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Institute for Therapy through the Arts (ITA) is a nonprofit organization based in Evanston, IL, that offers creative arts therapies to individuals of all ages facing emotional, physical, or neurological challenges. Through art, dance movement, drama, and music therapies, ITA provides customized approaches to inspire change and growth, aiming to heal and strengthen the whole person. ITA's innovative therapies engage multiple senses and activate various areas of the brain, creating a therapeutic experience that integrates both the body and mind. Their services cater to individuals with developmental challenges, Autism, mental illness, emotional distress, neurological disorders, and histories of trauma, helping them achieve a life of health and happiness.Generated from the website

Association for Individual Development is a private nonprofit organization. Operational for more than 40 years, the organization serves over 2,500 individuals of all ages with developmental and physical disabilities. It offers a wide variety of community-based programs, such as developmental training and screenings, occupational, physical, speech and aquatic therapies, vocational development, and supervised community living. The organization also offers case management, respite program, home-based support and outpatient behavioral health services, alcohol and drug counseling, psychosocial rehabilitation, homeless youth, and group services. Its crisis services programs include crisis line of the Fox Valley, crisis intervention services, sunshine calls, victim services, and ceasefire. Formerly known as the Aurora Association for the Mentally Retarded, the organization is a United Way agency. Association for Individual Development is approved by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities. It has branch offices in Aurora, Elgin and Yorkville, Ill.

The mission of Prevent Blindness is to prevent blindness and preserve sight. Focused on promoting a continuum of vision care, we touch the lives of millions of people each year through public and professional education, advocacy, certified vision screening training, community and patient engagement programs, public health research, and more