Houston Area Organizations
Here are Local Parent resources that provide Parent Support, Training Opportunities, or other activities.
Those that are Bold Printed have Spanish resources/Espanol recursos
Arc of Fort Bend, 281-494-5959
Arc of Harris County, 713-957-1600
Arc of Gulf Coast, 281-388-1161
Arc of Katy, 832-754-9802
Arc of Texas, 512-454-6694
Attention Deficit Disorders Association – Southwest Region 281-897-0982
Autism Society of America Texas Gulf Coast , 409-925-1861
Big Little JC Association, Supporting Families with Medically Dependent Children 832-891-5096
Blue Skys Over Autism – 281-687-4694
Candlelighters 713-270-4700
Dar-Us-Sakina 832-449-9197 Serving the Muslim community
Deaf Blind (DBMAT)
Depression & Bipolar Alliance (reMIND) 713-600-1131
Disability Rights Texas 1-800-252-9108
Down Syndrome Association of Greater Houston 713-682-7237
Easter Seals Houston (formerly United Cerebral Palsy and Houston Area Respite Center), 713-838-9050
Education Resource Center on Deafness
Epilepsy Foundation, 713-789-6295
FEAT Houston (Families for Effective Autism Treatment), 281-361-3328
Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health
Friends and Families of Asians with Special Needs 281-840-8435
Fragile X Alliance 713-494-3115
Galveston-Houston Families Exploring Down Syndrome 281-736-8008
Hope For Three – support group for DADS 281-245-0640
Houston Center for Independent Living, 713-974-4621
Katy Autism Support (their Online Yahoo group has moved to Facebook)
Lean On Me (meets 3rd Sat. of Month at Ecclesia) 832-995-9084
Light & Salt Association 713-988-4724 www.light-salt.org (Chinese)
Muscular Dystrophy, 713-522-8561
NAMI Greater Houston, 713-970-4419
NAMI Fort Bend, 281-494-5193
Partners Resource Network – TEAM Project, 1-800-866-4726 or 713-524-2147
Pearland Autism Connection, 281-910-5412
Region 4 Education Service Center , 713-744-6868
Schizophrenia and Related Disorders Alliance of America
Spina Bifida Association of North Texas
Texas Assoc. of Parents of Children with Visual Impairments (TAPVI)
Texas Parents of Blind Children, 713-501-9659
Texas Parent to Parent, 866-896-6001
Tourette Syndrome Assoc. of Texas – Katy Support Group 281-395-5392
Tourett Syndrome Assoc. of Texas – North Houston Group
University of Houston Families CAN Parent Education Program & Transition Workgroup, 713-743-5491
Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome 22q11.2, 281-795-8727 or vcfs22q-txhou@yahoo.com
Williams Syndrome, 713-417-9418
There are also many organizations that primarily have Facebook ONLY pages.