Links for Special Needs:

Autism Society of America

  The mission of the Autism Society of America is to promote lifelong access and opportunities for persons within the autism spectrum and their families, to be fully included, participating members of their communities through advocacy, public awareness, education, and research related to autism.

Autism Speaks

  Learn the red flags for autism.

Children's Therapy Center of Columbia

  Children’s Therapy Center of Columbia, LLC is a private pediatric Occupational Therapy clinic, offering a wide variety of services to the children of Columbia and all of Howard and surrounding counties.

Help Me Speak

  Barbara A Taylor, M.S., CCC-SLP & Associates - We are a private practice that offers speech, language, & oral motor therapy services. Help Me Speak develops an individually tailored approach to best meet each client’s specific needs. We help clients of all ages to eat, speak, & sign.

Legacy School

  An innovative, multi-sensory school for children with language-based learning weaknesses. Children succeed and flourish.

Maryland Relay

  Maryland Relay, a public service offered by the State of Maryland, enables standard telephone users to communicate with deaf, hard-of-hearing, deaf-blind, or speech-disabled people who use a TTY (text telephone).

National Association of Mentally Ill

  The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) is a nonprofit, grassroots, self-help, support and advocacy organization of consumers, families, and friends of people with severe mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia, major depression, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and anxiety disorders.

The ARC

  Formerly known as the Assoociation for Retarded Citizens, the ARC of Maryland focuses on legislation and activism on behalf of retarded citizens. Information about both local and national chapters available.