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Accessible Arts, Inc.
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The mission of Accessible Arts, Inc. is to champion the arts for
children with disabilities and advocate access to the arts.
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Autism/Asperger Resource Center
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The purpose of the Autism
Asperger Resource Center (AARC) is to foster the behavioral,
academic, and social development of persons with autism, Asperger's
syndrome, and related exceptionalities by offering a variety of
services to individuals and support networks.
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Autism Society of Johnson County
- ASJCK's world-wide web page and site provides links to various
organizational, university, library, government agency, and chapter
world-wide web sites.
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Autism Resource Guide for
Johnson County Families - A resource guide for
families of children and adults with autism spectrum disorders,
including autism, PDD-NOS, and Asperger's Syndrome. (Requires
Adobe Acrobat Reader
)
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Brain Injury Association of Kansas & Greater Kansas City
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The Brain Injury Association
offers support services to individuals and their families throughout
the state of Kansas and the greater Kansas City area who are
recovering from traumatic brain injury.
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Community
Developmental Disability Organizations (statewide List)
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Coalition Actively Reforming Education
seeks to engage parents and community, in order to improve upon the
factors that will produce an equitable, quality educational outcome
for all students in KCK USD 500.communities is inversely
proportional to the level of education, unemployment, and quality
housing. A new Kansas
City, KS collaboration called CARE
(COALITION ACTIVELY
REFORMING EDUCATION); collaboration
members: MANA de Kansas City, NAACP (National Association for the
Advancement of COlored) People, IBSA KCK (International Black
Student Alliance of KCK), North East COALITION, PCAT (Parent
Community Action Team), Justice Campaign of America,
El Centro.
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Coalition for Independence - Addressing the Unmet
Needs of People with disAbilities (Kansas City, KS)
Centers for Independent Living (CILS)
are non-residential, community-based, private, non-profit
organizations that are designed and operated by individuals with
disabilities.
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Community
Early Intervention Networks -brochure listing all
Kansas Infant Toddler Programs. (Requires
Adobe Acrobat Reader
)
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Council for Learning Disabilities (CLD) -
The Council for Learning
Disabilities (CLD) is an international organization of and for
professionals who represent diverse disciplines and who are
committed to enhancing the education and lifespan development of
individuals with learning disabilities.
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EFECT (Encouraging Families with Exceptional Children Together)
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is to empower families of children with disabilities by providing
education, information, encouragement, support, and pathways to
services. EFECT presently serves over 1200 individuals in the
Greater Kansas City area and outlying communities.
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Family
Advocacy Center for Education & Support
(Email link)
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Gallaudet University Regional
Center at Johnson County Community College -
To provide
information and education directed to the deaf and hard of hearing
community, professionals and agencies that work with those
populations. Services include deaf and hearing impaired services,
continuing education, and seminars. A non-profit agency. Fees vary
according to program.
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Guidance
Center, Inc. -
mental health service provider
in northeast Kansas, serving all residents of Atchison, Jefferson,
and Leavenworth Counties. Services are available without regard to
race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation,
age, disability, or ability to pay for care.
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Heartstrings Community Foundation - assist adults
with developmental disabilities to live meaningful, independent,
productive lives through interactions within the community.
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Hoglund
Brain Imaging Center -
Conduct research, using state of
the art magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy and
magnetoencephalography, into understanding the structure and
function of normal, injured, and diseased brain. With these tools we
will study both animal and human brain metabolism, anatomy,
hemodynamics, magnetophysiology, and electrophysiology
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Johnson
County Families -
JoCoFamily.Net is funded through
a Juvenile Crime Prevention grant from the Tenth Judicial District
of Johnson County, Kansas. It has been created by the Johnson County
Library with support from the District Attorney’s Office and
Juvenile Intake and Assessment Center. This information service
provides 24-hour access to community resources and legal information
for Johnson County families of at-risk youth.
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Johnson County
Developmental Supports
- Johnson
County Developmental Supports (JCDS) is the Community Developmental
Disabilities Organization (CDDO). In its role as one of the State of
Kansas' designated
Community Developmental Disabilities Organization (CDDO),
JCDS provides a single point of contact and entry for people seeking
services throughout Johnson County, and maintains a county-wide
service needs list for those waiting for certain services. In
addition, JCDS works with affiliates who are agencies and individual
service provider.
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Johnson County
Mental Health Center
- Johnson County Mental Health Center's mission is to improve the
mental health and quality of life for Johnson County residents. Our
staff accomplishes this by providing mental health services tailored
to the needs of those we serve which are of the highest quality and
easily accessible to all residents.
