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Below you will find various other Organizations that may be of use to you.
Please be sure to inform us if you think we have missed any that should be listed here.
Canada          United States of America          United Kingdom          Sweden

Let's Face It, Inc. Regularly updated directory of resources for specific conditions

The Children's Craniofacial Association has published a series of 'A Guide to understanding' booklets for parents, which explain craniofacial conditions and their treatment.
 A Guide to Understanding Hemifacial Microsomia
A Guide to Understanding Microtia

Canada

CORD (Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders)
P.O. Box 814
Coaldale, Alberta T1M 1M7
Contact: Maureen Gaetz-Faubert
Phone: 403-345-4544
Fax: 403-345-3948
Toll Free: 1-877-302-7273
Email:
maur@cord.ca
http://www.cord.ca/

Ability Online
919 Alness Street
North York, Ontario M3J 2J1
Phone: 416-650-6207
Toll Free: 1-866-650-6207
Fax: 416-650-5073
Email:
information@ablelink.org
http://www.ablelink.org/
AboutFace International
123 Edward St., Suite 1003
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1E2
Phone: 416-597-2229 or 1-800-665-3223 (FACE)
Fax: 416-597-8494
E-mail: info@aboutfaceinternational.org http://www.aboutfaceinternational.org/main.html  
Syndromes and Conditions
  • information and emotional support to individuals with facial differences and their families
United States of America

NORD (National Organization for Rare Disorders Inc.)
55 Kenosia Avenue; PO Box 1968
Danbury, CT 06813-1968
Phone: 203-744-0100
Tollfree: 800-999-6673 (voicemail only)
TDD Number: 203-797-9590
203-798-2291

Email:
orphan@rarediseases.org
http://www.NORD-RDB.com/

Birth Defect Research for Children, Inc.
Suite 225 - 930 Woodcock Road
Orlando, Florida 32803
Information line: 407-245-7035
Birth Defect Registry Hotline:
800-313-ABDC
Email: staff@birthdefects.org
http://www.birthdefects.org/

(formerly known as ABDC or Association of Birth Defect Children, Inc.)

Children's Craniofacial Association
13140 Coit Road, Ste. 307
Dallas, TX  75240
Toll Free: 1-800-535-3643
Email: areeves@ccakids.com
http://www.ccakids.com
Craniofacial Foundation of Arizona
P.O. Box 50987
Phoenix, AZ 85076-0987
Phone: 480-753-1800
Fax: 480-753-1801
Toll Free: 1-877-HPY-FACE (1-877-479-3223)
Email:
azcranio@earthlink.net
http://www.azcranio.com/
  • a non-profit organization dedicated to providing financial and emotional support to craniofacial patients and their families, as well as promoting educational programs that increase awareness and acceptance of craniofacial conditions
FACES: National Craniofacial Association
P. O. Box 11082
Chattanooga, TN 37401
 Phone: 800-332-2373
E-mail: faces@faces-cranio.org
http://www.faces-cranio.org
Let's Face It, Inc.
PO Box 29972
Bellingham, WA 98228-1972
Contact: Betsy Wilson, Director
Phone: 360-676-7325
http://www.nas.com/~letsfaceit/
National Health Law Program
1101 14th Street, NW, Suite 405
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-289-7661
http://www.healthlaw.org
  • Provides extensive information on health care law affecting families with children who have special health care needs.
National Foundation for Facial Reconstruction
317 East 34th Street, Room 901
New York, New York 10016
Phone: 212-263-6656
Fax: 212-263-7534
Email: info@nffr.org
http://www.nffr.org/
Operation Smile
6435 Tidewater Drive
Norfolk, VA 23509; USA
Phone: 757-321-7645
Fax: 757-321-7660
http://www.operationsmile.org/
Wide Smiles
Po Box 5153
Stockton, CA 95205-0153
Phone: 209-942-2812
Fax: 209-464-1497
E-Mail:
webmaster@widesmiles.org
http://www.widesmiles.org/
  • for parents of cleft-affected children
World Craniofacial Foundation
7777 Forest Lane, Ste C-621
PO Box 515838
Dallas, TX 75251-5838
Phone: 972-566-6669 or 1-800-533-3315
Fax: 972-566-3850
E-mail: worldcf@worldnet.att
http://www.worldcf.org/
United Kingdom
Changing Faces
The Squire Centre
33-37 University Street
London WC1E 6JN
Phone:
0845-4500-275
Email:
info@changingfaces.org.uk
http://www.changingfaces.org.uk/
Let's Face It
72 Victoria Avenue,
Westgate On Sea, Kent CT8 8BH
Contact: Christine Piff
Phone:
01843-833724
Email: chrisletsfaceit@aol.com
http://www.lets-face-it.org.uk/index.html
Hemimelia Support Group (based in UK)
Support group for Hemimelia
(congenital absence or shortening of the tibia, fibula, radius or ulna)
Sweden
Mun-H-Center
Box 2046
SE-436 02 Hovås
Phone: +46 (0)31 750 92 00
Fax: +46 (0)31 750 92 01
E-mail: mun-h-center@vgregion.se
http://www.mun-h-center.se

Birth Defect Research for Children
BDRC's Birth Defects Information Line:
(407) 245-7035
Birth Defect Registry Hotline:
(800) 313-ABDC

(formerly known as ABDC or Association of Birth Defect Children)