Parent Resources
- American Foundation for the Blind - Midwest
- Autism Society of Illinois
- Center for Independent Futures (CIF): a nonprofit dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities live full and more independent lives.
- Community Alternatives Unlimited: provides services for people who are coping with both the short- and long-term effects of any disabling condition and supporting economically challenged families.
- Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago
- Family Resource Center on Disabilities (FRCD)
- Have Dreams: a Chicago-area nonprofit serving children, teens and young adults impacted by autism with after-school, workplace training and adult day programs.
- Illinois Assistive Technology Project: increases access to and the acquisition of assistive technology (AT) devices and services for individuals of all ages with disabilities.
- Illinois Early Childhood Intervention Clearinghouse
- Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- Illinois Spina Bifida Association
- Learning Disabilities Association of Illinois
- Maine-Niles Association of Special Recreation (MNSAR)
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI Illinois): a nonprofit working to improve the lives of individuals and families challenged by mental illness.
- National Association for Down Syndrome (NADS)
- National Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)