library
Gloria Leonard, Director
Washington Talking Book and Braille Library
2021 9th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98121-2783
(206) 615-0400; (800) 542-0866
(206) 615-0418 (TTY)
wtbbl@wtbbl.org
http://www.wtbbl.org

 State Mental Health Agency
Richard Kellogg, Director
Mental Health Division
Department of Social and Health Services
P.O. Box 45320
Olympia, WA 98504-5320
(360) 902-0790
kellore@dshs.wa.gov

Programs for People with Developmental Disabilities
Linda Rolfe, Director
Division of Developmental Disabilities
Department of Social and Health Services
P.O. Box 45310
Olympia, WA 98504-5310
(360) 725-3413
http://www.dshs.wa.gov/ddd


 Councils on Developmental Disabilities
Ed Holen, Director
WA State Developmental Disabilities Council
2600 Martin Way East, Suite F
P.O. Box 48314
Olympia, WA 98504-8314
(360) 586-3558; (800) 634-4473 (V/TTY)
EdH@cted.wa.gov
http://www.ddc.wa.gov

Protection and Advocacy Agency
Mark Stroh, Executive Director
Disability Rights Washington (formerly WA Protection and Advocacy System)
315 Fifth Avenue South, Suite 850
Seattle, WA 98104
(206) 324-1521; (206) 957-0728 (TTY)
(800) 562-2702; (800) 905-0209 (TTY)
info@dr-wa.org
http://www.disabilityrightswa.org

Client Assistance Program
Jerry Johnsen, Director
Client Assistance Program
2531 Rainier Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98144
(206) 721-5999; (800) 544-2121 (in WA)
(888) 721-6072 (TTY)
caprogram@qwest.net
http://www.washingtoncap.org

Programs for Children with Special Health Care Needs
Maria Nardella, Manager
Children with Special Health Care Needs
Community and Family Health
Department of Health
P.O. Box 47880
Olympia, WA 98504-7880
(360) 236-3573
maria.nardella@doh.wa.gov

 Programs for Children and Youth who are Blind or Visually Impaired
Lou Oma Durand, Executive Director
Department of Services for the Blind
P.O. Box 40933
Olympia, WA 98504-0933
(360) 725-3835; (800) 552-7103
LouDurand@dsb.wa.gov
http://www.dsb.wa.gov

State CHIP Program
(health care for low-income uninsured children)
The CHIP Program
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
(877) 543-7669
http://fortress.wa.gov/dshs/maa/CHIP/Index.html

 Telecommunications Relay Services for Individuals who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, or with Speech Impairments
(800) 833-6384 (V)
(800) 833-6388 (TTY); 711 (TTY)
(800) 833-6385 (Tele-Braille)
(877) 833-6341 (Speech to Speech)

Programs for Children and Youth who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Eric Raff, Director
Office of Deaf and Hard of Hearing
P.O. Box 45300
Olympia, WA 98504-5300
(360) 902-8000 V/TTY; (800) 422-7930 (V/TTY)
rafferic@dshs.wa.gov
http://odhh.dshs.wa.gov

 Programs for Children and Youth who are Deaf-Blind
Kathee K. Scoggin, Co-Director
Nancy Hatfield, Co-Director
Washington State Services for Children with Deaf-Blindness
800 Oakesdale Avenue, S.W.
Renton, WA 98057-5221
(425) 917-7827 (V/TTY); (800) 572-7000 (in WA)
wsds@psesd.org
http://www.wsdsonline.org

Regional ADA Technical Assistance Center
Kathe Matrone, RCEP Director
Don Brandon, Center Director
DBTAC Northwest: ADA Center
Western Washington Universtiy-CCER
6912 220th Street, S.W. #105
Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043
(425) 248-2480 (TTY); (800) 949-4232 (V/TTY)
dbtacnw@wwu.edu
http://www.dbtacnorthwest.org

