It is important to build a network of support for your family. This can include extended family members, personal friends, and professionals who work with parents who have a child with a developmental disability.

Kansas:
Families Together 1-800-264-6343 www.familiestogetherinc.org
Families Together provides a Parent-to-Parent mentoring program as well as educational advocacy. There are regional offices located throughout the state.

Missouri:
MPACT (Missouri Parents Act) 1-800-743-7634 www.ptimpact.com
MPACT matches parents with parents by region to offer support and information about special education advocacy.

In the Kansas City area, other organizations that offer information and/or support are:

• Autism Alliance of Greater Kansas City www.autismalliancekc.org
• Autism Society of the Heartland www.autismsocietyoftheheartland.org
• Community Disability Network 913-648-2317
• Encouraging Families with Exceptional Children Together 816 537-5951 www.efect.org
• Family Friends Program, Children’s Mercy Hospital 816 234-3676 www.childrensmercy.org
• Kansas Center for Autism Research and Training (K-CART) kcart.ku.edu
• MO Project Access 1-866-481-3841 www.missouristate.edu/access
• UMKC Institute for Human Development Resource Center 816-235-1763 www.moddrc.org