Medical Conditions & Support Groups

Because we, at DeHaanBusse LLP, focus on disability law, most often we see clients going through trying and sometimes tragic circumstances.  Most, due to prolonged illness or injury, cannot work or resume their normal lives for extended periods of time.  Some cannot work ever again, and are left with little or no financial resources.

Although there often is treatment, medical conditions such as Arthritis, Asthma, Diabetes, Chronic Fatigue, Cancer, Brain Injury, and Spinal Disease, can interfere in a person’s life to such a great extent that work  becomes a remote possibility, at best.  Psychological illnesses such as Depression, Bi-polar Disease (Mania), and Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSD) can be even more devastating.

People who experience disabilities not only face the prospect of being permanently disabled, they also face astronomical medical bills, financial ruin, and societal stigma. Beyond needing an attorney, many of our clients need medical assistance and support groups to get them through.

To that end, DeHaanBusse has compiled the list below. No one has to go through stress and trauma alone.  There is help out there.

• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  

• American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association

• Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
  

• Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome Association
  

• Immune Deficiency Foundation

• National Center for Disability Services
  

• American Diabetes Association

• American Lung Association

• Association of Cancer Online Resources

• Diabetes Resource Coalition of Long Island

• American Cancer Society

• National Psoriasis Foundation

• American Behcet’s Disease Association

• American Liver Foundation

• American Liver Society

• Polycystic Disease Foundation

• Hepatitis C Association

• Huntington’s Disease Society of America

• National Marfan Foundation

• Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America

• Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
  

• Intl. Foundation of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders

• American Epilepsy Society

• American Fibromyalgia Syndrome Association

• American Pain Foundation

• American Sickle Cell Anemia Association

• American Sleep Apnea Association

• American Stroke Association

• American Tinnitus Association

• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association

• Anxiety Disorders Association of America

• Arthritis Foundation ‑ Long Island

• Asperger Foundation International

• Asthma and Allergy Foundation International

• Attention Deficit Disorder Association

• American Chronic Pain Association

• Alzheimers Association

• Alzheimers Association of Long Island

• American Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  

• American Brain Tumor Association

• Borderline Personality Disorder Resource Center

• Brain Trauma Foundation

• Center for Shingles and Postherpetic Neuralgia
  

• CFIDS Association of America

• Charcot‑Marie‑Tooth Association

• Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation
  

• Circle of Friends with Arachnoiditis

• Creutzfeldt‑Jakob Disease Foundation
  

• Crohns & Colitis Foundation of America
  

• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

• Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
  

• Dystonia Medical Research Foundation Ehlers Danlos National Foundation

• Epilepsy Foundation of Long Island
  

• Fibromyalgia Network

• Guillain‑Barre Syndrome Foundation International

• Hemifacial Spasm Association

• Hepatitis B Foundation

• International Essential Tremor Foundation
  

• Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

• Long Island Breast Cancer Action Coalition

• Long Island Speech‑Language‑Hearing Association

• Lupus Alliance of America‑Long Island & Queens

• Lupus Foundation of America

• Lymphoma Research Foundation

• Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
  

• Multiple Sclerosis Association of America

• Muscular Dystrophy Association

• Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America Myositis Association

• National Aphasia Association

• National Ataxia Foundation

• National Fibromyalgia Association

• National Foundation for Transplants

• National Headache Foundation

• National Kidney Foundation of Greater New York
  

• National Lymphedema Network

• National MS Society of Long Island

• National Osteoporosis Foundation

• National Parkinson Foundation

• National Reye’s Syndrome Foundation

• National Spasmodic Torticollis Association

• National Stroke Association

• Neuropathy Association

• Obsessive‑Compulsive Foundation

• Paget Foundation

• Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation

• Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association of America

• Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation

• Scleroderma Foundation

• Scoliosis Association of Long Island

• Sjögren’s Syndrome Foundation

• Society for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

• Spina Bifida Association

• Spondylitis Association of America

• TMJ Association

• Tourette Spectrum Disorder Association

• Transverse Myelitis Association

• Trigeminal Neuralgia Association

• United Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County
  

• United Spinal Association

• Vestibular Disorders Association

• Center for Shingles and Postherpetic Neuralgia

• Neurofibromatosis, Inc.

• Parkinson’s Disease Foundation

• FERS Question of the Week

  QUESTION: If I retire on FERS disability, am I eligible for the FERS Special Retirement Supplement?

  ANSWER: No, you are not. If you take a FERS disability retirement or are under the MRA (Minimum Retirement Age) plus 10 retirement provision, you cannot receive the Special Retirement Supplement.

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