The WFYI Education Desk is committed to special education coverage. As we continue to report on this topic, we invite families to share their experience with the WFYI Education Desk.

Extra resources
Here is a list of organizations that work with families trying to navigate the Indiana special education system and informational guides on steps families can take to get appropriate services for their children.

• About Special Kids
  Can support families but cannot attend case conferences
• The Arc of Indiana(arcind.org)
  Empowers families with children who have intellectual and developmental disabilities
• Autism Society of Indiana
  Offers support through Autism Ally’s
• Decoding Dyslexia
  Works to raise awareness about dyslexia
• Disability Legal Services of Indiana
  Provides free and low-cost legal services for children with disabilities primarily in education
• Easterseals Crossroads
  Creates programs, resources, and training for people with disabilities
• Family Voices Indiana
  Informs families with children who have special health care needs
• Indiana Department of Education
  Guides families through consultation and a way to file a complaint
• Indiana Institute on Disability and Community
  Searches the disability world including education advocates and attorneys
• Indiana Disability Rights
  Helps individuals with disabilities find information about legal and advocacy services
• Indiana Hands & Voices
  Supports families with children who are deaf or hard of hearing
• VIPS (Visually Impaired Preschool Services) Indiana
  Supports families with children who are visually impaired birth to 3, with early intervention educational resources
• Indiana Resource Center for Autism
  Engages individuals across the autism spectrum
• IN*SOURCE
  Equips parents of children with disabilities as they navigate the special education
• Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
  Hosts outreach programs for children who are blind and visually impaired even if not enrolled at the school
• Joseph Maley Foundation
  Has attorneys that will donate their time to attend case conferences only in central Indiana

Lee Gaines reported this project – you can email her at lgaines@wfyi.org or find her on Twitter @leevgaines. Tasha Gibson and Side Effect's Brittani Howell contributed to this project. Eric Weddle and Lindsey Erdody edited this project. Special thanks to IPB News' Lauren Chapman for illustrations and design of this project. 

Images of Caiden and Kyriakos were provided by their families.