Gulf Coast Autism Support Network
Ocean Springs, MS
Patty Gautier
(228) 218-9805
pattygautier@yahoo.com
Hattiesburg Autism Support Group
Hattiesburg, MS
Laurie Kleindinst
(601) 264-8005
leklinedinst@mac.com
Meridian Autism Support Group
Meridian, MS
Lou Ann Henson
(601) 485-5939 louannhn@aol.com
Natchez Autism Support Group
Natchez, MS
Susannah Heatherly
susannahheatherly@hotmail.com
Northeast MS Autism Support Network
West Point, MS
Beverly Shields
(662) 494-1783
drjester@netdoor.com
Oxford Autism and Education Support Group
Every third Monday
Saint Peter’s Church
Oxford, Ms
6:00 pm
For more information contact Nicole Boyd at dboyd@netzero.net
or Call: 662- 832-6950 or 662-832-3718
Pine Belt Autism Support Group
Laurel, MS
Sharon Blackwell
(601) 428-8929
blackwell112@yahoo.com
Quitman P.A.W.S. (Parent Advocates Working for Solutions)
P.O. Box 277
Quitman MS 39355-0277
website : http://www.quitmanpaws.com
email: quitmanpaws@yahoo.com
Ph 601 776 5433 / Fax 601 776 6994
Rebecca Watkins , Parent Contact
ph 601 776 5433
Meagan Breaux, Website manager
autumndays36@yahoo.com
Beth Smith, Parent Contact
601 776 5316
SCORE-A (Stone Co. Open Resource Educating Autism)
Perkinston, MS
Theresa Angrisano
(601) 528-5727 or (228) 209-0092
tascore_a@yahoo.com
Tri-Lakes Autism Support Group
Sardis, MS
Emily Thomas Johnson
(662) 609-4950
ETJPhD@gmail.com
Vicksburg Autism Support Group
Vicksburg, MS
Regina Jeffers
(601) 638-4642
rjnurs@aol.com
Central Mississippi Down Syndrome Society (CMDSS)
http://www.cmdss.org
Our award winning New Parent Guide is considered our crown jewel. One universal issue that parents had expressed is that irrespective of who their doctor was, or what hospital their child was born in, there was little support or information readily available to assist them through what was one of the most profoundly life altering and emotional events in their lives.Membership Application:
http://www.cmdss.org/Members/member.html
The Mississippi Chapter of the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation
Please visit www.savejude.com/halloween.htm
If you have questions, call Julie Manley at 601.906.5442 or e-mailmanley_family@comcast.net
Special Kids Family Network
Family YMCA
3719 Broadway Drive
Hattiesburg, Miss.
Meetings: First Thursday of each month
6:30p.m. until 8 p.m.
For more information contact: Cookie Smith, 601.266.5163
Spina Bifida Association of Mississippi ready to begin forming regional support groups, but they need your help. If you are interested in starting a support group in your area of the state, please contact the state office.
www.spinabifidams.com
sbaofms@yahoo.com
601-420-0030
The Jackson Area Traumatic Brain Injury support Group
For more information call Jan Nash at 601-981-1021
The National Alliance on Mental Illness-Mississippi for parents of children with severe emotional and behavioral problems holds a support group from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. the second Monday of each month at the NAMI-MS office at 411 Briarwood Drive, Suite 401, Jackson. For more information, call Debra Wertz at 601-957-5284.
The Tourette Syndrome - Mississippi Outreach Program
For additional information, please contact Sonia Bartosek at (601) 366-1766 or sonia_mstsa@bellsouth.net
MISSISSIPPI LISTSERVES
ASD-MS (Autism Spectrum Disorders—Mississippi) online group ASD-MS is an online support group for parents and family members of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Mississippi. The purpose of the listserv is to bring family members together to support each other. For more information about the list, or to join, visit the list’s group page at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ASD-MS or contact
Pam Dollar, pkdollar@bellsouth.net, (601) 594-9314 or
Patty Gautier, pattygautier@yahoo.com, (228) 588-3016
Children's Autism Support Team of Mississippi
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/CASTMS/
We are a support/information group for people affected by autism and other spectrum disorders (pervasive developmental disorder (PDD), Asperger's, and developmental delays (DD). We want to help provide references including therapy, education, and doctors, and to provide general information about autism and promote positive public awareness and acceptance. We also want to provide advocacy and community outreach projects to for autism awareness. We want to provide a comfortable open forum for members to express their thoughts, feelings, and questions. Also we hope to network everyone touched by autism for friendships, support, and social interaction.
Mississippi Autism Advocacy Network has been established to provide individuals affected by Autism Spectrum Disorder, family members and professionals who provide autism related services with an information system of current news, legislation and events in Mississippi regarding Autism Spectrum Disorder.
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/MSAAN/
Elle Sullivan: ellesullivan@yahoo.com
National Autism Association of MS yahoo group
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NAAofMS/
I Have An IDEA Listserve
Diagnosis: Bipolar, ADD, ADHD, Autism, PDD, Asperger's, ODD, mood disorders, emotional disorders, anxiety disorder.
This group is for sharing information related to 504 plans, IEP's, exceptional children program, special education, testing, placement, advocacy, legal issues, IDEA, Wright's Law, FAPE, NCLB and other educational issues. We welcome any parent, advocate, teacher, homeschooler or any others interested in sharing or learning more about how to get an appropriate placement or accommodations for our kids. Click to join I_have_an_IDEA
Paws and Puzzles
www.pawsandpuzzles.org
Paws and Puzzles is a get together where therapy dogs and their handlers and children with autism and their families meet once a month. Meetings are the last Saturday of the month at the Richland, MS Public Library. To join the Paws and Puzzles Yahoo group, please visit
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/ms_paws_and_puzzles/.
Suzanne and Baker, Rick and Gus, Al and Smooch, Susan and Lady, &
Patricia and Bree TherapyK9s