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SUPPORT GROUPS & MEETINGS
Spinal Cord Injury Association of Illinois helps provide peer support groups in the Chicago area so that individuals can meet and talk to other people who are spinal cord injured. The groups meet at the following locations:
Access
Living CIL
115 W. Chicago Ave.
Chicago, IL 60610
(312) 640-2100, ext. 103
Carrie Kaufman
Health
Resource Center for Women
345 E. Superior St.
Chicago, IL 60611
(312) 908-7997
Linda Johnson
Lake
County CIL
377 N. Seymour Ave.
Mundelein, IL 60060
(847) 949-4400, fax: (847) 949-4455
Email: lccil@dls.net
Maine
Township
1700 Ballard
Park Ridge, IL 60068
(847) 297-2510. tty (847) 297-1336, fax: (847) 297-1335
Email: bdudycz@mainetown.com
Marianjoy
Rehabilitation Hospital
26W171 Roosevelt Rd.
Wheaton, IL 60187
(630) 462-4445
Jim Decker
Oak
Forest Hospital
15900 S. Cicero
Oak Forest, IL 60452
(708) 633-3530
Lynda Harper
Paralysis Support Group
Memorial Medical Center
Regional Rehabilitation Center
G10 A Conference Room
Springfield Illinois 62781
CONTACT: Dawn M. Lucasey
PT
ROC
(Respect Our Caregivers)
Family member support group
Usually meets on 3rd Sat. of the month, 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
at The Waters Edge Restaurant,
McDonalds Campus,
2815 Jorie Blvd.
Oak Brook, IL 60521
(630) 654-8104
Mary Munoz
Rush
Neurological Information Group
a support group for families
Rush University Medical Center
1725 W. Harrison
Chicago, IL 60612
8 Kellogg Bldg. Family Waiting Room
Wed., 2:30 - 4:00 p.m.
Call Anna Walters at
(312) 563-2703
Schwab
Rehabilitation Hospital
For Spanish speaking individuals and cross disabilities
1401 S. California Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60608
(773) 522-2010
Kris Vertiz
Women's Support Group at RIC
345 E Superior
Chicago, IL 60611
(312) 640-2103
Carrie Kaufman
CROSS DISABILITY SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS
Dupage
Center for Independent Living
739
Roosevelt Rd., Ste. 109, Bldg. 8
Glen Ellyn, IL
(630) 469-2300, fax: (630) 469-2606
Darlene J. Magialardi
Advocate
Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Pediatric Development Center,
Sibling Support Group Program
3040 N. Wilton, 2nd Fl.
Chicago, IL 60657
(773) 296-8127
Shelia Swann-Guerrero
For
more information, contact Mercedes
Rauen at:
Spinal Cord Injury Association of Illinois
1032 South LaGrange Road
LaGrange, IL 60525
Phone:708-352-6223
Fax:708-352-9065
E-mail: SCIInjury@aol.com