Each state sets eligibility ages for services to children and youth with disabilities. For current information concerning this state, please contact the office listed under Department of Education: Special Education.

State Department of Education: Special Education
State Department of Education: Special Education 
Robert Marra, Associate Superintendent
Indiana Department of Education 
State House, Room 229
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2798 
(317) 232-0570 
E-mail: rmarra@doe.state.in.us
Web: www.doe.state.in.us/exceptional/speced

State Coordinator for NCLB (No Child Left Behind)
Jeffery Zaring, Chief of Staff 
Indiana Department of Education
State House, Room 229
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 232-6619
E-mail: jzaring@doe.state.in.us
Web: www.doe.state.in.us

Programs for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: Ages Birth through 2 
Dawn Downer, Part C Coordinator 
Indiana Family and Social Services Administration
Division of Family and Children
Bureau of Child Development
402 W. Washington Street, Room W-386
Indianapolis, IN 46204 
(317) 233-9229; (800) 441-7837 (in IN)
E-mail: ddowner@fssa.state.in.us
Web: www.state.in.us/fssa/first_step

Programs for Children with Disabilities: Ages 3 through 5
Sheron Cochran, Preschool Coordinator 
Division of Exceptional Learners
Indiana Department of Education
State House, Room 229
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2798
(317) 232-0567
E-mail: scochran@doe.state.in.us
Web: www.doe.state.in.us/exceptional/speced 

State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency 
Michael Hedden, Deputy Director
Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Indiana Family and Social Services Administration
Division of Disability, Aging, and Rehabilitative Services
402 W. Washington Street, Room W453
P.O. Box 7083
Indianapolis, IN 46207-7083
(317) 232-1319; (800) 545-7763, ext. 1319
E-mail: phedden@fssa.state.in.us
Web: www.IN.gov/fssa/

Coordinator for Transition Services
Teresa Grossi, Director 
Indiana Institute on Disability and Community 
University Affiliated Program of Indiana 
Indiana University 
2853 E. 10th Street 
Bloomington, IN 47408 
(812) 855-6508 
E-mail: tgrossi@indiana.edu
Web: www.iidc.indiana.edu/cclc/transition.htm
 

Division of Exceptional Learners
Indiana Department of Education
Nancy Zemaitis, Assistant Director
State House, Room 229
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2798
(317) 232-0892
E-mail: zemaitis@doe.state.in.us
Web: www.doe.state.in.us/exceptional/speced

Office of State Coordinator of Vocational Education for Students with Disabilities 
Terry Fields, State Director
Vocational and Technical Education
Indiana Workforce Development
10 N. Senate Avenue, Room 212
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2277
(317) 232-1829
E-mail: tfields@dwd.state.in.us
Web: www.IN.gov/dwd/teched/

State Mental Health Agency 
Suzanne Clifford, Director
Division of Mental Health and Addiction
Family and Social Services Administration 
402 W. Washington Street, Room W353
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2739
(317) 232-7845
E-mail: sclifford@fssa.state.in.us
Web: www.IN.gov/fssa

State Mental Health Representative for Children 
Cheryl Shearer, ACSW, LCSW
Children's Services Bureau 
Division of Mental Health and Addiction
Family and Social Services Administration
402 W. Washington Street, Room W353
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2739
(317) 232-7934
E-mail: cshearer@fssa.state.in.us
Web: www.IN.gov/fssa

State Developmental Disabilities Agency 
Carmella Barrett, Deputy Director
Bureau of Developmental Disabilities Services
P.O. Box 7083
Indianapolis, IN 46207-7083
(317) 232-7842

Councils on Developmental Disabilities 
Suellen Jackson-Boner, Director 
The Indiana Governor’s Planning Council for People with Disabilities
150 W. Market Street, Suite 628
Indianapolis, IN 46204 
(317) 232-7770; (317) 232-7771 (TTY)
E-mail: sjackson@gpcpd.org
Web: www.IN.gov/gpcpd/

Protection and Advocacy Agency 
Thomas Gallagher, Executive Director 
Indiana Protection and Advocacy Services 
4701 N. Keystone Avenue, Suite 222
Indianapolis, IN 46205 
(317) 722-5555
(800) 622-4845; (800) 838-1131 (TTY)
E-mail: info@ipas.in.gov
Web: www.in.gov/ipas

Client Assistance Program
Contact Protection and Advocacy Agency listed above

Programs for Children with Special Health Care Needs 
Eric Vermeulen, Director
Children's Special Health Care Services
Indiana State Department of Health
2 N. Meridian Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 233-1351; (800) 475-1355
Web: www.in.gov/isdh/programs/cshcs

State CHIP Program
(health care for low-income uninsured children)
Hoosier Healthwise
Children’s Health Insurance Program 
Department of Health, Family and Social Services 
402 W. Washington Street, Room 382, MS07 
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2739 
(800) 889-9949 
Web: www.in.gov/fssa/programs/chip

