Tag: Autism

IDD Navigator

December 16, 2025

The IDD Navigator website is a free public directory that connects you with service providers, support organizations, government programs, advocacy tools, and more in Illinois. If you’re unsure where to turn or are having difficulty navigating the options on your own, the IDD Navigator can assist individuals or families seeking services for those with IDD. 

On the homepage, watch the video titled “How to Use the IDD Navigator Website” for additional guidance. Use the navigation bar to access the resource library, media library, IDD acronym guide, and to locate independent service coordination agencies (ISC).

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ABA Midwest

March 12, 2024

ABAMidwest offers board-certified behavior analysts with extensive formal training and experience in applied behavior analysis (ABA) services for those with autism and other intellectual developmental delays. ABA Midwest Education, LTD is dedicated to providing quality individualized services to their patients, families, and professionals.

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Arc of Illinois

March 12, 2024

Behavior support services are provided to persons with an assessed need for adaptive skills training.

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Little City

March 12, 2024

Through clinical services, Little City strives to empower individuals and families to attain and maintain the essential social, emotional, and adaptive skills to navigate their current environments. They prepare individuals for increased independence in education, employment, and community living settings.

Little City offers community-based clinical services to children, adolescents, teens, and young adults with I/DD. Services are limited to those that can be done in an outpatient setting, with additional limitations depending on the extremity of behavioral and medical needs.

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Autism Support Chicago

March 12, 2024

Autism Support Chicago is dedicated to enhancing the lives of the children and families served by providing them with tools and techniques to better communicate and learn. Their focus is on increasing your child’s behavior to communicate and decreasing the number of challenging behaviors they face throughout the day. They want to meet your child where they are and help them live their life to the fullest. Autism Support Chicago believes in-home treatment is the most beneficial form of ABA therapy – your child will feel most comfortable in their home, and you can watch your child’s progress and take part in their therapy.

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Action Behavior Centers

March 12, 2024

Action Behavior Centers’ leading ABA therapy centers can help your child receive an autism diagnosis with their autism spectrum test. Whether your child with autism needs services in the center, at home, or after school, Action Behavior Centers’ ABA therapists can help your child achieve success on the spectrum.

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LifeSpeed Behavioral Support Services

March 12, 2024

LifeSpeed provides systematic behavioral support to children, adolescents, and adults to ensure each person they work with is successful in accomplishing their goals. LifeSpeed team members are committed, compassionate, and competent professionals who will strive to exceed your expectations from start to finish. A Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) will create an individualized Treatment Plan grounded in the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). When appropriate, LifeSpeed offers low-intensity behavioral interventions [4-10 hours per week].

Association for Positive Behavior Support

March 12, 2024

The Association for Positive Behavior Support is a multidisciplinary organization made up of professionals (teachers, researchers, university professors, and administrators), family members, and consumers who are committed to the application of positive behavior support within the context of the school, family, and community including across systems (e.g., entire schools, organizations), for small groups, and for individuals with complex needs for support.

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UIC Developmental Disabilities Clinic

March 12, 2024

As part of the University of Illinois at Chicago and the state of Illinois’s University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities​, the Developmental Disabilities Family Clinic has access to innovative research centers and renowned leaders in the field of disabilities​ to connect you to the latest research and practices in consultation, support, and education for the disability community. They provide family-centered, culturally competent comprehensive services to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families. They aim to maximize potential with a focus on quality of life. Its clinical staff takes a holistic, multidisciplinary approach to providing services for individuals (ages 3+) with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.

Services transcend their physical space and extend into the community, collaborating with and serving as a resource for community-based agencies, schools, and organizations. Its licensed and credentialed team includes social workers, speech-language pathologists, licensed professional counselors, physicians, and clinical psychologists.

Their team offers support in the following areas and more.
Autism Clinic and The Autism Program (TAP) Training Center
Coalition for Autistic and ND Students
Child and Family Development Center
Sibling Leadership Network
Chicagoland Disables People of Color Coalition
Individualized Support related to autism, transition to adulthood services and future planning, early intervention, emotional and behavioral consultation, dual diagnosis, social skills and relationships, and trauma.

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UIC Institute on Disability and Human Development

March 12, 2024

The Institute on Disability and Human Development (IDHD) at the University of Illinois Chicago offers archived webinars on a variety of topics for paid continuing education units (CEUs). These webinars are previous TAP/IDHD/LEND live webinars.

IDHD webinars offer timely information and may be viewed at your convenience without the expense of travel. IDHD professionals are experts in a wide range of disability topics. This webinar series is designed to promote and enhance IDHD’s relationships with the Illinois disability community. CEUs will be offered for select webinars.

CEUs will be offered for select archived webinars. The cost of CEUs is $10 per certificate. To receive CEUs, you will need to pre-register for your live or archived webinars. Registration and more information for live and archived webinars can be found at the link above.