Child Care

Family experiences show that there are many obstacles and barriers to finding appropriate and high-quality child care services for children with disabilities. Finding an inclusive day care program (a program that enrolls both children with and without disabilities) or a program specifically for children with disabilities is often a difficult task.

The following are links to other Web sites that provide information about child care for children with disabilities. The Ohio Legal Rights Service (OLRS) attempts to verify that the links referenced are helpful for people with disabilities. However, OLRS does not guarantee that the information provided within the destination link is accurate or right for the particular needs of the person. Once you follow a link away from the OLRS Web site, refer to that site's privacy policy and disclaimer statements. Some links in this section are to documents created in Adobe® Portable Document Format (PDF). To view and print PDF documents, you need to have Adobe® Reader®, a free software program, installed on your computer. Download Adobe® Reader®.

• A Thinking Guide to Inclusive Childcare (PDF file) (Disability Rights Wisconsin)
• Child Care In Ohio (Ohio Department of Job and Family Services)
• Choosing Care for a Child with Special Needs (Connect for Kids)
• Coming Together for Children with Coming Together for Children with Disabilities: State Collaboration to Support Quality, Inclusive Child State Collaboration to Support Quality, Inclusive Child Care (PDF file) (Center for Law and Social Policy)
• Commonly Asked Questions About Child Care Centers and the Americans with Disabilities Act (U.S. Department of Justice)
• National Child Care Information and Technical Assistance Center (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

• Respite