Programs for Children and Youth who are Blind or Visually Impaired 
Linda Quarles, Interim Deputy Director
Blind and Visually Impaired Services
Indiana Family and Social Services Administration
Division of Disability, Aging, and Rehabilitative Services
402 W. Washington Street, Room W-453
P. O. Box 7083
Indianapolis, IN 46207-7083
(317) 232-1433; (877) 241-8144 
(317) 232-1466 (TTY)
E-mail: lquarles@fssa.state.in.us
Web: www.state.in.us/fssa/servicedisabl/blind/index.html

Programs for Children and Youth who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
James Van Manen, Deputy Director
Indiana Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services 
Indiana Family and Social Services Administration
Division of Disability, Aging, and Rehabilitative Services 
402 W. Washington Street , Room W-453 
P.O. Box 7083 
Indianapolis, IN 46207-7083 
(317) 232-1143 (V/TTY); (800) 962-8408 (V/TTY in IN only) 
E-mail: jvanmanen@fssa.state.in.us
Web: www.IN.gov/fssa/dhhs

Telecommunications Relay Services for Individuals who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, or with Speech Impairments
(800) 743-3333 (V)
(800) 743-3333 (TTY); 711 (TTY)
(877) 743-8231 (Speech to Speech)

Programs for Children and Youth who are Deaf-Blind
Karen Goehl, Director 
The Indiana Deafblind Services Project
Blumberg Center, College of Education, Room 502
Indiana State University
Terre Haute, IN 47809
(800) 622-3035; (812) 237-3022 (TTY)
E-mail: kgoehl@indstate.edu
E-mail: lpoff@indstate.edu
Web: www.indstate.edu/soe/blumberg/Deafblind.html

Regional ADA & IT Technical Assistance Center
Robin Jones, Project Director
Great Lakes ADA and Accessible IT Center
University of Illinois/Chicago
Department on Disability and Human Development
1640 W. Roosevelt Road
Chicago, IL 60608
(312) 413-1407 (V/TTY); (800) 949-4232 (V/TTY)
E-mail: gldbtac@uic.edu
Web: www.adagreatlakes.org

University Centers for Excellence on Developmental Disabilities
David M. Mank, Director
Indiana Institute on Disability and Community
2853 E. 10th Street 
Bloomington, IN 47408-2696 
(812) 855-6508; (812) 855-9396 (TTY) 
E-mail: iidc@indiana.edu
Web: www.iidc.indiana.edu
 

Riley Child Development Center (RCDC)
Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) Program
Indiana University School of Medicine 
James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children
John D. Rau, M.D., Director
702 Barnhill Drive, Room 5837
Indianapolis, IN 46202-5225 
(317) 274-8167 
E-mail: jdrau@child-dev.com
Web: www.child-dev.com

Technology-Related Assistance 
Gary R. Hand, Executive Director
Attain
32 E. Washington Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 486-8808; (800) 528-8246 (in IN)
E-mail: attain@attaininc.org
Web: www.attaininc.org

State Mediation System 
Sally Cook, Mediation Coordinator
Indiana Department of Education
Division of Exceptional Learners
State House, Room 229
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 232-0580
E-mail: sacook@doe.state.in.us
Web: www.doe.state.in.us/exceptional/speced

Special Format Library
Lissa Shanahan, Librarian 
Indiana State Library 
Talking Books
140 N. Senate Avenue 
Indianapolis, IN 46204 
(317) 232-3684; (800) 622-4970 
(317) 232-7763 (TTY)
E-mail: lbph@statelib.lib.in.us
Web: www.statelib.lib.in.us/

Disability-Specific Organizations

Attention Deficit Disorder
To identify an ADD group in your state or locality, contact either:

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)
Web: www.chadd.org

Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
P.O. Box 543
Pottstown, PA 19464
(484) 945-2101
Web: www.add.org

Autism
Cathy Pratt, Ph.D., Director
Indiana Resource Center for Autism (IRCA)
Indiana Institute on Disability and Community
Indiana's University Center for Excellence on Disabilities
Indiana University
2853 E. 10th Street
Bloomington, IN 47408-2696
(812) 855-6508; (812) 855-9396 (TTY)
E-mail: prattc@indiana.edu
Web: www.iidc.indiana.edu/irca

Blind/Visual Impairments
Jay Stiteley, Director
American Foundation for the Blind-Midwest
401 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 350
Chicago, IL 60611
(312) 396-4420
E-mail: chicago@afb.net
Web: www.afb.org 

Brain Injury
Lindsay Meyer, Executive Director
Brain Injury Association of Indiana
9531 Valparatso Court, Suite A
Indianapolis, IN 46268
(317) 356-7722; (866) 854-4246
E-mail: lindsay.meyer@biai.org
Web: www.biausa.org/indiana/bia.htm

Cerebral Palsy 
Donna Roberts, Executive Director
United Cerebral Palsy Association of Greater Indiana, Inc.
1915 W. 18th Street, Suite C
Indianapolis, IN 46202
(317) 632-3561; (800) 723-7620
E-mail: donnar@ucpaindy.org
Web: www.ucp.org

