Tag: I/DD

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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Blue Tower Solutions

March 12, 2024

Blue Tower Solutions is dedicated to elevating the voices of people with disabilities and striving for equity in services and solutions. Blue Tower Solutions engages individuals, organizations, and systems to create cultures of respect, inclusion, dignity, and equality for people with disabilities.

Blue Tower Solutions offers many training topics, including “It Starts with Saying Hi!” This interactive class was created in response to the challenges faced with talking with people receiving services about the importance of understanding people of different races, religions, sexualities, and abilities. The class was created with input from people receiving services, self-advocates, and DSPs. This class is designed to be co-taught with a self-advocate and a staff person, virtually or in person. Learn more about this class and other training topics at https://www.bluetowersolutions.org/training-topics.

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Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities

March 12, 2024

The Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities works to promote the independence, productivity, integration, and inclusion of those with disabilities into the community, ensuring that those individuals with developmental disabilities have the same opportunities as others in the community. Their mission is to ensure that people with developmental disabilities participate and are included in everyday life and can choose the services and supports that best fit their needs. To accomplish this, ICDD invests in people and organizations serving people with disabilities throughout the State of Illinois.

ICDD’s online library of resources is free and includes materials on employment, assistive technology, specific disabilities, law, parenting, inclusion, and more. Their DSP Toolkit helps individuals and families find, choose, and keep great DSPs!