Below you will find community resources for individuals with disabilities and their families.
SEASPAR does not endorse any of these service providers and is not compensated for their placement on this list. To have your organization included, please contact us online.
Adult Day Program
| Awesome Life Academy | https://www.awesomelifeacademy.com/ | Awesome Life Academy offers an adult day program featuring basic life skills, vocational, recreational, health, and wellness services for adult individuals with special needs. | |
| PremierCare/MyDay | MyDay — PremierCare (premiercareconsulting.com) | PremierCare offers a structured and innovative adult day program, called MyDay. | |
| Riverwalk Adult Day Program | Riverwalk Adult Day Services - Home | Riverwalk Adult Day Services allows caregivers the peace of mind knowing that their loved ones are being cared for in a safe and nurturing environment. |
Assessment
| Avicenna | https://www.avicennaci.com/ | Avicenna offers comprehensive evaluation and assessment of mental health in children and adolescents. |
Assistive Technology Assistance
| Illinois Assistive Technology Program (IATP) | https://iltech.org/how-we-help/information-and-assistance/ | IATP's mission is provide residents of Illinois of all ages with disabilities and health conditions greater access to assistive technology devices and services. |
Education
| Gretchen Boerwinkle, LLC | https://gretchenboerwinkle.com/ | Gretchen Boerwinkle is an IEP Coach who helps parents navigate the IEP process and build collaborative relationships with their child’s school. |
Employment
| AbilityLinks | https://abilitylinks.org/ | AbilityLinks is a web-based job search engine for job seekers with disabilities and inclusive employers. | |
| Autonomy Works | https://www.autonomy.works | AutonomyWorks creates jobs for people with autism and other disabilities. | |
| Disability Works | https://www.illinoisworknet.com/disabilityworks | Disability Works helps to connect job seekers with disabilities with employment training and resources. | |
| Parents Alliance Employment Project (PAEP) | https://parents-alliance.org/page/home | PAEP is devoted to improving the quality of life for people with disabilities through individualized employment services. |
Legal
| Clancy & Associates | https://clancyassociates.com/ | Clancy & Associates is a full-service special needs law firm dedicated to planning for individuals with special needs and their families. | |
| DayOne PACT | https://www.dayonepact.org/index.php | DayOne PACT provides service case management, trust and guardianship services for people with disabilities in Illinois. | |
| Greenlight Family Services | Greenlight Family Services: Adoption, Counseling, Legal | Greenlight Family Services offers legal and adult guardianship services. | |
| Life's Plan, Inc | https://lifesplaninc.org/ | Life’s Plan, Inc. assists families by creating special needs trusts. |
Multiple Supports
| Access Community Experience | http://www.aceillinois.org/ | Access Community Experience provides support to adults with developmental disabilities through well-integrated residential settings and group homes, and supportive services for children with developmental disabilities. | |||
| Achieving Independence and Mobility Center for Independent Living (AIM-CIL) | https://aim-cil.org/ | The Achieving Independence and Mobility Center for Independent Living provides leadership through training, community development, and advocacy to enable persons with disabilities to fully participate in family, social, and community life. | |||
| AID | AID ⋆ Association for Individual Development ⋆ Empowering Individuals... (aidcares.org) | AID provides life-enriching services that promote the highest level of independence and community participation, including: autism programs; permanent supportive housing; in-home support; developmental and vocational training; job placement and on-the-job coaching services; crisis intervention; victims services; mental health treatment; behavioral intervention; health and wellness; community education; and advocacy. | |||
| Aspire | https://aspirechicago.com/ | Aspire provides community homes, day programs, therapy, job training, and career support to encourage the success of individuals with disabilities. | |||
| Birth Injury Center | https://birthinjurycenter.org/cerebral-palsy/symptoms | The mission of the Birth Injury Center is to assist anyone who has been affected by a birth injury. Cerebral Palsy is the most common motor disability for children, and the Birth Injury Center offers information and resources specifically for those with CP and their families. | |||
| Cherubim Developmental Training Program | http://www.cherubimdtp.com/ | Cherubim Developmental Training Program provides high-quality, integrated services that nurture, equip, and empower adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. | |||
| Clearbrook | Clearbrook – Enrich Lives. Embrace Potential | Clearbrook offers personalized children’s, adult day, employment, residential, and clinical services at more than 60 locations throughout Chicagoland. In addition, Clearbrook is the largest provider of home-based services in the state of Illinois. | |||
