Transition Resources

This list contains links to many agencies that students and their families may want to consider while planning for exit from the school system. This is in no way inclusive of all agencies providing services nor is it an endorsement of a particular agency.

How to Find Your Way Through the Developmental Disability System in Illinois

• Resource Cards

DuPage County - Transition Planning Committee's Resource Guide

• Resource Guide

Family Support/Advocacy:

• The Arc of Illinois

• Family Support Network of Illinois

• Transition Issues for Adolescents with Special Needs

• Achieving Independence and Mobility Center for Independent Living (AIM-CIL)

• DuPage Family Disability Network

• Illinois Parents of Adults with Developmental Disabilities

• Illinois Association of Microboards and Cooperatives

• Illinois Respite Coalition

• The Guidebook of Laws and Programs for People with Disabilities

• LifeSpeed Behavioral Support Services

• Information Connections for Parents of Children with Developmental Disabilities & Chronic Diseases

Employment and/or Day Program Services:

• Illinois Department of Human Services

• NEXT STEPS Illinois

• Ray Graham Association

• Parents Alliance Employment Project

• Spectrum Vocational Services (Adult Day Services Division of Little Friends, Inc.)

• We Grow Dreams

• Donka, Inc.

• RRAF

• Supported Employment Associates Inc.

• Aspire

• United Cerebral Palsy Seguin of Greater Chicago

• Aspiritech

• Canopy

• Autonomy Works

• Cherubim

Transportation:

• Elmhurst Reduced-Fare Transportation

• Regional Transportation Authority: People with Disabilities Ride Free Program

• Pace Paratransit

• Marianjoy Driver Rehabilitation

• Special Needs Chicago - Wheelchair Accessible Transportation

Financial:

• PACT, Inc.

• Illinois Department of Health and Family Services

• Social Security Income (SSI)

• Thomas Canale: Northwestern Mutual

• SOAR

Post Secondary:

• College of DuPage Vocational Skills Program

• College of DuPage Center for Access and Accommodations

• Elmhurst Learning and Success Academy

• Evaluation and Developmental Center, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

• PACE at National Lewis University

• Post Secondary Choices

• Think College Illinois

• Reach Out! @ COD

• Harper College Career Skills Institute

Recreation:

• Gateway Special Recreation Association

• Elmhurst Park District Policy - Inclusion

• Gateway Afterschool Program

• Connection of Friends