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Kansas Community Mental Health Centers (statewide list)
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Kansas Centers for Independent Living -
represents 12
Centers for Independent Living (CIL’s). Centers provide
services to people with disabilities of all ages. Centers for
Independent Living also provide assistance to businesses and all
other entities in the community to assist them in offering
services to people with disabilities. We advocate at a state
and national level for the rights of all people with
disabilities to live in the communities of their choice.
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Kansas School for
the Deaf - Total
Accessibility to Language and Educational Excellence in a Visual
Environment.
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Kansas
State School for the Blind -
The mission of the Kansas State
School for the Blind (KSSB) is to empower students with the
knowledge, attitudes, and skills to assume responsible roles in
society and to lead fulfilling lives. KSSB will be the statewide
leader in establishing partnerships with parents, school districts,
and community resources to promote access to a high quality
education for all Kansas students with visual impairments,
regardless of where they attend school
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Lakemary Center - to see all those we serve
achieve the lifestyle they desire, and also to remain a constant
partner as individual needs evolve over time. A complete
spectrum of services for persons of all ages in both Paola and
southern Johnson County. residential school and treatment program.
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Mental
Retardation Research Center At Parsons -
The Parsons Research Center
is home base to a number of projects, most of which are funded
by the Mental Retardation Branch of NICHD. These include studies
of: reading; the effects of reinforcement variables on self
injurious and destructive behaviors; the effects of drugs on
aberrant behaviors, adaptive behaviors, and cognitive skills;
movement related brain potentials in individuals with Down
syndrome; relational and symbolic learning; stimulus control and
stimulus classes; treatment of sexual deviancy; and smoking
cessation.
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MOSAIC
- Mosaic opens doors to extraordinary lives so that people with
disabilities may experience God's gift of wholeness of life in all
of the wonderful ways they choose for themselves.
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The
Neurological Disabilities Support Project
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The Neurological Disabilities Support Project
- The project supports students with neurologic disabilities by
providing services to educators and parents of children with
neurologic disabilities. For example, Kansas teachers and parents
of students with Autism, Acquired or Traumatic Brain Injury (ABI/TBI),
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) or other neurologic
disabilities can call the Neurologic Disabilities Support Project.
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Olathe Club of the Deaf
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Olathe Club of the Deaf is a club that opens to everyone (Deaf, HH,
and Hearing). OCD have a clubhouse where people gathers to meet,
talk, and attend club's events. OCD have monthly newsletter which
are mail to OCD's members. Interested in being a member, contact
Anthony Golden, Due Collector. The clubhouse is located at 221 South
Chestnut in Olathe, KS.
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Premier Therapy Services -
is dedicated to helping
individuals maximize their communicative potential through
family-directed therapy and a team approach. We provide
speech-language therapy within the natural environment to address
the unique communicative needs of the individual, concerns of the
family, and to assist the individual in becoming involved in the
community.
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Resource Center for Independent Living, Inc. -
committed to
working with individuals, families, and communities to promote
independent living and individual choice to persons with
disabilities
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Special
Diet: In Your Home Cooking -
accommodate your special dietary
needs and help you follow doctor or nutritionist recommended plans.
I am familiar with AHA, low-fat, low-salt, Weight Watchers, TOPS,
South Beach, Atkens, Somersizing, the Zone and the T-factor diets. I
am willing to help you with your gluten-free and/or casien-free
diets. Menus can be tailored to your needs.
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Special
Olympics Kansas -
Our Mission Is... to provide
year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of
Olympic-type sports for individuals with intellectual disabilities
by giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness,
demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of
gifts, skills, and friendship with their families, other Special
Olympics athletes and the community
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Special
Olympics-Southeast Kansas
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Tri-Valley
Developmental Services
is committed to the ideal that people have a right to be active
within their community. Our mission is to offer a wide range of
choices, meeting individual needs, and providing opportunities
for persons with disabilities to maximize their potential
enabling them to achieve the quality of community life they
seek. Serving citizens of Allen, Bourbon, Neosho, and Woodson
counties by maintaining and enhancing the high quality of life
which characterizes our communities. Through the services of
Tri-Valley, individuals with developmental disabilities become
active members of their communities.
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Wyandot
Center for Community Behavioral Healthcare
-offer an array of services to
support those challenged with behavioral health concerns. If you are
experiencing a mental health concern, or have a friend or family
member in need of services, the Wyandot Center is here for you. The
Wyandot Center is a private not-for-profit agency that operates
under the governance of a board of directors as a licensed community
mental health center
