Community Resources
The Norah Foundation
To support and empower families by providing financial assistance for essential equipment, therapies, and services, ensuring that every child has the opportunity to thrive and reach their potential.
A-Chance-2-Play
Promotes athletic participation by aiding local athletic departments, youth sports organizations and special needs children to play.
Scottsdale Unified School District
Not only do we have our facility based on SUSD property, but the SUSD service learning students come out to Volunteer with our athletes.
Gompers
Provides a variety of services to individuals with special needs including a Private K-12 school, day training for adults, and employment services.
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STARS (Scottsdale Training and Rehabilitation Services)
Not only do we have our facility based on SUSD property, but the SUSD service learning students come out to Volunteer with our athletes.
Gateway Academy
A private K-12 school for twice gifted students with Asperger Syndrome. Gateway Academy offers students an academic curriculum that is challenging and structured; rich in its academic offerings, and nurturing in its approach to fostering personal growth, responsibility, and independence. The Gateway community: students, faculty, staff, and families, alike, work collaboratively to help students discover and develop their individual gifts and strengths, become self-advocates, and realize their full potential. A safe, thoughtfully prepared sensory sensitive environment encourages mutual trust, respect, and acceptance among those in its school community.
United Cerebral Palsy of Central Phoenix
UCP of Central Arizona provides comprehensive services to individuals with disabilities and their families by providing physical and developmental support as well as educational growth which is the foundation for independent living. Life without Limits.
AZ Impact for Good
AZ Impact for Good is the statewide nonprofit membership organization, resource, and advocate for the state’s nonprofit and philanthropy communities.
SibLink
A network for indivduals (18 years and older) who have a sibling with a disability. They will provide a focus on advocacy, policy, service, and community. Please email Nikki at
nicolezillmer@gmail.com for more information.
Gigi's Playhouse
An established series of Down Syndrome achievement centers. Serving children and adults of all ages, each Playhouse provides educational and therapeutic programs at no charge to families; and in a format that individuals with Down syndrome learn best. All programs aim to maximize self-confidence and empower individuals to achieve their greatest potential.
Civitan Foundation
Civitan delivers tailored programs and services to meet the ever-changing needs of the children and adults we serve with developmental disabilities. They continue to expand their services to also include outreach, education and family support. Civitan provides safe, enriching, high quality programs that focus on education, nutrition & health, life skills, socialization, job training and respite for families and caregivers.
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Dads 4 Special Kids (D4SK)
An organization dedicated to helping men that have a child with special needs in their lives. They provide an array of on-line resources, coupled with group activities, that include real life personal experiences from other men.
Boys Team Charity
Dedicated to developing the altruistic spirit in young men by fostering the desire to give through participation in charitable activities that cultivate social, personal and community responsibilities.
Detour Company Theater
Providing quality and authentic arts education and performance opportunities for adults with developmental and other challenges, including deafness, blindness, and autism, through the magic and miracle of theatre.
Scottsdale Adaptive Recreation
The Parks and Recreation Department provides exceptional recreation experiences to enrich the quality of life for our Community.
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Ability 360 Sports and Fitness Center (formerly SpoFit)
To provide exceptional adaptive sports, recreation, aquatic and fitness programs that promote the independence, health and overall well being of people with disabilities and their family members
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Silver Tree Special Needs Planning (SNP)
Information and Advocacy for Parents, Professionals, and Care Givers providing for those with special needs.
Down Syndrome Network
Our mission at DSNetwork is to educate, support and advocate for those in our community impacted by Down syndrome. DSNetwork achieves this goal through an open, supportive and collaborative network that connects individuals and families with needed resources and information. Contact: Jessica Blackwell, Volunteer and Program Coordinator:
MDA- Muscular Dystrophy Association
MDA is the world's leading nonprofit health organization sponsoring research seeking the causes of and effective treatments for neuromuscular diseases. MDA research grants currently are supporting more than 250 projects worldwide.
Raising Hope Dogs
Providing healing dog therapy to kids with special needs. Email:
Cortney's Place
Innovative full-time day programs for the special needs adult community that challenge, stimulate and excite individuals as they increase their independence and personal productivity.
Hope Group
Autism & Developmental Disability Services in Arizona since 1997, including Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), Early Intervention and DDD Services. Contact: Shelby Cairns, Care Coordinator:
Transitions for the Developmentally Disabled
Transitions mission is to enable those with developmental disabilities to transition into a fuller, more independent life and integrate into the community.
MORIAH
Founded on the principle that every child deserves the opportunity to maximize their individual potential, MORIAH intends to collaborate with families, community partners, and professional service providers to fully satisfy this social contract.
AZ Spinal Cord Injury Association
A non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of individuals with spinal cord injuries.
Horses Help
Horses Help is a premier accredited therapeutic and recreational agency that serves the special needs population by providing activities to empower them to break through physical, cognitive and emotional barriers using a unique collaboration of horses and people within Arizona's Valley of the Sun.
Arizona Autism United
The mission of Arizona Autism United is to help as many local children and families as possible with individualized supports.They provide a variety of direct services including speech therapy, ABA treatment, behavior coaching, parent training, social skills playgroups, respite care, and more.
Arizona Disabled Sports
Dedicated to developing the altruistic spirit in young men by fostering the desire to give through participation in charitable activities that cultivate social, personal and community responsibilities.
Lion's Camp Tatiyee
Provides a residential summer camp experience in one-week sessions for individuals with a variety of physical and developmental disabilities.
Sun Devil Trophy
Since 1986, Sun Devil Trophy has been serving Scottsdale and the Phoenix Metro with quality trophies. plaques, medals and awards. With over 20 years in the award and trophy industry, we have satisfied the perpetual needs of non-profits, companies and municipalities with employee recognition, milestone awards, retirement awards and other personalized gifts year after year.
