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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Special Children’s Charities

Develops and funds a wide range of recreational, educational and social activities that encourage physical and mental health for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Special Considerations

Provide a seamless and comprehensive plan to remove the financial and emotional burdens created by unexpected loss through end of life planning for the special needs community.

Special Needs Alliance

Provides attorneys, resources, counsel and education individuals with disabilities and their families need to live good lives.

Special OIympics

Provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.

Special Recreation Association Network of Illinois

Connects individuals with disabilities throughout Illinois with community-based therapeutic recreation programs and services.

Special Recreation Association of Central Lake County

Provides recreation programs and services to individuals with special needs or disabilities, and their families

Special Recreation Center Round Lake

Hosts programs offered and run by the Special Recreation Association of Central Lake County for individuals with disabilities.

Spero Family Services

Provides homes in Southern Illinois for children ages birth to 21 including ongoing trauma-based therapeutic services, combined with long-term, consistent and non-judgmental caretaking.

Springfield Park District

Provides recreation programs and leisure services for residents with disabilities.

SpringHealth

Provides in-home and clinic-based services, including Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), Behavioral Consultation Services, Educational Consultation, Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), and Speech Therapy.