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                                               Success is Our Mission
                                               Giant Steps is committed to providing individuals with autism
                                               spectrum disorders, and their families, superior educational
                                               and therapeutic services focused on improving the quality of
                                               daily life from early childhood through adulthood.
           About Giant Steps                    About Canopy
           Since our inception in 1996, Giant   The program began in May 2012
           Steps has focused on serving the     as a response to the growing
           autism community. As a leader        needs of the adult autism
           in the field of autism, Giant Steps   population in the Chicagoland
           provides quality education,          area. The Canopy Adult Program
           therapeutic, and recreational        serves young adults who have
           programs for Kindergarten            aged out of the public school
           through Transition (up to 22 years   system at 22 years of age.
           of age) students, their families     The program’s goals include
           and the community. Giant Steps       providing individualized
           Day School is designated as a        programming that recognizes the
           therapeutic day school licensed      strengths and interests of each
           and certified by the Illinois State   participant, providing meaningful
           Board of Education (ISBE) to         opportunities to interact with
           exclusively serve students with a    the broader community, and
           primary diagnosis of autism.         supporting participants in lifelong
                                                learning and engagement.
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