Disability Services
Campus
- Center for Access-Ability Resources (CAAR)
Health Services - Fourth Floor
815-753-1303
Services: Services for visually impaired, Deaf/HOH, LD; Cost: None: physically disabled-special services vary; special service material, equipment and aids, reading and vision room
Eligibility: NIU student, staff, or faculty
Community
- Access Services of Northern Illinois
631 South 1st St
DeKalb, IL 60115
815-756-7570
- DeKalb County Special Education
2205 Sycamore Rd.
DeKalb, IL 60115
815-758-0651
Services: Multiple programs for the handicapped, early childhood program, home intervention, psychological services, social work, occupational & physical therapy, nursing
Eligibility: DeKalb County
- DeKalb/Sycamore Association of Special Recreation
1403 Sycamore Rd
DeKalb, IL 60115
Services: Activities and classes for adults and children with special needs
- DeKalb County LINC
888-297-1041
Early intervention services: for children with special needs and their families
- DeKalb County Special Education Association
2205 Sycamore Rd
DeKalb, IL 60115
815-758-0651
Services: Special education support services for ages 3-21
- DeKalb Public Library
309 Oak St.
DeKalb, IL 60115
815-756-3568
Services: Large print books for visually handicapped; outreach services delivers materials to patrons with disabilities
Eligibility: Need to be certified by an authority, i.e., physician
- The Association for Individual Development
309 W. New Indian Trail Ct.
Aurora, Illinois 60506
Phone: 630-844-5040
TTD: 630-844-5063
Fax: 630-844-2065
Services: Support groups for multiple sclerosis and past polio patients, parent groups, handicapped club, physical and occupational
Cost: Varies
- Epilepsy Foundation of North/Central Illinois
Kishwaukee Hospital
Bethany Rd.
DeKalb, IL 60115
815-756-8554
Toll free: 800-255-6810
Services: Neurological clinics for adults and children, educational services for patient, family members, the general public, and professionals; referral services for assistance with employment, living arrangements, counseling, and financial help
- Genesis House
350 Sycamore Rd.
Genoa, IL 60135
815-784-5146
Services: Residential and vocational services for adults with disabilities
Eligibility: Disabled adults 18 yrs and older
Cost: Varies
- Opportunity House
202 Lucas St.
Sycamore, IL 60178
815-895-5108
- Reality House
631 S. 1st St.
DeKalb, IL 60115
815-756-8501
- Family Service Agency
14 Health Services Dr.
815-758-8616
Services: Assistance with personal care, meals, errands, etc., in the home of disabled or convalescent persons
Eligibility: Anyone
Cost: Sliding fee scale
- Illinois Department of Human Services
1330 Oakwood Ave.
DeKalb, IL 60115
815-758-2417
Services: Comprehensive services for physically and/or mentally disabled persons, for people with physical & mental disabilities, employment assistance. Other services are based on sliding fee scale
Eligibility: Federal guidelines
Cost: Diagnostic services are free
- Access Services Northern IL (Developmental Disabilities)
7399 Forest Hills Rd.
Loves Park, IL 61111
Phone: 815-282-8824
- OMH Northwest Network (Mental Health)
4402 N Main St
Rockford, IL 61103
Phone: 815-987-7910
- Northwestern Illinois Association
245 W. Exchange, Suite 4
Sycamore, IL 60178
815-895-9227
Services: Support system for visually handicapped and hearing impaired, orthopedic, and multiple impairment for all ages, diagnostic identification services, orientation and mobility treatment, special education cooperative
Eligibility: Must be referred by other agency or school
- The Open Door Rehabilitation Center
405 S. Wells St.
Sandwich. IL 60548
815-786-8468
Services: Workshop, job training, residential services, client and family support advocacy program, program aimed at helping disabled help themselves
Eligibility: Age 16 (18 for developmental training), have a developmental disability, free from actions which may endanger self or others, eligible to be sponsored by a funding source, be in need of services offered and able to benefit in some, agree to participate in integrated services plan
Surrounding Communities
- NAMI National
Services: Self-help and advocacy organization dedicated to improving conditions for the mentally ill and their families c/o Sinnissippi Centers
Fee: $25.00/yr membership
- R.A.M.P (Regional Access & Mobilization Project, Inc.)
1022 W. Lincoln Hwy, Suite 3
DeKalb, IL 60115
Services for persons with disabilities
- Centers for Independent Living
202 Market St.
Rockford, IL 61107-3954
815-968-7567
(Offices serve Boone, DeKalb, Stephenson, and Winnebago counties)
Services: Information and referral, skills training, housing assistance, counseling, interpreter service, offices throughout Illinois
Eligibility: Persons with disabilities
- Division of Specialized Care for Children
4302 N. Main
Rockford, IL 61103
815-987-7571
Services: Helps children with disabilities to obtain necessary medical care and other services & other regional offices; diagnose a treatment in an office, clinic, or hospital; braces, hearing aids, and other special appliances provided upon recommendation of the specialist referral services
Cost: Free for diagnostic services. Treatment costs vary. Financial assistance available to families who meet DSCC eligibility guidelines.