Support Groups in Texas
Please Note: Meeting information is subject to change without notice. Before attending a meeting, please contact the group to check meeting time and location information.
Austin, Tx
The Arc of the Capital Area
Meetings: Support and Information Meetings for Parents of Children with special needs- ages birth to 5 years and Transition to Adulthood. A series to help families of children with disabilities to plan for the future. 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., (6:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Pizza dinner)
Location: Rosedale School, 2117 West 49th Street, Austin, TX
Contact Information: Rosemary at 512-414-2049 or the Arc of the Capital Area at 512-476-7044, Email: information@arcofthecapitalarea.org
CHADD (Children and Adults With Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder)
Meetings: Held the first Tuesday of each month from 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Location: Rosedale School, 2117 West 49th St., Austin, TX
Contact Information: Katherine Jahnke, 979-690-6816, Email:brazosvalleychadd@hotmail.com
Epilepsy Support Group Meeting
Meetings: Held the second Monday of each month from 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Location: Brackenridge Hospital North, (Conference Room 2), 601 E. 15th Street, Austin, TX
Contact Information: 210-653-5353, Email: staff@efcst.org
Tourette Syndrome Association of Texas Support Group
Meetings: First Tuesday of every month from 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Location: Seton Medical Center – Mc Fadden Auditorium, Austin, TX
Contact Information: Shelley at srenmatcha@austin.rr.com or 512-218-1111
Clear Lake, TX
Family 2 Family
Meetings: First Monday of each month
Location: United Way Center on Bay Area Blvd in Clear Lake, TX
Contact Information: Jennifer Vincent at 281-479-8696
College Station, TX
CHADD (Children and Adults With Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder)
Meetings: Held the second Tuesday of each month from 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Location: Christ United Methodist Church annex bldg., 4203 State Hwy 6 South, College Station, TX
Contact Information: 979-690-6816
Epilepsy Support Group Meeting
Meetings: Held the third Thursday of bimonthly at 6:30 p.m.
Location: Epilepsy Foundation of North Texas, (at the foundation office), 6300 Harry Hines Blvd., Chase Building, 12th floor # 8838, Dallas, TX 75390
Contact Information: Sandra L. Krantz at 214-456-8957
Dallas, TX
Tourette Syndrome Association of Texas Support Group
Meetings: Second Saturday of every month from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Location: Brookhaven College, just north of LBJ Freeway, Interstate Highway 635, at 3939 Valley View Lane between Midway Road and Marsh Lane in Farmers Branch, Dallas, TX
Contact Information: Emily at 972-307-1903 or edss60@msn.com; Michelle at 214-459-0715 or michelle@cubesolutions.com
Desoto, TX
CHADD (Children and Adults With Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder)
Meetings: Held the third Monday of each month from 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Location:115 Executive Way, Suite 209, Desoto, Texas 75115
Contact Information: Rosalynn Pryor or Janine Coleman at 972-283-7900, Email: southdallaschadd@sbcglobal.net
Fort Worth, TX
ADDA-SR (Attention Deficit Disorders Association - Southern Region)
Meetings: Held the first Tuesday at 6:00 p.m.; Part of the Links of Hope Support Group
Location: Cook Children's Medical Center Campus, Adm. Bldg, 1423 Pruitt, Classroom B or E, Fort Worth, TX
Contact Information: 682-885-1702
Autism Society of Greater Tarrant County (ASGTC)
Meetings: Held the first fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:45 p.m.
Location: The Child Study Center, Fort Worth, TX
Contact Information: 817-390-2829, Email: asgtc@mail.com
Tourette Syndrome Association of Texas Support Group
Location: Baylor All Saints Medical Center at Fort Worth, 1400 Eighth Avenue, Fort Worth, TX
Free Parking in the GarageContact Information: Joy at 817-925-7004 or joyinfortworth@yahoo.com
Garland, TX
ADDA-SR (Attention Deficit Disorders Association - Southern Region)
Meetings: Held the first Tuesday of each month from 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Location: Dr. Waters - Family Dentistry Office, 4502 Rivers Oaks Parkway, Garland, TX
Contact Information: 972-467-9299, Email:oflanigan@adda-sr.org
Houston, TX
ADDA-SR (Attention Deficit Disorders Association - Southern Region
Meetings: Held the first Thursday of each month from 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Location: Bellaire United Methodist Church, 4417 Bellaire Blvd., Room 136, Houston, TX
Contact Information: 713 664-7871, Email:marianbryant@sbcglobal.net
ADDA-SR (Attention Deficit Disorders Associations - Southern Region)
Meetings: Held the second Tuesday of each month from 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.; Concurrent Teen Group.
