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Resources

Arizona School Choice

This website helps you understand your school choice options.

Special Needs Resource Project

A great source to find resources in your community.

Raising Special Kids

Raising Special Kids exists to improve the lives of children with the full range of disabilities, from birth to age 26, by providing support, training, information and individual assistance so families can become effective advocates for their children.

Autism Speaks

Autism Speaks was founded in February 2005 by Bob and Suzanne Wright, grandparents of a child with autism. Since then, Autism Speaks has grown into the nation’s largest autism science and advocacy organization, dedicated to funding research into the causes, prevention, treatments and a cure for autism; increasing awareness of autism spectrum disorders; and advocating for the needs of individuals with autism and their families. We are proud of what we’ve been able to accomplish and look forward to continued successes in the years ahead.

Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center (SARRC)

The SARRC is a nonprofit organization that helps to provide and contribute to autism researcheducation,  evidence-based treatment, and community outreach.

AZ Autism Coalition

The Arizona Autism Coalition improves the lives of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and their families in Arizona by sharing resources and affecting autism systems reform through state-wide collaboration and advocacy.

Autism Society

The development of five “core competencies” as a means to implement the Autism Society’s Mission and Vision is proposed in the Autism Society’s new strategic plan. Those areas include advocacy, education, support, services, and research.

Autism Now

The Autism NOW Center provides high quality resources and information in core areas across the lifespan to individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and other developmental disabilities, their families, caregivers, and professional in the field.

Arizona Division of Developmental Disabilities

The Arizona Department of Economic Security Division of Developmental Disabilities provides needed supports to people who meet the following eligibility requirements.

Arizona Long Term Care System 

The Arizona Long Term Care System (ALTCS) program is for individuals who are 65 or older, blind, or disabled and need ongoing services at a nursing facility level of care.

However, program participants do not have to reside in a nursing home. Many ALTCS participants live in their own homes or an assisted living facility and receive needed in-home services.

Autism Research Institute

ARI focused much of its efforts on studying and disseminating information on behavioral therapy (i.e., Applied Behavior Analysis), as well as nutrition and diet.

May the Force Be With You... Special Needs Prom

May the force be with you as you join us for an evening of food, dancing and fun. We invite all families with special needs members 14 and up to participate in this night of celebration. We ask that all members be accompanied by a family member as this is a family event.