Grand Rapids chapter of CHADD. The chapter engages in AD/HD advocacy work and has adult and parent support groups.
Hope for HIE is the premiere resource for families, worldwide, whose infants and children experience a hypoxic brain injury (hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy). Providing awareness, education and support, Hope for HIE has a comprehensive support network, for families and professionals, to connect and promote hope in the journey with HIE.
Advocacy Services for Kids (ASK) assists families and their children who have mood, emotional, and behavioral challenges to understand and navigate services, advocate effectively, and achieve their potential. ASK offers opportunities for youth with emotional, behavioral, and mood disorders to be empowered to impact youth services locally, within the state of Michigan, and nationally through it’s Calling All Youth M.O.V.E. program. This service is available to high school aged youth in Kalamazoo County who want to speak up and be heard by adults, teachers, govenmental agencies, therapists, counselors, juvenille justice, schools, and other authority figures in their life.
Autism Support & Resource Center servev Genesee County and neighboring communities. The resource center exist to provide social, recreational and life skill experiences to those living with autism across the lifespan.
Our mission is to open minds and connect you with a world where everyone is valued through advocacy, support, and connecting individuals with community resources!
We are a support group for families of children at any stage in their g-tube journey, whether the tube is a future possibility, a recent acquisition, or an old friend…a permanent necessity or meeting a temporary need while their child transitions to oral feedings.
NAMI Michigan and its affiliates are dedicated to the improvement of the quality of life for persons, families and others, who are affected by mental illness, including children with serious emotional disorders, through support, education, advocacy and research. Many programs listed on the website.
Our mission is to maximize the quality of life of individuals living with sickle cell disease, enable individuals with sickle cell trait to make informed decisions with respect to family planning, and provide education and testing for the general public.
Disability Network Eastern Michigan is the disability resource of the thumb and works with individuals, their families and other organizations and agencies to help people with disabilities live independently. This includes information and referrals, advocacy services, peer support, independent living skills, and transition services.