• Families for Effective Autism Treatment (FEAT-NT) Group Meet-ups
  • Tween Social Group​
  • Parents of Children with Autism
  • Teen Social Group
• Down Syndrome Partnership Activities for Families and Self-Advocates
  • Wednesday, February 19, 2020 SPEAK session: "Changes to Waiver Programs"
  • Saturday, March 21, 2020: World Down Syndrome Day & Down Syndrome Advocacy Awards
  • Friday-Sunday, March 27-29, 2020: Self-Advocate Retreat
• UTA Adapted Sports (Wheelchair Basketball, Tennis and Boccia)
  •  March 21 and April 18
• CISD Parent Support Group
  • Thursday, February 27: ABLE Accounts and Alternatives to Guardianship
• Green Oaks Education Community Speaker Series
  • April 18, 2020: Mental Wellness and Healthy Aging
• UTA Disability Studies Accessible Park Survey
  • UTA Disabilities Studies seeks input on a Public City Park inclusive of people with disabilities. Click here to answer 11 short questions.
• Camps and Adapted Recreation Resources
• UTA Disability Studies Recruitment for Wheelchair Proficiency Study
  • Ongoing dates available
• We Have A Voice Season 2020 Advocacy Theater Company

  • Bi-weekly (email for details)

• UNT Health Science Center Research Study Opportunities

• A Look Ahead Quarterly Conference Series

  • Saturday, February 8, 2020​

• UTA Movin' Mavs Adapted Sport Clinic

  • The 3rd Saturday of each month​

• Next Chapter Book Club for ages 18 and over

  • Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

• Free Intensive Training for Parents of Children with Autism at Child Study Center

• iFLY All Abilities Night

  • The 2nd Wednesday of each month

• South Tarrant SibShops

  • Sibshops open to typically developing brothers and sisters of individuals with disabilities to network and connect with other siblings who 'get it'.​

• Tarrant County College Southeast Campus First Choice and Autism Program Tours

  • Held bi-monthly.  Email Nita Halliburton for details.

• TCU Research on Learning in Adolescents Ages 10-17

  • Seeking typically developing children and children with an ASD diagnosis to better understand how to improve learning, memory, and perceptions in memory.

• TCU Research Registry for Autism

  • Currently seeking families to join a research registry to investigate the social and emotional development of infants and children.

• TCU Seeking Research Participants Ages 6-12

  • Seeking typically developing children and children with intellectual and developmental disabilities ages 6 - 12 years to examine health - related physical fitness, fundamental motor skills, balance and body composition in children with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

• Cast for Kids at Lake Benbrook

  • Saturday, May 2​3, 2020

• Sing Your Way Home Adapted Lessons, Music Groups and Music Therapy

• Chamberlain Performing Arts Dance Program

  • Each Saturday morning

• Chuck E Cheese Sensory Sunday

  • The 1st Sunday of each month

• BEAT Services Center Stage Performers

  • Each Thursday, 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.

• Gluten Free 101 Class

  • Email GIG North Texas for details

• RecMania Adaptive Recreation Night - Handley Meadowbrook Rec Center

  • The 1st Friday of each month

• Movie Days - AMC Theaters

  • The 2nd and 4th Saturday (family friendly) and each Tuesday (mature audiences)

• Movie Days - Studio Movie Grill
  • Varying Saturdays of each month

• Northwest Lions Club Movie Days - Texas Movie Bistro

  • The 1st Saturday of each month​

• Special Family Saturday's at Jumpstreet Indoor Trampoline Park

  • Email for details

• Friday Night Live - Greenbriar Recreation Center

  • The 2nd Friday of each month.  Due to low attendance, call first to ensure they are hosting that month.

• Sensory Explorations at Amon Carter Museum

  • Saturday, April 25, 2020 10 a.m. - Noon

  • Sensory Saturdays, (2nd Saturday of each month) temporarily postponed

• Sensory Story Time at Summerglen - Fort Worth Library

  • Each Saturday, 11 a.m.​

• Born to Stand Out: A Special Needs Storytime - George W. Hawkes Downtown Arlington Library

  • Each Thursday, January - April, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

• Arlington Mayor's Committee on Persons with Disabilities (AMCPD)

  • The last Friday of each month

• Advocacy Theater Company and We Have A Voice

  • Each Thursday except Summer months (June-August)

• Urban Air Sensory Friendly Jump

  • The first Sunday of the month (time/date may vary per location)

• Chuck E Cheese Sensory Sensitive Sundays

  • The first Sunday of the month (select locations only)

• 28th Annual Texas Autism Conference

  • Date to be announced January 2020

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Tarrant Cares Information Resource Center and Community Calendar

Tarrant Cares is an online information service for individuals, families, caregivers and agencies. This one resource can provide countless solutions for issues your family may be facing. You can also create personal health records, join blogs, and see events in the area on the Community Calendar.

Medicaid Waiver Programs / Interest Lists

Waivers let states use Medicaid funds for long-term home and community-based services for people with disabilities or special health-care needs and the elderly.  There are seven waiver programs in Texas.  Because some of these programs have lengthy waits, some even 10+ years, you should call immediately to be placed on the "interest list"!  You do not have to qualify to be added to the interest list. Our partners at MHMR have provided a handy call list with numbers and more information on each waiver service.  Download your copy.