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Providing referrals, education, and support for all individuals experiencing eating disorders and their loved ones. The Alliance offers comprehensive services, including: Free, therapist-staffed helpline offering support and referrals to all levels of care. Comprehensive and interactive referral website and app, findEDhelp.com. Free, weekly, therapist-led support groups nationwide (virtual and in-person) for those experiencing eating disorders and for their loved ones. Educational presentations and training days. Unique and empowering Southern Smash scale smashing events and SmashTALK panel discussions.

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Provides a national organization for Alzheimer's and other related diseases. Local chapters support services such as help lines, educational programs, respite care programs and referrals to useful services available in the community. They also sponsor support groups which offer persons with Alzheimer's disease, family members and caregivers the chance to share their experiences while learning how to cope with Alzheimer's disease.

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The Association provides the public and health care professionals with the most up-to-date information to help take a stand against diabetes through our Center for Information and Community Support (1-800-DIABETES) and two web sites, www.diabetes.org and www.stopdiabetes.com, as well as via consumer and professional books and periodicals. Local Signature special events: Step Out Walk to Stop Diabetes, Tour de Cure in Reston, and Tour de Cure in Washington, DC. Community Outreach/Mission Delivery Programs are designed to help educate the community and people living with type 1 diabetes about managing the disease to live healthier lives.

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The Autism Speaks Autism Response Team is specially trained to connect individuals with autism and their families and caregivers with information, tools, and resources. Coordinators are available by phone and email to answer questions and provide a link to local resources and services. The Autism Response Team can help you help you learn more about: Where to get a diagnosis Schools and special education Advocacy and support Adult services - including post-secondary programs and employment

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Community health education services and Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program. Talks and presentations for topics such as rabies control, HIV/AIDS prevention, nutrition, weight reduction, smoking cessation, stress management and cancer prevention and early detection are provided throughout the district for various groups and civic organizations.

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An educational podcast series featuring leading lupus experts with a focus on helping you live well with lupus.

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Compass is a personalized service to help with complex challenges, including understanding insurance basics, troubleshooting insurance coverage issues, seeking financial assistance for medical care and other living expenses, finding answers to legal questions related to work, school, disability/government benefits, and much more.

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Provides information and resources to persons with disfigurement of the face, head, and/or neck, due to accident, disease, or birth. Publishes a brochure and newsletter describing craniofacial syndromes, medical treatments, and association activities. FACES does not refer clients to specific doctors or hospitals. FACES also hosts an overnight summer camp for youth ages 6-17 with facial differences. FACES assists children and adults in all 50 states.

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SELF is a free online self-management program designed to help people with lupus live their best life. SELF is tailored to support people with lupus in managing symptoms, stress, medications and working with their health care team.

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Provides information, activities, and trainings in conflict management, mediation, and other life skills that prevent the onset of mental disabilities, substance abuse, problem gambling, HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.

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Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation empower Virginians impacted by breast cancer through education, access, advocacy, and community action. VBCF is statewide and sends educational materials, gives educational talks, and provides information at health fairs throughout Virginia to educate the public and policymakers.

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The Virginia Cancer Registry (VCR) is the state's cancer surveillance program. By state law, VCR receives reports of cancer from hospitals, clinics, independent pathology laboratories, and physicians. Information VCR collects describes the burden of cancer in Virginia. VCR supports programs and organizations statewide to promote cancer prevention, early detection, and successful treatment and care. The registry publishes statistical summaries of cancer incidence, responds to requests for information, and educates citizens, cancer professionals, and organizations around the state about cancer.

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Dedicated to serving and supporting the needs of those impacted by a bleeding disorder through education, advocacy and community.

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Provides a resource group for amputees and their families with sharing of information and resources.

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Provide informational materials for cancer patients and families in low-resource settings.

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Provides education and support to people affected by cancer. The Cancer Support Helpline staff are available to counsel cancer patients or loved ones who are struggling to cope with a cancer diagnosis.

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Program that raises awareness amongst the general public and decision-makers about rare diseases and their impact on patients’ lives.

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A weekly education email series designed to give people with lupus, including those recently diagnosed, tips and resources that can help them better manage their lupus and its everyday challenges. Each week for 12 weeks, you'll get an email from Health Educators with tips and resources that can empower you to take charge of your health.

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The Center for Family Involvement works with families to increase their skills as advocates, mentors and leaders so that families, children and young adults with disabilities can lead the lives they want. Provide emotional, informational and systems navigational support.

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ASK is a local nonprofit that works to provide children treated for cancer at the Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU with the psychosocial support they need to make the experience less traumatic.

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Provides opportunities to those with epilepsy to develop skills needed to participate fully in society. Provides medical equipment, medical supplies and medications required by individuals with epilepsy. Maintains information about and refers individuals to other human service resources to meet needs. For information and assistance, please call: Epilepsy Program at the UVA Department of Neurology: 434-924-5401 Toll-free National Epilepsy Foundation: (800) 332-1000

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Provides structured medical case management and wrap-around services for children birth to seven who have been diagnosed with a respiratory disease or have asthma that is poorly controlled. These services are designed to complement the care an asthmatic child receives through his/her primary care provider or pulmonologist. Through monthly in home evaluations of the child, medical records and individual case consultation with a child's primary care provider or pulmonologist, nurses obtain information about a child's asthma profile including environmental triggers, medications, history of attacks, frequency of emergency visits and hospitalizations, and treatment recommendations. Instructs parents on how to make changes in the home to decrease environmental triggers (dust, pet dander, indoor smoking, mold), how to use and manage their child's medications (including proper dosage), and how to use spacers that make the most of asthma medications. Nurses also instruct parents with regards to managing an asthma attack including how to recognize the signs and symptoms of an impending attack, when to contact the child's primary care provider or pulmonologist, when to take the child in for evaluation, and when to take the child to the Emergency Room. Follow ups with the parent and child's doctor to ensure that treatment recommendations are understood and followed; families with transportation needs can receive transportation through CHIP to any of their child's health care or specialist appointments. Together with parents and physicians, nurses support the development of an Asthma Action Plan that provides clear, easy-to-follow instructions on managing an asthma attack.

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The purpose of the National Federation of the Blind is the complete integration of the blind into society on a basis of equality. This objective involves the removal of legal, economic, and social barriers; the education of the public to new concepts concerning blindness; and the achievement by all blind people of the right to exercise to the fullest their individual talents and capabilities. It means the right of the blind to work along with their sighted neighbors in the professions, common callings, skilled trades, and regular occupations.

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The MDA Resource Center is available to provide one-on-one support via phone or email for individuals and families looking for an overview of disease information in our program, resources, activities and more.

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A national non-profit organization founded by kidney patients for kidney patients. We strive to educate and improve the health and well-being of chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, those on hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and transplant recipients.

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