- General
- City of Chicago – Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities
- See also Multi-Service Agencies
- Advocacy & Legal Rights
- Chicago Adapt
- Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities in Illinois [updated 8/27/01]
- Council for Disability Rights
- Equip For Equality
- Great Lakes Disability & Business Technical Assistance Center
- Illinois Department of Human Rights
- Illinois Department of Human Services – Client Assistance Program (CAP)
- Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission [added 8/27/01]
- Aging
- AARP in Illinois
- Barrington Area Council on Aging (BACOA)
- ElderWeb: Illinois
- Illinois Department on Aging
- Chicago Department on Aging
- Western Illinois Area Agency on Aging
- Alzheimer’s Disease
- Alzheimer’s Association – Chapters in Illinois
- Arts
- American Art Therapy Association
- Very Special Arts of Chicago
- Very Special Arts of Illinois
- Assistive Technology
- Central Illinois Access
- Illinois Assistive Technology Project (IATP)
- Techplaces (for children)
- Autism
- Autism Society of Illinois
- Autism Society of Southern Illinois (ASOSI)
- Illinois Center for Autism
- Blindness and Visual Impairments
- Catholic Guild for the Blind
- Chicago Public Library’s Talking Book Center
- Illinois Department of Human Services – Blind Services
- Illinois Parents of the Visually Impaired (IPVI)
- Illinois School for the Visually Impaired
- Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center
- National Federation of the Blind of Illinois
- Voices of Vision Talking Book Center
- Brain Injury
- The Brain Injury Association of Illinois
- Cerebral Palsy
- United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Chicago
- United Cerebral Palsy of the Land of Lincoln
- Children
- Easter Seals Children’s Development Center
- Family Resource Center on Disabilities
- Family Support Network of Illinois
- Family T.I.E.S. Network
- NICHCY State Contact Sheet
- University of Illinois at Chicago, Division of Specialized Care for Children (DSCC)
- Voices for Illinois Children
- See also Developmental Disabilities, Education
- Communication Disorders
- Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- Deaf-Blindness
- Project Reach
- Deafness and Hearing Impairments
- Chicago Hearing Society
- Illinois Department of Human Services – Division of Services for Persons who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
- Illinois School for the Deaf
- Illinois School for the Deaf
- Illinois Teachers of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Individuals
- Developmental Disabilities
- The Arc of Illinois
Family Matters Parent Training and Information Center
Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities
Shore Community ServicesDown Syndrome
National Association for Down Syndrome
Riverbend Down Syndrome Parent Support GroupEducation
Center for Best Practices in Early Childhood Education (formerly Macomb Projects)
Illinois School for the Visually Impaired
Illinois Center for Rehabilitation and Education-Roosevelt (ICRE-R)
Illinois State Board of Education – Special Education
A Parent’s Guide to Special Ed / Special Needs (The Council for Disability Rights)
See also ChildrenEducation, Higher
Illinois State University, Office of Disability Concerns
University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Disability and Human Development (DHD)
University of Illinois at Chicago – Disability Services
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Division of Rehabilitation-Education ServicesEmployment
Illinois Interagency Committee on Employees with Disabilities
See also Vocational RehabilitationEpilepsyEpilepsy Foundation of North/Central IllinoisFinancial Assistance
Illinois Department of Human Services – Aid to the Aged, Blind or Disabled (AABD)
SSI CoalitionHeart DisordersAmerican Heart Association – Midwest AffiliateHorticultural TherapyChicago Botanical Garden – Horticultural Therapy [added 5/12/01]Huntington’s DiseaseHuntington’s Disease Society of America – Illinois ChapterIndependent Living
Listings:
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- Illinois Department of Rehabilitation Services – Centers for Independent Living
- Illinois Network of Centers for Independent Living
- Statewide Independent Living Council of Illinois
Central Illinois Center for Independent Living (Peoria & Canton)
DuPage Center for Independent Living (Glen Ellyn)
Fox River Valley Center for Independent Living (Chicago)
Illinois/Iowa Center for Independent Living
Impact (Alton)
Lake County Center For Independent Living (Mundelein)
Linc (Belleville)
Jacksonville Area Center for Independent Living
Regional Access & Mobilization Project Inc. (RAMP) (North Central Illinois, including Boone, DeKalb, Stephenson and Winnebago Counties)
Soyland Access to Independent Living (SAIL) (Decatur)
Springfield Center for Independent Living (Springfield)
Stone-Hayes Center for Independent Living (Galesburg)
Will-Grundy Center for Independent Living (Joliet & Morris)Learning Disabilities
Illinois State Resources (LD OnLine)
International Dyslexia Association – Illinois Branch
Learning Disabilities Association of Illinois
Professionals in Learning Disabilities
State Resources Literacy and Learning Disabilities (NALLD)LeukemiaLeukemia & Lymphoma Society – Illinois ChapterLymphomaLeukemia & Lymphoma Society – Illinois ChapterMental Illness
Mental Health Association of Illinois
University of Illinois at Chicago – National Research and Training Center on Psychiatric DisabilityMental RetardationSee Developmental DisabilitiesMovement DisordersPathways Awareness FoundationMultiple SclerosisNational Multiple Sclerosis Society – Chicago/Greater Illinois ChapterMulti-Service Agencies
Transitions of Western Illinois
Trinity ServicesPhenyleketonuria (PKU)PKU Organization of IllinoisRehabilitation
Illinois Association of Rehabilitation Facilities
Illinois Department of Human Services – Rehabilitation ServicesRespite ServicesNational Respite Locator Service – Illinois Respite ProgramsSocial SecurityIllinois Dept. of Human Services – Disability Determination ServicesSpeech DisordersSee also Communication DisordersSpina Bifida
Illinois Spina Bifida Association of Central Illinois
Wabash Valley Spina Bifida AssociationSpinal Cord InjurySpinal Cord Injury Association of Illinois [link updated 5/3/02]Spinal Muscular AtrophyFamilies of Spinal Muscular AtrophySports and Recreation
Chicagoland Fishing Has No Boundaries
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Division of Rehabilitation-Education Services – Adapted Varsity SportsTransportationProject ACTION Accessible Traveler’s Database – Illinois CitiesVeteransIllinois Department Of Veterans’ AffairsVocational Rehabilitation
AgrAbility Unlimited: Disability Services for Farm Families in Illinois
Illinois Department of Human Services – Vocational Rehabilitation
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