Resources

Resources, easily accessible, so you can navigate the IDD landscape. Use the search and filter below to link to other agency sites, research or articles to find the exact type of resource you and your family need.

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Advocacy

Land of Lincoln Goodwill Industries

Provides career development services, vocational training, and community day services to individuals with disabilities.

Larc

Provides individualized supports and services so people with intellectual and developmental disabilities can experience a self-directed lifestyle.

Lawrence Crawford Association for Exceptional Citizens

Provides community day services, developmental training, vocational training, and residential services for individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities.

Learning Disabilities Association of America

Provides resources on advocating for your child in school and for yourself at work

Legal Clarity

Illinois' comprehensive guide on disability criteria, legal protections, and available benefits to support individuals with disabilities.

Let It Be Us

Providing collaborative, innovative solutions of effective recruitment and placement for children in Illinois foster and adoptive care.

Libenu

Addresses the needs of Jewish adults and children with disabilities in Chicago through residential, vocational, and respite opportunities.

Life Long Access

Provides specialized programs that support individuals with developmental disabilities or delays throughout an entire life span.

Lincolnway Special Recreation Association

Provides recreation and leisure services for individuals with physical or intellectual disabilities while promoting greater disability awareness in the community.

Little City

Providing residential, school, recreation, art, horticulture, employment, community day services, and foster care & adoption for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.