| Community Support Services | Home | CSS Services | Community Support Services initiates, provides, and promotes services for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities and their families, within their communities, in order to strengthen their independence, self-esteem, and ability to participate in and contribute to community life. | |||
| Continuum Behavioral Health | https://www.autismspectrumalliance.com/ | The mission of Continuum Behavioral Health is to expand the availability and access to culturally-sensitive behavioral health services for individuals living with autism, behavioral disorders, learning differences, and other developmental disabilities through high-quality, individually programmed/designed behavioral health services. | |||
| Easter Seals | Easterseals Community and Disability Services | Easterseals provides essential services and on-the-ground supports from early childhood programs for the critical first five years, to autism services, to medical rehabilitation and employment programs, to veterans’ services, and more. | |||
| Giant Steps | https://www.mygiantsteps.org/ | Giant Steps is an innovative educational and therapeutic program for individuals living with autism. | |||
| Helping Hand | Helping Hand – Helping Hand | Transforming Lives (helpinghand-il.org) | Helping Hand is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children and adults with developmental disabilities in Cook County and greater Chicagoland communities through a range of person-centered programs and services. | |||
| Little Friends | Home - Little Friends, Inc. (littlefriendsinc.org) | Little Friends empowers people of all ages experiencing autism, intellectual, and emotional disabilities, and their families to live, learn, work, and thrive in their communities. | |||
| Pillars Community Health | https://pillarscommunityhealth.org/ | Pillars Community Health provides medical, mental health, and social services. | |||
| Ray Graham Association | Ray Graham Association | Empowering People with Disabilities | Ray Graham Association provides therapeutic programs, family support resources, neighborhood living, life-skills training, and employment opportunities. | |||
| Service, Inc. of Illinois | https://www.svcincofil.org/ | Service, Inc. is dedicated to helping people with developmental delays and disabilities find services and support to live a better life. | |||
| The Arc Illinois | The Arc of Illinois | Disability Assistance, Programs & Advocacy | The Arc offers resources and information, supports families in their individual advocacy efforts, and trains and educates people with disabilities, families, and professionals among other things. | |||
| UCP Seguin | UCP Seguin Mission & History | Seguin ensures that adults with disabilities can live and socialize within their community, by offering residential services in multiple small, community-based homes, and also supports their physical and mental well-being and vocational needs with training centers across the region. | |||
Resources
| Autism Speaks | https://www.autismspeaks.org/information-topic | Autism Speaks is committed to providing the autism community with resources to meet each person and family's unique needs throughout every stage of life. | |
| Cerebal Palsy Guidance | https://www.cerebralpalsyguidance.com/ | Cerebral Palsy Guidance provides answers and assistance to parents of children with cerebral palsy. | |
| Cerebal Palsy Guide | https://www.cerebralpalsyguide.com/ | Cerebral Palsy Guide helps families find medical options, emotional support, and financial assistance through legal claims. | |
| Illinois Deaf and Hard of Hearing Commission (IDHHC) | https://www2.illinois.gov/idhhc/Pages/default.aspx | The IDHHC promotes education and awareness of the legal requirements for effective communication on behalf of people with hearing loss in Illinois. They also advocate to improve communication access to all state program and services of Deaf and Hard of Hearing persons. | |
| Illinois Parents of Adults with Developmental Disabilities Unite (IPADD Unite) | https://www.ipaddunite.org/ | IPADD's purpose is to give Illinois parents, self-advocates, and others who care about adults with developmental disabilities a dedicated online platform for networking, advocacy, and information-sharing. | |
| RUSH Autism Resource Directory | Autism Care | Rush System | The RUSH Autism Resource Directory provides resources for families as well as opportunities to participate in clinical research. | |
| UIC Division of Specialized Care for Children | https://dscc.uic.edu/browse-resources/resource-directory/ | The UIC Division of Specialized Care for Children offers a resource directory that includes information on family suppport, medical, and transition. |
Sibling Support
| Almost Home Kids | https://www.almosthomekids.org/ | Almost Home Kids provides a bridge from hospital to home for children with medical complexities through educating families, coordinating community-based medical and social services, and respite care. | |
| BrightStar Care | https://www.brightstarcare.com/locations/oak-brook/ | BrightStar Care provides a personalized approach to care, case management, and disability assistance for clients. | |
