CARD - USF

The Center for Autism and Related Disabilities provides support and assistance with the goal of optimizing the potential of people with autism and related disabilities.

CARD is a community-based program funded by the Florida Department of Education through an annual grant. Services are delivered at no cost wherever families, professionals, schools, agencies or businesses are located within our 14-county region in southwest Florida. There are seven regional CARD centers in the state of Florida.


CARD is a community program that offers guidance, support, and resource referrals at no cost to people with ASD, their families, and the professionals and community partners who serve them. We provide support for individuals from the time of diagnosis and throughout their lives.

CARD provides:

Training
Project Development
Resource & Referral
Consultation
Family & individual guidance
Our services are designed to build on the capacities of state and local resources, not to duplicate or replace them.