Welcome to About Special Kids! We are the place for families and professionals in Indiana to go to “ASK” questions about children with special needs and to access information and resources about a variety of topics such as health insurance, special education, community resources and medical homes. ASK is your connection to family support in the state of Indiana!
Invite About Special Kids to speak at your function.
Learn about ASK and how our partnerships with community organizations help families of kids with special needs. Become acquainted with us, an unsung hero of Indiana, and our mission to reach out to the 260,000 Indiana children with special needs.
Become part of ASK outreach efforts by inviting us to speak to your company or organization.
Request a speaker for groups of ten or more by calling (317) 288-6328.
ASK Parent Liaisons
One of the main assets at About Special Kids is our wonderful staff of Parent Liaisons. Our Parent Liaisons are trained and experienced parents of a child with special needs. They focus on teaching families how to anticipate child and family needs, identify family and community resources, and access community systems to help them meet the needs of their child(ren). ASK Parent Liaisons work with families who have children from birth until the age of 22. ASK has several projects that use the expertise of Parent Liaisons.
Learn more about the Parent Liaisons who work specifically on our Family to Family project with a focus on families who have children birth through age 3. This short video discusses:
- What is a Parent Liaison
- How does a Parent Liaison help families
- How do I connect with a Parent Liaison
- Other Family to Family Services
Resource Directory Tutorial
NOW AVAILABLE A video tutorial on how to use our Online Resource Directory is now available. This video covers the various methods used in searching for resources within the directory.
Civic and Social Clubs
Did you know there are over 260,000 children in Indiana that have been identified with special needs? ASK is trying to reach all of them. We are currently ramping up efforts to contact social and civic clubs throughout Indiana, offering to speak at meetings and hoping these organizations will send out information about ASK in communications to their members.
If you know the name of someone in a Lions Club, Kiwanis, Chamber of Commerce, or similar organization, please have them email to send their name and contact information to us. Speaking engagements will be based on speaker availability and group size minimum is ten members. Please help us in our efforts to reach these 260,000 children and their families.
We are a Parent led and staffed organization and we look forward to helping you!