Autism Groups and Service Providers
Local
Autism Society of Kentuckiana (A.S.K.)
(http://www.ask-lou.org)
The Autism Society of Kentuckiana (A.S.K.) holds support and informational
meetings for parents on the second Saturday of every month from
10:00 a.m. to noon at the Kentucky School for the Blind (1867 Frankfort
Avenue, Louisville).
Carriage House
13100 Magisterial Drive, Suite 200, Louisville, KY 40223. Phone:
502-253-1293. The Carriage House Preschool is owned and operated
by the Kentucky Center for the Special Children's Services. The
school opened in 1983 with the goal of full inclusion for all children.
The program at Carriage House has grown to include a preschool program
which has been nationally recognized, in-home developmental intervention,
speech therapy, primary level evaluation, primary service coordination,
developmental play groups, consultation to local school districts,
community workshops and educational program planning with professionals
and parents.
First Steps (http://www.sevencounties.org)
First Steps is a statewide early intervention system which provides
services to children from birth to age three with developmental
disabilities and their families. First Steps is Kentucky's response
to the federal initiative called the Infant-Toddler Program (ITP)
established by Public Law 99-457 Part C. First Steps offers comprehensive
services through coordination with a variety of community agencies
and service disciplines. First Steps is administered by the Commission
for Children with Special Health Care Needs within the Cabinet for
Health Services. Phone: 1-800-817-3874
A Healing Art Clinic
1101 Herr Lane Louisville, KY 40222. Phone: 502 339-6550. This practice
includes holistic and physical medicine, chiropractic services and
brain gym. Dr.Robert Zieve, Dr. John Baird, Dr. Tracey Barnes, and
David Mumm.
Kentuckiana Children’s Center (KCC)
(http://www.kentuckiana.org)
1810 Brownsboro Road, Louisville, KY 40206; Phone: 502 366-5658.
KCC provides quality chiropractic health care to children with special
needs regardless of their ability to pay for those services. Other
services offered include cranial sacral therapy, movement therapy,
art therapy and nutritional counseling including the GFCF diet.
Kentucky Autism Training Center (KATC)
(http://www.kyautism.org)
571 S. Floyd Street, Suite 100, University of Louisville, Louisville,
Kentucky 40202-3828; Phone: 502-852-4631. The Center places emphasis
on providing information and training on intervention strategies
that are supported by research as being effective with individuals
with autism. In addition, the Center places emphasis on building
performance-based program evaluation efforts at all levels of operation.
Weisskopf Center for the Evaluation of Children
(WCEC)
University of Louisville, 571 South Floyd Street, Louisville, KY
40202. For referrals, call 502-852-5331. The WCEC, a division of
the University of Louisville School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics,
was established to help children who have special needs realize
their full potential. At the WCEC, children with developmental,
learning, and behavioral disorders receive appropriate diagnostic
and intervention services. Genetic evaluation and genetic counseling
are provided to children and adults who have or who are at risk
of having a birth defect or genetic disorder. Referrals to the Center
are initiated from a wide range of sources, including physicians,
nurses, school systems, health care agencies, and therapists.
National
Autism Research Institute (www.autism.com/ari)
Autism Society of America (http://www.autism-society.org)
FEAT National Organization (http://www.feat.org)
National Vaccine Information Center (www.909shot.com)
TEST Foundation (http://www.testfoundation.org)
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