Information for Adults and Children with Special Needs
Welcome to Colorado.gov, Colorado state government’s official source for online services and information.
In this section, you can access information tailored to citizens with special needs including services, activities, transportation, housing, and much more. Please click the links below to get started!
Benefits
- find out if you qualify for a reduced price Colorado State Parks pass
for people with certain disabilities - benefit checker for veterans - find out if you are receiving all the
benefits you are entitled to
Driving and transportation
- getting disabled parking passes or plates
- learn about carpool, vanpool, bus, and other transportation options for commuters
- learn about public transportation options in
- learn about reduced cost or free license plates for qualified veterans
Housing
- find out if you qualify and how to file for a property tax-rent-heat rebate
- search for assisted living facilities
Legal
Outdoor activities
- get information on accessible hunting, fishing, and wildlife viewing
- find accessible camping areas and parks
- find outdoor activities at Wilderness on Wheels
- learn more about adaptive skiing, rock climbing, white water rafting and many other outdoor activities
Information and resources related to:
- blindness and low vision
- the Talking Book Library provides recorded, Braille, and large print books and magazines
- blindness
- deafblindness (combined vision and hearing loss)
- low vision
- deafness and reduced hearing
- deaf/hard of Hearing/audiology
- information for the deaf and hard of hearing
- independent living skills class for deaf and hard of hearing students of post-high school age
- articles on assistive technology for people with hearing loss
- English Language Learners With Exceptional Needs (ELLEN)
- Learning Disabilities/Perceptual Communicative Disability (PCD)
- Significant Identifiable Emotional Disability (SIED)
- Speech Language
- mental health
