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AUTISM
Center for Autism & Related Disabilities | card-usf.fmhi.usf.edu
13301 Bruce B Downs Blvd, MHC 2113A, Tampa, FL 33612
813-974-2532, see Inside Front Cover
Providing support and assistance with the goal of optimizing the potential of people with
autism and related disabilities. USF CARD provides trainings, direct assistance, technical
assisstance, resources and referrals.
ACT Program (Focus Academy), 813-231-2520,
page 9
All About Speech & Language, 813-616-4004,
AASpeech.com, page 13
Autism Society, 407-207-3388, AutismFL.com
BASS ABA Therapy, 877-823-4283, Centers in
Tampa Bay & Clearwater/St Petersburg,
BehavioralSupports.com, page 12
Buddy Baseball, BuddyBaseball.org,
813-416-5742, page 7
MOSI (An Autism Friendly Venue), 813-987-6000,
MOSI.org, see Back Cover
Sensorytopia Warrior Center, 813-872-6964
Splash Pals Adapted Aquatics, 561-419-6709,
pages 7 & 12
USF-Autism Assessment, 813-974-0968, Tampa
We Rock The Spectrum-Tampa, 813-571-1600, page 7
WEDU PBS, Autism Resources & Programs,
WEDU.org/autism, see Inside Front Cover
CHILDCARE & RESPITE
Bay Hope Embrace Respite, 813-968-3983
Early Childhood Council, 813-837-7753
Early Learning Coalition, 813-515-2340
Easterseals Murray Center, 813-988-7633
Nathaniel’s Hope Buddy Break,
Ildewild Special Needs Ministry, 813-264-1515
CRISIS CARE RESOURCES
St. James UMC Friend Zone, 813-971-4790 x245,
www.stjamestampa.org/special-needs, page 6
Take a Break, behavioral babysitting, TakeABreak-
Tampa.com
UCP of Tampa Bay, 813-239-1179
211 Contact Center, call 211, text 898211
ACCESS Florida – food stamps, 866-762-2237
Children’s Home Network, 813-855-4435
Crisis Center of Tampa Bay, 813-964-1964
Success 4 Kids & Families, 813-490-5490
THHI Homeless Initiative, main 813-223-6115
DIAGNOSTIC AND RESOURCE CENTERS
FDLRS (Florida Diagnostic & Learning Resource System) | fdlrs.mysdhc.org
Hillsborough County, 813-837-7777
FDLRS provides diagnostic, instructional, and technology support services to district
Exeptional Student Education programs and to families of students with disabilities.
USF Bay Area Early Steps | health.usf.edu/medicine/pediatrics/early-steps
USF Bay Area Early Steps Serving Hillsborough and Polk County
813-974-0602, 0 to 36 months - USF Bay Area is Florida’s early intervention system
that offers services to eligible infants and toddlers (birth to thirty-six months) with
significant delays or a condition likely to result in a developmental delay.
/card-usf.fmhi.usf.edu
/AASpeech.com
/AutismFL.com
/BehavioralSupports.com
/BuddyBaseball.org
/MOSI.org
/autism
/special-needs
/Tampa.com
/fdlrs.mysdhc.org
/early-steps