The Arc of Orange County works with and for people who have or are at risk for developmental disabilities to promote full participation in areas of life in our community. The Arc seeks to accomplish this through advocacy, education, and collaboration, as well as through provision of quality supports to individuals with developmental disabilities, their families, and the community.

ASMC provides residential and community support services for people with Autism, Traumatic Brain Injury and other developmental disabilities. Residential services include group homes and Alternative Family Living (AFL). A full range of clinical supports are available when needed. These include Psychology, Speech and Language, Nursing, Dietary and Social Work. In the event of an emergency, supervisory and nursing staff are available 24-hours a day.

Summer camp through ASA

Camp Sky Ranch serves developmentally and mentally disabled individuals of all ages, from all over the world. Children and adults with Down Syndrome, Prader-Willie Syndrome, ADD/HD, Fragile X Syndrome, and Autism attend our camp each year. We cannot accept campers with severe behavior or emotional problems. Campers must possess expressive and receptive communication skills and must exhibit behavior that is appropriate for group living. They must be ambulatory, able to dress and feed themselves, and be able to take care of their toilet needs.

To help children build key developmental skills which set the foundation for learning.

The ECU Sppech Language and Hearing Clinic is a University operated comprehensive clinci for the diagnosis and treatment of communication disorders.

The Autism Society of North Carolina (ASNC) Summer Camp Program is a residential summer camp for individuals with autism, ages 4 to adult. The summer camp program provides a week of typical camp activities, such as swimming, hiking, boating, and arts & crafts, in a structured environment. Campers are supervised closely at all times; many counselors are assigned only one camper per week to ensure maximum attention.

Rapid Experiences, a division of Pisgah Whitewater, offers experiential summer adventure and community leadership programs for teenagers with Aspergers Syndrome. Through learning Whitewater Kayaking, our participants improve their healthy communication, teamwork, relationship building skills.

Progress Listening Center helps children with Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, or ADD/ADHD by offering EnListen, the newest patented program available to improve listening, auditory processing, and sensory integration. Developed by Sound Listening Corporation who is chaired by Dr. Billie Thompson, EnListen provides families an in-home choice once the initial evaluation is done. Dr. Thompson was the pioneer who brought Tomatis to the U.S. EnListen takes the benefits of Tomatis many steps further by improving Bone Conduction interference and increasing all processing of sounds necessary to produce word sounds, body coordination and receptive language.

Talisman summer programs offer camps for children ages 8 to 17 with LD, ADD and ADHD, Asperger's Syndrome, and high functioning autism.