 University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
Michael Guralnick, Director
Center on Human Development and Disability
University of Washington
Box 357920
Seattle, WA 98195-7920
(206) 543-7701
chdd@u.washington.edu
http://www.chdd.washington.edu

Technology-Related Assistance
Debbie Cook, Project Director
Washington Assistive Technology Act Program
University of Washington Center for Technology & Disability Studies
UW Mailbox 357920
Seattle, WA 98195-7920
(206) 685-4181; (800) 214-8731 (I&R)
(206) 616-1396 (TTY)
uwat@u.washington.edu
http://wata.org

State Mediation System
Karen Davis, Coordinator
Greg Abell, Coordinator
Sound Options Group, LLC
197 Parfitt Way, S.W., Suite 220
P.O. Box 11457
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
(206) 842-2298; (800) 692-2590
karend@somtg.com
http://www.soundoptionsgroup.com

Disability Specific Organizations:

Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
8181 Professional Place, Suite 150
Landover, MD 20785
(301) 306-7070
(800) 233-4050 (Voice mail to request information packet)
http://www.chadd.org

Attention Deficit Disorder Resources
223 Tacoma Avenue South #100
Tacoma, WA 98402
(253) 759-5085
http://www.addresources.org/contact.php
http://www.addresources.org

Autism
Carolyn Taylor, Project Coordinator
Autism Outreach Project
1601 R Avenue
Anacortes, WA 98221
(360) 299-4090; (888) 704-9633
autism@esd189.org
http://www.esd189.org/autism/

Blind/Visual Impairments
Jaclyn Packer, Ph.D., Director of Information Center
American Foundation for the Blind
11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300
New York, NY 10001
(212) 502-7600; (800) 232-5463
afbinfo@afb.net
http://www.afb.org

June W. Mansfield, President/CEO
Community Services for the Blind & Partially Sighted

9709 Third Avenue N.E., Suite 100
Seattle, WA 98115-2027
(206) 525-5556
http://www.csbps.com
http://www.sightconnection.com (Adaptive Aids Store)

Brain Injury
Brain Injury Association of Washington
3516 S. 47th Street, Suite 100
Tacoma, WA 98409
(253) 238-6085; (800) 523-5438 (in WA)
info@biawa.org
http://www.biawa.org

Wanda Godin
Head Injury Support Group
St. Peter Hospital
413 Lilly Road N.E.
Olympia, WA 98506

Epilepsy
Brent Hermann, President/CEO
Epilepsy Foundation Northwest
2311 N. 45th Street, #134
Seattle, WA 98103
(206) 547-4551
mail@epilepsynw.org
http://www.epilepsynw.org

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Sue Elliott, Executive Director
The Arc of Washington State
2638 State Avenue N.E.
Olympia, WA 98506
(360) 357-5596, ext. 104; (888) 754-8798 (in WA)
info@arcwa.org
http://www.arcwa.org

Michael Hatzenbeler, CEO
PROVAIL
3670 Stoneway North
Seattle, WA 98103
(206) 363-7303; (206) 440-2206 (TTY)
http://www.provail.org

Learning Disabilities
Lee Kueckelhan, President
Learning Disabilities Association of Washington
16315 NE 87th Street, Suite B-4
Redmond, WA 98052-3537
(425) 882-0792; (800) 536-2343 (Information and referral, in WA)
(425) 882-0820 (Business Line)
nsobich@ldawa.org
http://www.ldawa.org

Speech, Language, and Hearing
David Lundgren, President
Washington Speech-Language-Hearing Association
2150 N. 107th Street, Suite 205
Seattle, WA 98133-9009
(206) 367-8704
office@wslha.org
http://www.wslha.org

Organizations Especially For Parents:

Parent Training and Information Center (PTI)
Karen Anderson, Program Coordinator
Washington State Parent Information and Training Center
6316 S. 12th Street, Suite B
Tacoma, WA 98465-1900
(253) 565-2266 (V/TTY); (800) 572-7368 (V/TTY)
kanderson@washingtonpave.com
http://www.washingtonpave.org

