8 Community Resources f
SUPPORT GROUPS
GARDINER SCHOLARSHIP
All About Speech & Language, 813-616-4004,
AASpeech.com, page 13
BASS ABA Therapy, 877-823-4283, Centers in
Tampa Bay & Clearwater/St Petersburg,
BehavioralSupports.com, page 12
Center Academy, 727-781-2986, Muliple locations in
Palm Harbor, Lutz, Riverview, Pinellas Park, page 9
We Rock The Spectrum-Tampa, 813-571-1600, page 7
Able Trust, www.abletrust.org, 850-224-4493
Abilities of Florida, 727-538-7370
Adults with Disabilities/Gary Adult High School,
813-740-7660, sdhc.k12.fl.us/doc/959
APD, www.apd.myflorida.com, 800-615-8720
Autism Shifts (Artistas’s Café), AutismShifts.org
Best Buddies, 813-254-9025 Tampa
Brewster Technical College, 813-276-5464, brewster.edu
Buddy Baseball, BuddyBaseball.org,
813-416-5742, page 7
Division of Blind Services, dbs.myflorida.com
Focus Academy, 813-443-5558, page 9
Hands On Ed Services, 813-493-9461
HART (Hillsborough Area Regional Transit), gohart.org
HCDC (Hillsborough Cty Dev Ctr), 813-971-3490
Hillsborough High Sch/Career & Tech Ed, 813-231-1857
HUG, (find things to do), HugTampaBay.com, page 6
LYF Inc. (Learning Your Function), 813-469-2455
Montefu Consulting, 813-495-8787, page 10
Project 10, 727-873-4654, project10.info
Pyramid Center, 813-931-3986, Tampa
Quest, 813-423-7700, Tampa
REACH, 813-243-7059, reach.mysdhc.org
Self Reliance, 813-375-3965
Social Security Disability Insurance, ssa.gov/disability
Social Security for Disabilities, ssa.gov/disabilityfacts
Special Olympics Healthy Comm, 813-280-9863
STAGES, 813-974-3632
Sunshine Line, 813-272-7272
Tampa Lighthouse for the Blind, 813-251-2497
The Learning Academy, 813-974-2996, 2 locations at
the USF Tampa Campus & St. Pete College in Clearwater
USF CARD, 813-974-2532, see Inside Front Cover
VR Vocational Rehab, RehabWorks.org, 813-402-0362
ADHD Parents Support Network, 813-508-2367
EFMP Military & Family Readiness Ctr, 813-828-1952
FRIENDS Down Syndrome, 813-245-2782, page 6
KIDS (Keys for Individuals with Disabilties), 813-837-7732
LOVE Moms Support Group, 813-892-1785
New Horizons Support Group, 813-494-0111
PASS (Parents for Autism Spectrum Support),
thepassgroup@gmail.com
Suncoast East Family Care Council, 813-661-5828
Support4Caregivers, 813-850-2352
Upside! (Playgroup for infants/children with Down Syndrome),
813-673-4646 x1149
TRANSITION (TEEN/ADULT)
MacDonald Training Center (MTC) | macdonaldcenter.org
5420 W. Cypress Street, Tampa, FL 33607 EBarnes@macdonaldcenter.org
813-870-1300, Ages 18 and up - Post-secondary educational, vocational and
life skills enrichment resource for young people with autism and other disabilities who are
aging out of the school system. MTC’s innovative life and job skills training curriculum,
community based residential supports and employment placement services are designed
to enhance independence and promote full inclusion.
/AASpeech.com
/BehavioralSupports.com
/www.abletrust.org
/959
/www.apd.myflorida.com
/AutismShifts.org
/brewster.edu
/BuddyBaseball.org
/dbs.myflorida.com
/gohart.org
/HugTampaBay.com
/reach.mysdhc.org
/disability
/disability
/RehabWorks.org
/macdonaldcenter.org
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