MA & RI Resources

 

Keep Yourself Informed

Driving Laws by State

Massachusetts

Rhode Island

 

 

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Epilepsy in the Workplace

• U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
  Q & A about Epilepsy in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
  

• EFA - Advocacy
  Epilepsy as a Disability and Your Civil Rights
  

Medical Bracelets - Flash Drive

• Silicone Bracelet Medical Record Flash Drive EMR
  
  
• Flash Drive Bracelet Stores Kids Medical Info

Epilepsy Centers

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• Boston Neurosurgical Foundation
  Includes the Neurosurgery Departments of the following:
  Brigham and Women's Hospital
  Children's Hospital Boston
  The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  Harvard Medical School

• Boston Medical Center: Epilepsy Care Program for Children & Adults
  Doctors Office Building
  720 Harrison Avenue, Suite 707
  Boston, MA 02118
  617-638-8456
  

• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Neurology Center
  330 Brookline Avenue
  Baker Building
  Boston, MA 02215
  617-623-8930
  

• Brigham and Women's Hospital
  75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115
  To schedule a new patient visit or consultation, call 617-732-7547

• Bay State Neurology
  3300 Main Street
  Springfield, MA 01199
  413-794-7030

• Children's Hospital Boston: Epilepsy Center
  300 Longwood Avenue
  Hunnewell 2
  Boston, MA 02115
  

• Massachusetts General Hospital Epilepsy Service
  Functional and Stereotactit Neurology Center
  Contact - Referral@Neurosurgery.MassGeneral.org

• UMass Memorial Medical Center (Worcester)
  University Campus
  55 Lake Avenue North
  Worcester, MA 01655

Rhode Island

• Rhode Island Hospital Comprehensive Epilepsy Program
  Brown University
  Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI 02912
  401-863-1000

• Rhode Island Neurology Group, Inc.
  1065 Mendon Rd
  Woonsocket, RI
  401-762-0170

• Neurology Foundation Inc
  For a comprehensive list of local Neurologists: call 401-431-9017
  
  Options for Working Parents
  For the best child care providers in Rhode Island visit here.
  

Therapy

• Lend a Hand Horse Farm
  The programs at Lend a Hand are designed to meet the needs of children and/or adults with physical, mental or social disabilites as well as those who are eager to learn about horse riding in a therapeutic environment.
  

Employment

• Career Support Center
  A free informational online tool that gives you the support you need to get a job.

Medicare

• Medicare.gov
  Information on Medicare and the Medicare Prescription Assistance, including Medicare Part D.

Special Needs / Special Education / Learning Disabilities

• K9's for Epilepsy and Diabetes
  For information regarding seizure alert dogs, contact Marie Cotellessa at 508-292-7977.
  

• About.com's Parenting for Special Needs
  

• Home School Foundation Scholarship Fund
  Scholarship for families home schooling a child with special learning needs.

• LD Online
  Resource for parents, teachers and students.

• Learning Network familyeducation.com
  Parenting advice, child development and family reference. Includes information about learning disabilities.

• Massachusetts Association of 766 Approved Private Schools
  

• Massachusetts Association of Special Education Parent Advisory Councils
  

• National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
  

Legal

• Know your rights -
  The best source of information regarding self-advocacy.

• Teresa Varnet / Spain, Spain & Varnet P.C.
  Estate planning and family law with a special concentration in issues unique to families with members who are disabled.

• Wrightslaw
  Special education advocacy library and law library.