The free Illinois Radio Reader service offers audio news and information from newspapers, magazines and more—and is for those who are blind or visually impaired including individuals who have a medical condition or disability that makes it difficult to hold and/or read traditional books and magazines. The service is also offered via web streaming and […]
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The Illinois Early Intervention (EI) Clearinghouse is a lending library and information resource for families and professionals in Illinois. Our free lending library consists of books, journals, and DVDs related to early childhood, parenting, and young children with special needs. The EI Clearinghouse is one component of the Illinois Early Intervention (EI) Program. The state’s
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IATP is a non-profit organization whose mission is to increase access to assistive technology devices and services for individuals of all ages with disabilities. Please click here to view a captioned informational video about the Illinois Assistive Technology Program, with sign language interpreter, from the February 18, 2021, Third Thursday Resource Round-up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDOU-LmxMR4
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Healing Horse Stables is committed to promoting the physical, cognitive, social, emotional, and spiritual health and well being of individuals, regardless of age of disability, by providing equine assisted therapies. We are a nonprofit organization offering: therapeutic riding, equine facilitated learning, and riding for relaxation. We plan soon to offer yoga, Tai Qi on horseback,
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DRES is the disability services office at the University of Illinois campus. We are one of the leading support programs in higher education for people with disabilities and were the first in the nation to begin providing these support services. Our mission is to ensure that qualified individuals with disabilities are afforded an equal opportunity
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Tom Jones Challenger League baseball will begin its season next Spring. Challenger League baseball gives youngsters with disabilities the chance to play the game of baseball. Challenger League is sponsored by Champaign-Urbana Kiwanis Club. Games are played on Tuesdays and Saturdays at AMBUCS Park in Urbana during the months of May and June. Ages of
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Champaign-Urbana Special Recreation (CUSR) was formed through a cooperative agreement with the Champaign and Urbana Park Districts to provide recreation programs and leisure services for residents with disabilities. CUSR provides quality recreation programs for people with disabilities by hiring and training qualified staff, providing staff ratios which ensure program safety and success, and adapting programs
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Champaign County Head Start/Early Head Start – The Champaign County Regional Planning Commission is the recipient of federal funding to promote kindergarten readiness to income-eligible families in Early Head Start, which serves infants, toddlers, and expectant parents; and Head Start, which serves three-to five-year-old-children. Head Start partners with parents to assist children in developing the
Best Buddies offers one-to-one friendships, integrated employment, and leadership development programs to individuals with and without disabilities. At University of Illinois, our chapter promotes social acceptance and friendship by matching people in the CU community with IDD with UIUC students.
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The Action Trackchair is an all-terrain wheelchair that is making the world a bigger place for anyone with mobility problems.
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