Resources

Community Resources

Nine CDDO staff members wearing blue shirts

Johnson County, Kansas is a community with resources for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their family members. In the page below, you will find resources in various categories. If there is something you need but don't see below, please reach out to the CDDO's Resource Specialist at cddo@jocogov.org

Autism

Autism Speaks

Children's Mercy Kansas City Autism Clinic

Easterseals Midwest

Community Resource Websites

LIFT UP KC

My Resource Connection

The Salvation Army

United Way of Greater Kansas City

Continuing Education

KU Transition to Postsecondary Education

THRIVE

UI REACH

Disability Support

Community Works, Inc.

Down Syndrome Innovations

Families Together, Inc.

Minds Matter - Brain Injury Services

The National Center of Health, Physical Activity & Disability

The Whole Person

Employment

Association of People Supporting Employment First (APSE)

Kansas Department for Children and Families

Project SEARCH

Financial

Guardianship

New Kansas Guardianship Law 2026

Guardianship Factsheet

Kansas Guardianship Program

Medical

Children’s Mercy

Bridge Hill Eye

KC Vision Performance

Personal Care Services and Respite

Brightstar HOME CARE

CARE.COM

REST KC

Rewarding Work

Sandwiched KC

TCARE

Recreation and Leisure

Rights and Advocacy

Center For Disability Inclusion

Disability Rights Center of Kansas 

InterHab 

Kansas Council on Developmental Disabilities 

Self Advocate Coalition of Kansas

Wrights Law

Safety

Take Me Home

State of Kansas Resources

KanCare-Kansas Medicaid

KanCare Ombudsman

Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS)

Kansas Department for Children and Families

Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns

Transportation

Ride KC

United Access - mobility vehicles