Resources specifically for caregivers of color facing mental illness and Intellectual Developmental Disabilities

Mental Health

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

The nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.

Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions 

A parent-based treatment program for children and adolescents with anxiety, OCD, and related problems.

National Council for Mental Wellbeing

Providing services to children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.

Children’s Mental Health Resource Center

Guidance and resources for early identification and management of mood disorders, bipolar disorder, and Fear of Harm

Intellectual Developmental Disabilities

The Georgia Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (GaLEND) 

A one-year interdisciplinary training experience that prepares tomorrow’s leaders to provide coordinated, culturally competent, and family-centered care to children and their families.

The National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services

The association’s goal is to promote and assist state agencies in developing effective, efficient service delivery systems that furnish high-quality supports to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities

The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities is the state’s leader in advancing public policy on behalf of persons with developmental disabilities.

Adult Disability Medical Healthcare

Improving healthcare possibilities for teens and adults with developmental disabilities

Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Other Related Disabilities (LEND)

The purpose of the LEND program is to improve the health of individuals who have, or are at a higher likelihood for developing, autism or related developmental disabilities by providing graduate-level training in maternal and child health interdisciplinary leadership education in neurodevelopmental and related disabilities programs.

The Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD

A membership organization that supports and promotes a national network of university-based interdisciplinary programs. Network members consist of:

  • 68 (UCEDD)
  • 60 (LEND) programs
  • 16 (IDDRC)
  • 13 (DBP)
    (non-members who receive TA)

The Down Syndrome Association of Atlanta

The mission of DSAA is to guide Atlanta’s Down syndrome community by connecting families and self-advocates to the partners, programs, education and resources they need to thrive.

Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities

The Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities provides treatment and support services to people with behavioral health challenges and addictive diseases.

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Project

The Color of Autism Foundation is dedicated to supporting individuals of color impacted by Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).Our goal is to cultivate efficacy and dismantle the stigma surrounding Autism Spectrum Disorders within communities of color.

Multiple Autisms Collective

Multiple Autisms Collective is an interdisciplinary and collaborative effort between academic and community partners. Our goal is to raise awareness of autism in diverse communities through real stories of struggle and hope.

Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network

AWN is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt non-profit. We are committed to disability justice, gender & racial equity, neurodiversity & trans liberation with a focus on transformative and restorative justice in disability spaces.

Autism in Black

Autism in Black aims to provide support to Black parents who have a autistic child, through educational and advocacy services. Autism in Black is dedicated to bringing awareness to Autism and reducing the stigma in the black community.

The Autistic Self Advocacy Network

The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization run by and for autistic people. We work to make sure autistic people are included in policy-making, so that laws and policies meet our community’s needs. We work to support all forms of self-advocacy and to change the way people think about autism.

Mocha Matters

A virtual support group created to reach families of color with loved ones on the autism spectrum. All families welcome.

SPECTRUM

Spectrum currently serves over 2000 families in Gwinnett County and the surrounding Metro Atlanta area and has become a well-known nonprofit in the Autism community for programs, events and resources.

Auturity

A non-profit organization established in 2023 with concentrated efforts geared towards filling the gap in services for autistic adults as they transition into adulthood and ultimately a world not yet equipped to consider or meet their needs.

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Black Girl Lost Keys

Living as a Black Woman with ADHD: Blog, Store, Resource

Center for the Developing Child. Harvard University

Executive function and self-regulation skills are the mental processes that enable us to plan, focus attention, remember instructions, and juggle multiple tasks successfully.