For speech-language therapy services in the Seattle area, please consider:
Local and national organizations:
Dementia:
- UW Memory Brain and Wellness Center: http://depts.washington.edu/mbwc/
- Alzheimer’s Association: https://www.alz.org/
Spasmodic dysphonia / Laryngeal dystonia:
- Dysphonia International (formerly National Spasmodic Dysphonia Association): https://dysphonia.org/
Parkinson’s disease:
- Parkinson’s Foundation: https://www.parkinson.org/
- American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA): https://www.apdaparkinson.org/
- APDA Northwest Chapter (serves Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington)
- Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research: https://www.michaeljfox.org/
- Davis Phinney Foundation: https://davisphinneyfoundation.org/
Head and Neck Cancer:
- Head and Neck Cancer Alliance: https://headandneck.org/
- American Head and Neck Society: https://www.ahns.info/
- National Head and Neck Cancer Foundation: https://www.headandneckcancerfoundation.org/
- Support for People with Oral and Head and Neck Cancer: https://www.spohnc.org/
- The Oral Cancer Foundation: https://oralcancerfoundation.org/
- CancerCare: https://www.cancercare.org/diagnosis/head_neck_cancer
Laryngectomy:
- WebWhispers : Laryngectomy Survivors Support Group: https://webwhispers.org/
- Lary’s Speakeasy: https://www.larysspeakeasy.org/
- International Association of Laryngectomees (IAL): https://www.theial.com/