Resources for Illinois
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Lyft Wheelchair-Accessible Ride Share Service in Chicago
In Chicago, Lyft can provide a wheelchair-accessible vehicle (WAV) that will fit a fixed-frame wheelchair. Through the Lyft app, riders can choose the ride type called “Wheelchair.” This option will pair riders with available drivers...
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Magic Wheelchair is a nonprofit organization that builds costumes for children and youth in wheelchairs at no cost to families. To be eligible for a Magic Wheelchair costume, a child must be between 5 and...
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Magical Moments Foundation is a wish-granting organization for children with facial differences. Working with the children and their families, the foundation creates experiences and adventures to comfort, inspire, and encourage children who face the world...
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Margaret Hackett Family Program
Congenital anomalies of the central nervous system (CNS) are congenital disabilities of the physical structure of the brain or spinal cord that occur during fetal intrauterine growth, such as spina bifida, hydrocephalus and other conditions....
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Maryville Children’s Healthcare Center
Maryville Children’s Healthcare Center provides care to children, ages newborn to 21, with complex medical needs. Services also include caregiver training to feel confident in taking care for their child when he/she transitions homem, and...
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Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Digital Library
The Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Digital Library serves the MCH community by providing a wide array of evidence-based information and resources to help strengthen and support State Title V programs, community agencies, educators, students,...
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Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities (MOPD) – City of Chicago
The Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities (MOPD) provides education and training, benefits counseling, information and referral, direct services and more to help foster accessibility, full participation and equal opportunities for people with disabilities. MOPD...
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McLean County Functional Needs Registry
The McLean County Functional Needs Registry helps individuals with special needs during emergencies. The registration form documents the needs of people with physical, mental or medical limitations due to impaired vision, hearing or mobility, and...
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Medical Grants Through United Healthcare Children’s Foundation
United Healthcare Children’s Foundation’s (UHCCF) mission is to help fill the gap between what medical services/items/equipment a child needs and what their commercial health benefit plan will pay for. UHCCF grants provide financial help/assistance for...
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MedlinePlus is an online health information resource for patients and their families and friends. It is a service of the National Library of Medicine, the world’s largest medical library, which is part of the National...