Support Group meetings are held at 215 W. Beal St, Bardstown, KY on the 4th Tuesday of the month.

Support, information & advocacy

Independent living center serving youth and adults with all disabilities. Programs include housing search assistance, employment readiness training & search assistance,independent living skills training,advocacy, rampbuilding, ADA outreach, information and referral, American Sign Language Interpreter Service, and attendant care program. All services are free of charge except ASL for agencies.

The Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities was created to represent the interests of employees with disabilities in Kentucky state government. The Council advocates for the rights of state employees with disabilities. It also serves as a resource for state agencies on disability-related issues. The Council achieves its goals through education and legislation.

The mission of the Division of Mental Retardation (DMR) is to take the lead, in partnership with other key stakeholders, in building the capacity of communities and systems to provide individually determined supports for individuals with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities, and their families, that increase their opportunities for choice and inclusion as valued citizens of Kentucky's communities.

To provide faculty, staff, students, and community members a learning experience about autism. To disseminate information on the various current intervention approaches in the treatment of autism, as well as note what interventions are currently being used by local families. To act as a resource for interventions that are not available in the community.

To promote the independence, productivity and inclusion of people with disabilities and their families throughout the life span.

Governmental Agency

The Kentucky Council on Developmental Disabilities, the Kentucky University Center for Excellence (the Interdisciplinary Human Development Institute), and Kentucky Protection and Advocacy are collectively gathering input from consumers, family members, service providers, and policy makers to determine the primary issues affecting the lives of people with disabilities in Kentucky.

The Kentucky Disabilities Coalition (KDC) was founded in October 1987 as a mechanism for Kentucky's disability-related groups and organizations to work together on legislation and issues concerning Kentuckians with disabilities and their families. KDC is concerned about Kentuckians of all ages with any form of disability--physical, mental, or emotional.

The Kentucky Education Rights Center was established to work with families of children (ages 3 years to 21 years) with physical and mental disabilities in their relations to the public school systems. The children's medical condition(s) trigger certain protected rights under both the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 (IDEA), the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, (Section 504), and the Special Education Laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Both of the former federal Acts, as well as Kentucky law recognize and require that qualified children with disabilities be provided services and/or accommodations in the pursuit of their education. Our experience over the past many years has revealed that many of these families are not familiar with these laws affecting their children's entitlement. Others are or have been intimidated by the process necessary to obtain these entitlements. By and large the school districts make limited resources available to these families, often as a result of their own lack of understanding concerning the disabilities, or the district's perceived lack of financial resources.

To protect and promote the rights of Kentuckians with disabilities through legally based individual and systemic advocacy, and education.

To protect and promote the rights of Kentuckians with disabilities through legally based individual and systemic advocacy, and education.

The mission of KY-SPIN, Inc. is to empower and support individuals with disabilities and their families to effectively advocate for and access needed information, resources and support networks in order to enhance the quality of their lives.

The mission of KY-SPIN, Inc. is to empower and support individuals with disabilities and their families to effectively advocate for and access needed information, resources and support networks in order to enhance the quality of their lives.

Infant and toddler intervention program ages birth - 3 for those who display delayed development. Through the utilization of a typical business environment, in order to promote dignity, independence, self-esteem, and personal growth, we shall provide quality programs and services to persons who have a physical, mental, and/or developmental disability. We will promote the removal of social, vocational, educational, and environmental barriers which deprive individuals of the opportunity to be economically self sufficient and socially integrated in the community.

I am a Senior Psychology Major who will go on to do a masters/doctorate work who provides ABA/VB in my home for 2-3 hours, offer social skills classes, educational workshops on natural environment training and aba/vb, will provide consultation for families that cannot afford a consultant - consultation is $20 an hour ABA/VB therapy is $15 an hour - contact me at kmbrlykoch@aol.com about social skills classes.

Autism support group for families in central Kentucky.

Minds Wide Open serves people considered by some to have disabilities by providing creative outlets for self-expression and opportunities to participate in the larger community, resulting in the artists becoming effective self-advocates and active citizens.