Location: Foundry United Methodist Church, 8350 Jones Rd. (290 @ Jones Road), Room 205, Houston, TX
Contact Information: 281-855-4478
Autism Society of America - Texas Gulf Coast Chapter
Meetings: Held the second tuesday of each month from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.. No meeting in December.
Location: United Way Building, Conference Room A, 1300A Bay Area Blvd., Houston, TX
Contact Information: Email: romans2_6@hotmail.com
CHADD (Children and Adults With Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder)
Meetings: Held the third Thursday of each month from 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.; Speaker is scheduled from 12 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: IntraCare Hospital , 7601 Fannin, Houston, TX
Contact Information: 281-265-7445, Email:fbcchadd967@aol.com
Down Syndrome Association of Houston (DSAH)
Meetings: Held the second Thursday of each month from 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Location: Metropolitan Multi-Service Center, 1475 West Gray, Houston, TX
Contact Information: (713)-682-7237, Para Espanol, llama por favor (713)-382-4134
Epilepsy Support Group Meeting
Meetings: Held the first Saturday of each month from 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Location: Epilepsy Foundation of Southeast Texas, 2630 Fountain View, Suite 210, Houston, TX 77057
Contact Information: 713-789-6295
FEAT Families for Effective Autism Treatment
Meetings: Held the second Thursday of odd numbered months.
Location: The Woodlands Montgomery County Library - South Branch, 2101 Lake Robbins Drive , Houston, TX
Contact Information: 281-348-7067
Greater Houston Chapter of Autism Society of America
Meetings: Held the second Saturday of each month from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: University of Texas Mental Sciences Building, 1300 Moursund Drive , Houston, TX
Contact Information: 713-513-7575, Email: ghcasapres@aol.com
Katy, TX
ADDA-SR (Attention Deficit Disorders Associations - Southern Region)
Meetings: Held the second Sunday each month from 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Location: St. Peter’s United Methodist Church , 20775 Kingsland Boulevard, Room S201, Katy, TX
Contact Information: Laura Peddicord, 281-392-6064, Email:laurapeddicord@msn.com
Katy Family to Family Network
Meetings: Held the fourth Tuesday of every month at 7:00 p.m.
Location: Kingsland Baptist Church, Katy, TX
Contact Information: Brenda Nelson f2fbrenda@sbcglobal.net or 713-466-6304
Tourette Syndrome Association of Texas Support Group
Location: Christus St. Catherine Hospital, Fry Road, Classroom B, second floor, Katy, TX
Contact Information: Daryl and Barbara Brister at 281-395-5392 or darbar4@comcast.net
Kingwood, TX
ADDA-SR (Attention Deficit Disorders Associations - Southern Region)
Meetings: Held the second Thursday of the month from 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.; Concurrent Teen Group; No Meetings in May, June, July and December.
Location: Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, Room 205, 2929 Woodland Hills Drive, Kingwood, TX
Contact Information: 281-812-318
Longview, TX
ADDA-SR (Attention Deficit Disorders Associations - Southern Region)
Meetings: Held the third Thursday of each month from 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Location: Sabine Valley Center Lobby , 2002 Greenleaf (Off Bill Owens Pkwy), Longview, TX
Contact Information: 903-297-9611 or 903-238-8548
Lubbock, TX
The Burkhart Center for Autism Education and Research - Texas Tech University
Meetings: Held the third Thursday of each month from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Location: Lutheran Center next to Cafe J's, 2615 19th St., Lubbock, TX
Contact Information: 806-742-1998 ext. 458, Web site: http://www.educ.ttu.edu/EDSP/burkhartproject/
S.P.A.N. South Plains Autism Network
Meetings: Held the fourth Tuesday of each month.
