Links


  • Services
    • Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA) of Maryland – Part of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Helps families pay for services related to the disabilities of family members, including respite, therapy, equipment, etc.
    • Division of Rehabilitative Services – DORS helps people with physical, emotional, intellectual, developmental, sensory and learning disabilities go to work and keep their jobs by providing services such as career assessment and counseling, assistive technology, job training, higher education and job placement.
    • Prince George’s County Department of Social Services – The Prince George’s County Department of Social Services is in the business of providing opportunities for residents of the County to become independent, responsible and stable members of the community. We do this by providing intervention services that strengthen families, protect children and vulnerable adults, encourage self-sufficiency and promote personal responsibility. ​We assist people through such programs as Temporary Cash Assistance, Food Supplement Program, Medical Assistance, Emergency Assistance, and Foster Care and Adoption Service.
    • Maryland Interagency Transition Council – Transition is the move from school to adulthood. This site provides resources to aid families in their preparation for this move. Transition planning is a partnership involving students, their families, school staff, local community service providers, and state agency representatives. Its purpose is to help students to make choices and set goals they can meet when they finish school.
    • The Arc of the United States advocates for individuals with intellectual disabilities and their families, in addition to providing services.
    • The Arc of Maryland.
    • The Arc of Prince George’s County.
    • Connections Beyond Sight and Sound – Serves children with vision and hearing impairments, birth through age 21. Provides resources, technical assistance and consulting for families, care providers, school systems and agencies; College Park, 301-405-7915 (Voice and TTY)
    • Kennedy Krieger Institute – Provides diagnosis, evaluation, education and treatment resources; 888-554-2080
    • Guiding Exceptional Parents, LLC – Helping parents of children with ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, learning disabilities, and other diagnosed and undiagnosed challenges that make it hard to function at school or at home through Special Needs Care Navigation services. Also provides RDI services. RDI is a program that shows parents how to teach their children the essential social skills that make relationships work.
    • Quality of Life Pharmacy – A compounding pharmacy for children who need to take special medication preparations that are different than you can get at a regular pharmacy. 8900 Edgeworth Dr, Capitol Heights, MD 20743. Phone: (301) 324-3715
    • Maryland Community Connections – Provides emotional support, training, employment opportunities and access to resources on a case-by-case basis to individuals with disabilities who want to achieve greater social and economic independence, and to be fully integrated into the community. Also the Low Intensity Support Services provider for Prince George’s County.
    • MTRC, Inc. – Helps families establish a trust fund to provide for the care of a loved one with a disability. Provides extensive case management services and aids in planning for a child’s future through estate planning workshops and educational articles. Families can also contract for private consulting services with the MTRC professional to develop care plans.
    • Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission – Therapeutic Recreation Programs and Inclusion Services for residents of Prince George’s County with disabilities who want to participate in fun extracurricular activities and camps. Therapeutic Recreation Programs provide activities in small groups with a high staff to participant ratio, run by trained staff using adapted equipment when appropriate. Inclusion Services allow residents to participate in general recreation programs by providing reasonable accommodations and modifications.
    • Resource Connections – Partners with people who are authorized for services by the Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA) to provide eligibility assistance, waiting list support, and resource coordination to help people live life on their terms and in pursuit of their dreams.
    • Speech and Hearing Sciences Clinical Services at the University of Maryland – Provides speech, language, and hearing services for individuals with communication disorders.
    • Social Security Administration – provides assistance to people with disabilities. Only individuals who have a disability and meet medical criteria may qualify for benefits.

  • Support
    • Maryland Family Network – Website that can help you find Family Support Centers and Child Care Resource Centers, find child care providers via LOCATE: Child Care, and advocacy resources for children ages 0-5.
    • First Call for Help – Statewide telephone referral to sources of crisis intervention, available 24 hours a day, seven days a week; United Way of Central Maryland, 800-492-0618; Baltimore, 410-685-0525, 410-685-2159 (TTY).
    • NAMI-National Alliance on Mental Illness – 800-950-NAMI
    • One World Center for Autism – a support group for parents of children with autism in Prince George’s County.
    • Special Education Guide – resource for mastering the terminology, procedures and best practices in special education.

  • College

  • Transition
    • Social Security Administration – provides assistance to people with disabilities. Only individuals who have a disability and meet medical criteria may qualify for benefits.
    • Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA) of Maryland – Part of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Helps families pay for services related to the disabilities of family members, including respite, therapy, equipment, etc.
    • Division of Rehabilitative Services – DORS helps people with physical, emotional, intellectual, developmental, sensory and learning disabilities go to work and keep their jobs by providing services such as career assessment and counseling, assistive technology, job training, higher education and job placement.
    • Maryland Interagency Transition Council – Transition is the move from school to adulthood. This site provides resources to aid families in their preparation for this move. Transition planning is a partnership involving students, their families, school staff, local community service providers, and state agency representatives. Its purpose is to help students to make choices and set goals they can meet when they finish school.
    • Prince George’s County Department of Social Services – The Prince George’s County Department of Social Services is in the business of providing opportunities for residents of the County to become independent, responsible and stable members of the community. We do this by providing intervention services that strengthen families, protect children and vulnerable adults, encourage self-sufficiency and promote personal responsibility. ​We assist people through such programs as Temporary Cash Assistance, Food Supplement Program, Medical Assistance, Emergency Assistance, and Foster Care and Adoption Service.
    • The Arc of Prince George’s County – One of the most comprehensive support providers for people with developmental/intellectual disabilities and their families. We provide supports for people from birth to seniors including community inclusion, employment training, residential services and advocacy. We have a variety of programs and services that match each person or family’s individual needs.
    • Resource Connections – Partners with people who are authorized for services by the Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA) to provide eligibility assistance, waiting list support, and resource coordination to help people live life on their terms and in pursuit of their dreams.
    • Maryland Community Connections – Provides emotional support, training, employment opportunities and access to resources on a case-by-case basis to individuals with disabilities who want to achieve greater social and economic independence, and to be fully integrated into the community. Also the Low Intensity Support Services provider for Prince George’s County.
    • Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA)  – Metrobus and Metrorail customers with disabilities may be eligible to ride at a discounted rate. Those customers who qualify will be issued a Reduced Fare SmarTrip® photo ID card.