Community Parent Resource Center
(Serving Pierce, North King County and vacinity)
Yvone Link, Program Director
Parent to Parent Power
1118 S. 142nd Street, Suite B
Tacoma, WA 98444
(253) 531-2022; (253) 531-0246
yvone_link@yahoo.com
kanderson@washingtonpave.com
http://www.p2ppower.org

(Serving Southeast Washington)
Chris Curry, Director
Rural Outreach
213 Smith Gym
Pullman, WA 99164
(509) 335-2321; (866) 326-4864
ftpd@familiestogether.org
http://www.familiestogether.org/

Parent-To-Parent
Susan Atkins, Coordinator
Washington State P2P Programs
State Coordinating Office
2638 State Avenue N.E.
Olympia, WA 98506
(425) 641-7504; (800) 821-5927
statep2p@earthlink.net
http://www.arcwa.org

Leadership Development
Donna Patrick, Director of Public Policy
Washington Developmental Disabilities Council
2600 Martin Way E, Suite F
Olympia, WA 98504
(360) 586-3566; (800) 634-4473
donnap@cted.wa.gov
http://www.ddc.wa.gov

Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
Owen Atkins, Interim Executive Director
Washington State PTA
2003 65th Avenue West
Tacoma, WA 98466-6215
(253) 565-2153; (800) 562-3804 (in WA only)
wapta@wastatepta.org
http://www.wastatepta.org

Other Parent Organization
Heather Hebdon, Program Coordinator
Specialized Training of Military Parents (STOMP)
PAVE
6316 S. 12th Street, Suite B
Tacoma, WA 98465
(253) 565-2266 (V/TTY); (800) 572-7368 (V/TTY)
stomp@washingtonpave.com
http://www.stompproject.org

Other Disabilities:

Other Disability Organizations
Cathy Bisaillon, President and CEO
Easter Seals Washington
220 W. Mercer, Suite 120 West
Seattle, WA 98119
(206) 281-5700 (V/TTY); (800) 678-5708
http://www.wa.easterseals.com

Jocie Devries, Director
The FAS (Fetal Alcohol Syndrome) Family Resource Institute
P.O. Box 2525
Lynnwood, WA 98036
(253) 531-2878; (800) 999-3429
vicky@fetalalcoholsyndrome.org
http://fetalalcoholsyndrome.org

Cassie Johnston, Parent Participation Coordinator
Washington PAVE
Infant/Toddler Early Intervention Program
6316 S. 12th Street
Tacoma, WA 98465
(360) 701-7012 (V/TTY); (800) 572-7368
(253) 565-2266 (V/TTY)
weecare@olywa.net
http://www.washingtonpave.org

Sue Meinzinger, Director
Summit Assistance Dogs
7575 Chestnut Lane
Anacortes, WA 98221
(360) 293-5609
info@summitdogs.org
http://www.summitdogs.org

Patti Rosser-Lee, Executive Director
VSA arts of Washington
305 Harrison Street, Suite 303
Seattle, WA 98109
(206) 443-1843
info@vsaaw.org
http://www.vsaaw.org

Greg Schell, Director
Washington State Fathers Network
Kindering Center
16120 N.E. 8th Street
Bellevue, WA 98008-3937
(425) 747-4004, ext. 4286
greg.schell@kindering.org
http://www.fathersnetwork.org

Independent Living:

Independent Living Research Utilization Project
The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research
2323 South Sheppard, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77019
(713) 520-0232 (V); (713) 520-5136 (TTY)
ilru@ilru.org
http://www.ilru.org

Centers for Independent Living (CILs)
National Council on Independent Living
1710 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, 5th Floor
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 207-0334 (V); (202) 207-0340 (TTY)
ncil@ncil.org
http://www.ncil.org


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