Down Syndrome
Kimberly Pannell, Executive Director
Indiana Down Syndrome Foundation
3100 Meridian Parke Drive, Suite N292
Greenwood, IN 46142
(317) 216-6319; (888) 989-9255
E-mail: idsfdirector@insightbb.com
Web: www.indianadsf.org

Joe Bockerstette, President
Down Syndrome Association of Northeast Indiana
1530 Progress Road
Fort Wayne, IN 46808
(260) 471-9964; (877) 713-7264
E-mail: dsani4u@aol.com
Web: www.dsani.org

Epilepsy
Marge Frommeyer, Executive Director
Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Cincinnati
(serving South Eastern Counties)
3 Centennial Plaza, 895 Central Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45202
(513) 721-2905; (877) 804-2241
E-mail: ecgc@fuse.net
Web: www.ecgc.net

Kathy S. Forkner, M.L.S., State Coordinator
Indiana Epilepsy Services
Community Health Network Neurosciences
1402 E. County Line Road South
Indianapolis, IN 46227
(317) 355-5824; (800) 642-2608
E-mail: kforkner@ecommunity.com
Web: www.indianaepilepsy.org

Learning Disabilities
Sharon Harris, Indiana State President
Jan Perzanowski, Conference Director
Learning Disabilities Association of Indiana 
P.O. Box 20584
Indianapolis, IN 46220
(800) 284-2519 (LD and ADD/HD Information Request Line)
E-mail: ldain@lda-in.org
Web: www.lda-in.org

Mental Health
Stephen McCaffrey, President
Mental Health Association in Indiana, Inc. 
1431 N. Delaware Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
(317) 638-3501; (800) 555-6424 (in IN only) 
E-mail: mha@mentalhealthassociation.com
Web: www.mentalhealthassociation.com

Pamela A. McConey, Executive Director
NAMI Indiana (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, IN)
P.O. Box 22697
Indianapolis, IN 46222-0697
(317) 925-9399; (800) 677-6442
E-mail: nami-in@nami.org
Web: www.namiindiana.org

Mental Retardation 
John Dickerson, Executive Director
The Arc of Indiana 
107 N. Pennsylvania, Suite 300
Indianapolis, IN 46204 
(317) 977-2375 
E-mail: jdickerson@arcind.org
Web: www.arcind.org
Web: www.TheArcLink.org

Speech and Hearing 
Ann Ninness
Indiana Speech-Language-Hearing Association
1 N. Capitol Avenue, Suite 1111
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 916-4146 
E-mail: mail@islha.org
Web: www.islha.org

Spinal Cord Injury
Mercedes Rauen, Executive Director
Spinal Cord Injury Association of Illinois
1032 S. LaGrange Road
LaGrange, IL 60525
(708) 352-6223; (877) 373-0301
E-mail: SCIInjury@aol.com 
Web: www.sci-illinois.org

Organizations Especially for Parents and Caregivers

Parent Training and Information Center (PTI) 
Richard Burden, Executive Director
IN*SOURCE
809 N. Michigan Street
South Bend, IN 46601-1036 
(574) 234-7101 (V/TTY); (800) 332-4433 (In IN)
E-mail: insource@insource.org
Web: www.insource.org

Partners in Policymaking
UCPA of Greater Indianapolis
1915 W. 18th Street, Suite C
Indianapolis, IN 46202
(317) 632-3561; (800) 821-6708 (in IN)

Parent-To-Parent 
Donna Gore Olsen, Executive Director 
Indiana Parent Information Network, Inc.
4755 Kingsway Drive, Suite 105-A 
Indianapolis, IN 46205-1545
(317) 257-8683
E-mail: FamilyNetw@aol.com
Web: www.ipin.org

Parent Teacher Association (PTA) 
Marilyn Jones, President
Indiana Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc.
2525 N. Shadeland Avenue, D-4
Indianapolis, IN 46219
(317) 357-5881
E-mail: in_office@pta.org
E-mail: pta@spitfire.net
Web: www.indianapta.org

Other Disability Organizations

Pat Bowers, Executive Director
Easter Seals Wayne/Union Counties
5632 U.S. Highway 40 East 
P.O. Box 86
Centerville, IN 47330-0086
(765) 855-2482
E-mail: easterseals@juno.com
Web: http://eastersealswu.tripod.com

Family Voices Indiana
4755 Kingsway Drive, Suite 105A
Indianapolis, IN 46205-1545
(317) 257-8683
E-mail: FamVoicesIn@aol.com

Jim Nulty, President
VSA arts of Indiana
Harrison Centre for the Arts
1505 N. Delaware Avenue, Suite 100
Indianapolis, IN 46202
(317) 974-4123; (317) 974-4117 (TTY)
E-mail: jnulty@vsai.org
Web: www.vsai.org

Independent Living 

To find out the contact information for the Statewide 
Independent Living Council (SILC) in your state, contact:
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)
E-mail: ilru@ilru.org
Web: www.ilru.org

To find out the contact information for centers for 
independent living (CILs) in your state, contact:
National Council on Independent Living
1916 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 209
Arlington, VA 22201
(703) 525-3406; (703) 525-4153 (TTY)
E-mail: ncil@ncil.org
Web: www.ncil.org