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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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