| Illinois Respite Coalition (IRC) | http://www.illinoisrespitecoalition.org/home.html | The IRC is dedicated to spreading awareness of lifespan respite for caregivers of individuals with special needs. The IRC assists caregivers by connecting them to resources in their area. |
Special Recreation
| SRANI | For Parents (specialrecreation.org) | SRANI provides information about all of the special recreation cooperatives in Illinois and whom they serve. |
Swim Lessons
| Bear Paddle | https://www.bearpaddle.com/locations/woodridge-illinois-swimming-lessons/ | Bear Paddle Swim School in Woodridge teaches children the fundamentals of swimming in a fun and safe learning environment. | |
| Gold Fish Swim School | https://www.goldfishswimschool.com/burr-ridge/ | Gold Fish Swim School in Burr Ridge has created the “Golden Experience,” where children can learn in a fun, safe, play-based environment. | |
| LYONS Aquatics | https://www.teamunify.com/team/illa/page/swim-lessons | LYONS Aquatics offers competitive, family friendly learn-to-swim for the greater La Grange and Western Springs community. | |
| Max Aquatics | https://www.max-aquatics.com/ | Max Aquatics offers an indoor, 25-yard, 6-lane pool in McCook, serving the instructional, fitness, and recreational needs of all ages and skill levels in the western suburbs. | |
| Superior Training | TrainSuperior.com | Superior Training in Willowbrook provides a safe and encouraging environment for swimmers of all ages and abilities to become comfortable, skilled, and confident in and around the pool. |
Respite
| Almost Home Kids | https://www.almosthomekids.org/ | Almost Home Kids provides a bridge from hospital to home for children with medical complexities through educating families, coordinating community-based medical and social services, and respite care. | |
| BrightStar Care | https://www.brightstarcare.com/locations/oak-brook/ | BrightStar Care provides a personalized approach to care, case management, and disability assistance for clients. | |
| Illinois Respite Coalition (IRC) | http://www.illinoisrespitecoalition.org/home.html | The IRC is dedicated to spreading awareness of lifespan respite for caregivers of individuals with special needs. The IRC assists caregivers by connecting them to resources in their area. |
Therapy (ABA, OT, PT, Speech, etc.)
| By Your Side Autism Therapy Services | https://byyoursideac.com/services/ | By Your Side provides services for individuals/families on the autism spectrum. Their programs include ABA, occupational, and speech-language therapies, along with family services. | |
| Communication Clubhouse | Communication Clubhouse - ABA | Speech | OT | PT For Kids | Communication Clubhouse specializes in the evaluation and treatment of children who require therapeutic support to meet their developmental milestones and achieve their full potential. | |
| Cortica-Dr. Yadava | www.corticacare.com | Cortica helps to provide diagnoses for autism, ADHD, and a full range of developmental differences, and coordinates treatment and therapies. | |
| Hummingbird Pediatric Therapy | Hummingbird Pediatric Therapies - Speech Therapy | Occupational Therapy | Feeding Therapy | Westmont | Hummingbird Pediatric Therapy supports children with a variety of needs including delay in speech, communication/language, feeding, developmental, fine motor, sensory, or social/emotional. | |
| Key Autism Services | https://www.keyautismservices.com/ | Key Autism Services is a nationally recognized specialty service provider of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy to bring about meaningful and positive change to individuals diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. | |
| Music Speaks Therapy, LLC | https://www.musicspeakstherapy.com/ | Music Speaks Therapy strives to enhance the health, function, and well-being of individuals through music. Virtual options available. | |
| Treehouse Pediatric Therapy | https://treehousepediatric.com/ | Treehouse Pediatric Therapy provides physical, occupational, speech, and ABA therapies. | |
| WestSide Children's Therapy | https://westsidechildrenstherapy.com/ | Westside is a family-owned and operated pediatric therapy provider for children and adolescents with special needs and developmental delays. Westside has been serving families in the Chicagoland area for more than 25 years and has 25+ locations. |
Therapy (Mental Health)
| Amani Clinical Services | https://www.drhastingsandassociates.com/ | AMANI Clinical Services offers in-person/telehealth psychotherapy, parent training, and neuropsychological assessment serivces. | |
| Compass | Mental Health Services Illinois | Compass Health Center | Compass provides comprehensive, successful behavioral health care for children, adolescents, young adults, and adults. | |
| Dr. Anne Guinta & Associates | https://www.agpsychology.com/about-us | Dr. Anne Guinta provides therapy services to preschool, school-aged children, and adolescents. | |
| The OCD and Anxiety Center | Counseling - Oak Brook & Orland Park - OCD & Anxiety Center (theocdandanxietycenter.com) | The OCD and Anxiety Center treats OCD, anxiety, and related disorders so they don’t keep you from living the life you want to live. |
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