Provides support, continuing education, and resources for adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), caregivers, family members, and professionals.   Offers adult, parent and child support groups.   Loans audiotapes, books and videotapes to members.   Groups meet on the Eastside, Kitsap and South King County.

Provides free one-on-one emotional peer support to adult cancer patients and caregivers. Volunteer/client matches are overseen by a team of healthcare/social work professionals. Offers support from diagnosis, through treatment, and into recovery. Support is offered virtually (often by phone), providing another layer of safety for immunocompromised cancer patients and their loved ones.

Provides information and referral for job placement and training, respite care, legal assistance, financial assistance, scholarships, seizure/epilepsy information, books and materials. Assists people with epilepsy in employment referrals and consultation regarding employment rights. Provides epilepsy education through in-service trainings, presentations to schools and the community, a member newsletter and seminars.

DeafBlind community classes provide a forum giving members of the DeafBlind community access to basic information unavailable in their everyday lives.   Students connect with each other, learn leadership and presentation skills, explore a wide range of subjects, and help American Sign Language interpreters develop DeafBlind interpreting skills.

Provides information and support services to people with Spina Bifida and families who have children with Spina Bifida.   Coordinates mentoring groups, and offers limited financial assistance to help with medical costs associated with Spina Bifida. Organizes informal get-togethers for people associated with the organization and others interested in Spina Bifida.

Connects patients and parents via telephone with a peer who can share experiences and obtain information on community resources available to support them.   Patient and volunteers are matched by age, diagnosis and gender when possible. Volunteers are also available to provide bereavement support.

Supports newly diagnosed adult patients and parents of newly diagnosed children so they don't experience isolation due to their bleeding disorder.   Many recreational and social outings are organized throughout the year including an annual retreat for women in May, a men's retreat and a holiday party. Events promote socialization, networking and education among peers. Distributes a quarterly newsletter, provides educational materials such as books, videos and tapes about bleeding disorders, and offers a network for peer support.

Peer groups offer the opportunity to meet other adults with disabilities, share experiences, support and information on community resources with one another.

Offers support groups at 12 locations in Washington, Alaska, and Montana.   Support groups are peer-oriented and do not provide professional advice or therapy.

Provides a clearinghouse of information about rare disorders. Coordinates prescription, co-payment and health insurance patient assistance programs. Provides information through website on medication assistance programs to assist uninsured or under-insured individuals in securing life-saving or life-sustaining medications.

Peer groups offer the opportunity to meet other adults with disabilities, share experiences, support and information on community resources with one another.

Offers emotional support through volunteers who have gone through breast cancer to breast cancer patients and/or family and friends of breast cancer patients.

Provides support services to mental health consumers and their friends and families in South King County.   Support groups available for mental health consumers and their families.  Family and consumer support groups are designed for people living with mental illness.   NAMI Information Helpline offers encouragement and support as well as information about local support groups and education around mental illness.

Coordinates a network of families living with diabetes who volunteer to provide emotional support to families with a child living with the disease. Offers diabetes toolkits for those newly diagnosed, including a blood glucose meter.

Operates a confidential peer support help line where calls are answered by specially-trained volunteers who understand what it's like to live with mental illness.   Volunteers use the principles of recovery and empowerment to provide emotional support, comfort and information to callers living with the challenge of mental illness. Provides: - Connection to like-minded peers who can provide emotional and mental health support - Mental health recovery-oriented conversations with a shared experience perspective - Ongoing support through regular contact Reasons to call: - Connect with peers who’ve gone through mental and emotional challenges - Relationships - Social challenges - Stress related to life, school, work, and family - LGBTQIA+ and Gender Identity - Mental health concerns - Recovery - Emotional support and connection - Discuss daily challenges - Share successes - Process feelings - Reduce isolation - Seek understanding

Offers support and information for parents, adults, educators, interested young adults and teens, and health care professionals who have AD/HD, work with AD/HD or have friends and family impacted by AD/HD.

Provides resources and information to people newly diagnosed with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis. Local support groups meet in Seattle, Kirkland, Renton, Tacoma, Tri-Cities and Yakima. Coordinates peer-to-peer support opportunities. Facilitates presentations by health professionals and informal sessions for sharing information and support for people with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis and their families.

Provides information and referral to statewide resources for individuals who are blind or visually impaired. Will refer blind or visually impaired people across the state to one of 16 local chapters for support and networking. Offers a free newsletter, "Newsline," four times a year in accessible formats including large print.

The majority of staff has a disability in which they are able to draw upon their own experiences to assist other with disabilities, explore options, solve problems constructively, and develop new independent living skills.

Organizes support groups for people living with mental illness and their loved ones. Refers individuals to various support groups related to mental illness. Topics include depression, family support, senior parents of adult children with mental illness, self-help, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and spirituality. The groups are either affiliated with NAMI Seattle or have no relationship with agencies. Primary focus of groups is support, information, sharing and education, and they are drop-in and peer led.

Provides support, continuing education, and resources for adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), caregivers, family members, and professionals.   Offers adult, parent and child support groups.   In addition to the South King County group, other groups meet in Kirkland and Seattle.

NAMI Peer-to-Peer is a free, 8-session course for adults living with mental health challenges. NAMI Peer-to-Peer provides an educational setting focused on recovery that offers respect, understanding, encouragement and hope. The NAMI Peer-to-Peer education program is: Free and confidential  Held once a week for two hours Taught by trained Peer Mentors living in recovery themselves a great resource for information on mental health and recovery