Resources for Special Needs Families

Activities for Individuals with Special Needs

Arkansas Special Olympics - An organization that helps people with disabilities reach for their goals through personal achievement

Camp Aldersgate - A camp for special needs children, teenagers and adults.

Community Connections - A non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children in Arkansas. Their goal is to help families address various health, developmental and social needs by offering comprehensive programs and services not currently available in our Arkansas community.

The Miracle League of Arkansas - A baseball league for children and adults with special needs.

Schools

The Academy at Riverdale - A private school for children with special needs, located in Little Rock, Arkansas.

ACCESS Group, Inc - A nonprofit organization designed to meet the needs of children with language learning differences and their families. ACCESS has schools for ages 6 weeks through high school.

Easter Seals Arkansas - A non-profit organization providing education, therapy and rehabilitation resources for special needs children and adults.

Frances Allen School (501-664-2961) - A private school for children with special needs, located in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Helping Hand Children's Center - A preschool for children with special needs, located in North Little Rock, Arkansas.

Specific Diagnoses

Arkansas Down Syndrome Association - A non-profit organization providing resources to adults with Down Syndrome.

Autism is OK - A website by a mother of an autistic child.

Autism Speaks - The nation's largest autism science and advocacy organization, dedicated to funding research into the causes, prevention, treatments and a cure for autism.

Eye Contact Arkansas - A website dedicated to autism news and legislative issues.

Little Rock Autism Families - A free and private group of families who have a child with a behavioral disorder or epilepsy.

Muscular Dystrophy Association - A national voluntary health agency dedicated to conquering more than 40 neuromuscular diseases that affect a million Americans of all ages.

MDA - ALS Division - The Muscular Dystrophy Association's Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease) Division.

National Autism Association - Arkansas Chapter - Dedicated to increasing awareness of autism in our community, supporting, connecting and empowering families, and improving the lives of individuals living with an autism spectrum disorder across the lifespan.

United Cerebral Palsy of Arkansas - A non-profit organization based in Little Rock, Arkansas, for parents of children with cerebral palsy and other physical disabilities who cannot find assistance other than state run institutions.

Therapy Services

Easter Seals Arkansas - A non-profit organization providing education, therapy and rehabilitation resources for special needs children and adults.

Helping Hand Children's Center - A preschool for children with special needs, located in North Little Rock, Arkansas.

Other Organizations

Arkansas Disability Rights Center - A non-profit organization which serves as the rights protection and advocacy system for persons with disabilities in Arkansas.

Arkansas Department of Human Services

Arkansas Enterprises for the Developmentally Disabled, Inc. - AEDD's mission is to provide optimum comprehensive services to developmentally disabled individuals through the administration of direct service programs.

National Disability Institute - The National Disability Institute is a national research and development organization with the mission to promote income preservation and asset development for persons with disabilities and to build healthy financial futures for Americans with disabilities.

Other Resources

Arkansas Income Tax - AR1000RC5 - Developmentally Disabled Individual Certificate

Arkansas Income Tax - AR1000DC - Disabled Child Certificate

Arkansas Income Tax - Instructions for AR1000 and AR1000NR

The Morgan Project - An outstanding list of disability-related resources.

IRS Publication 3966 - Living with Disabilities