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.

Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Special Education

The Office of Special Education provides vision, leadership, and expertise to schools and offices regarding the implementation of curricular and instructional initiatives that support the achievement of students with disabilities in compliance with state and federal mandates.

Camp Lee Mar

A special camp for special kids.

CHADD

National non-profit organization providing education, advocacy and support for individuals with ADHD.

Family Legal Advocacy Group, LLC

Providing family representation and consultations to parents with special education children. Assistance with IEP’, 504 plans, due process hearings and other family law matters. Satellite offices in Towson and Gaithersburg.

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.

Jewish Abilities

The Baltimore Jewish Abilities Alliance

assists families in finding the programs and services they need for their loved ones with different abilities, strengthening their connection and enabling them to more fully participate in their communities.

Karma Dogs

Karma Dogs works to improve literacy skills among elementary school students and works with children and adults with developmental disabilities to improve communication and socialization skills.

Kennedy Krieger Institute

Kennedy Krieger Institute is an internationally recognized institution dedicated to improving the lives of individuals with disorders of the brain, spinal cord, and musculoskeletal system.

Lower Shore Early Intervention Program

Serving children ages birth to five, their parents and child care providers/early educators, the new Lower Shore Early Intervention Program (LSEIP) is designed to improve challenging behaviors, promote healthy emotional and social development, and maintain child care placements.

Maryland Center for Developmental Disabilities

The mission of the Maryland Center For Developmental Disabilities at Kennedy Krieger is to maximize potential and create change to increase the capacity of the community to incorporate state-of-the-art advances so that persons of any age with, or at risk for, developmental disabilities can achieve independence, productivity, and inclusion within their communities.

Maryland Coalition of Families for Children’s Mental Health

The Maryland Coalition of Families is the statewide voice for children’s behavioral health and is dedicated to building a family-driven network of information and support, improving services in all systems of care for children, youth and their families.

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).

Maryland Therapeutic Riding

Maryland Therapeutic Riding (MTR) seeks to improve quality of life and conquer physical, developmental, and emotional health challenges through human and horse interaction.

MitoAction

MitoAction’s mission is to improve quality of life for all who are affected by mitochondrial disorders through support, education and advocacy initiatives.

Muscular Dystrophy Association

The world’s leading nonprofit health agency dedicated to finding treatments and cures for muscular dystrophy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other neuromuscular diseases through funding worldwide research, providing comprehensive health care services and support to MDA families nationwide, and rallying communities to fight back through advocacy, fundraising and local engagement.

National Alliance of Mental Illness

The nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. NAMI advocates for access to services, treatment, supports and research and is steadfast in its commitment to raise awareness and build a community for hope for all of those in need.

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.