Location: Health Sciences Center to the Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic in room 2A300, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Contact Information: For more information call 806-743-5660 ext. 232 and talk to Sherry Sancibrian.
Midland, TX
The Arc of Midland (MARC)
Location: MARC, 2701 North A Street, Midland, TX 79705
Contact Information: (432)-498-8590
Missouri City, TX
The Arc of Fort Bend County
Location: The Arc of Fort Bend County, 3660 Glenn Lakes Lane, Missouri City, Texas 77459
Contact Information: (28)1-499-2234, Web site: www.arcoffortbend.org
Nederland, TX
Autism Society of Southeast Texas (ASSET)
Meetings: Held the second Monday of each month (dates may change due to holidays).
Location: Alternates between Mid-County and Nederland.
Contact Information: 409-727-5100, Email: assest_chapter@hotmail.com
Paris, TX
Red River Valley Down Syndrome Society
Meetings: Held once a month.
Location: Calvary United Methodist Church, Paris, TX
Contact Information: (903)- 982-6994, Email: dtharpe@rrdvss.org
Plano, TX
Autism Society of Collin County (ASCC)
Meetings: Held the first Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
Location: St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 1401 Mira Vista, Plano, TX
Contact Information: 214-925-2722, Email: ascc@autism-ascc.org
Richardson, TX
D.A.N.I.S.H. Dallas Asperger Network for Information,Support and Help
Meetings: Held the fourth Thursday of each month from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Location: AAA Mental Health, Dr. Robert Mandell, 2007 N. Collins Blvd., Suite 503, Richardson, TX 75080
Contact Information: 972-690-6700, Email: Merinance4@aol.com, Web site: http://www.aspergerinfo.org/
San Antonio, TX
Alamo Area Family Support Group
Meetings: Held the third Monday of each month from 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., No meetings in February or November.
Location: The Epilepsy Foundation, 10615 Perrin Beitel Road, Suite. 602, San Antonio, Tx
Contact Information: 210-653-5353 Ext. 211
CHADD (Children and Adults With Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder)
Meetings: Held the fourth Monday of every month from 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.; No meeting in December.
Location: Clark High School Library, 5150 DeZavala Road, San Antonio TX
Contact Information: Barbara at 210-326-6789
Tourette Syndrome Association of Texas Support Group
Meetings: First Tuesday of every month from 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Location: Methodist Healthcare System, 8109 Fredericksburg Rd.At Datapoint, Conference Room C, San Antonio, TX
Contact Information: Wendy at 210-479-3740 or Pod1098@aol.com; Trish at 210-372-0395 or trish.flores@mhshealth.com
Spring, TX
Tourette Syndrome Association of Texas Support Group
Meeting: Second Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m.
Location: St. Ignatius Catholic Church, in the Christus Center, the building just to the right of the church, 7810 Cypresswood Dr, Spring, TX
Contact Information: Rowena at 832-489-8626 or rowenamco_@hotmail.com
Sugarland, TX
ASPIE Asperger's Syndrome Parent-Professional Information Exchange
Meetings: Held the second Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
Location: Williams Trace Baptist Church, Sugar Land, TX
Contact Information: 281-240-0663, Email: support@aspieinfo.com, Web site:http://www.aspieinfo.com/
Down Syndrome Association of Houston Playgroup
Contact Information: Linda Petrosky at 713-600-6230 or lindapetrosky@yahoo.com
Tyler, TX
Autism Spectrum Support Group
Meetings: First Monday of each month; 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. (The meetings are rescheduled to the second Monday if there is a holiday that falls on that Monday.)
Location: Our Saviour's Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall at 4900 Kinsey Dr, Tyler, TX
Contact Information: The Arc of Tyler/Smith County, 810 Vine Heights, Tyler, Texas 75701, Phone: 903.597.0995, info@arcoftyler.org
The Woodlands, TX
ADDA-SR (Attention Deficit Disorders Associations - Southern Region)
Meetings: Held the third Thursday of each month from 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Location: Friendship Center, 2235 Lake Robbins Dr. (next to the public Library), The Woodlands, TX
Contact Information: 281-292-1970
