The Cross-Disability Support Group (CDSG): peer support group program for individuals living with all kinds of disabilities.

Online cancer-focused support groups.

Provides a forum for individuals to exchange practical information, share experiences and access health and wellness information based on their needs, including behavioral health, cancer, cardiac rehab, diabetes, grief, pregnancy and more.

Peer to Peer Mentoring program matches people with disabilities together to share experiences and develop a friendship while navigating through challenges one might face.

Support groups available for mindfulness meditation, anxiety, smoking cessation, and overeating.

Support group for adults with, or suspected of having, ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder).

Parent education support groups as part of the 'Family Enrichment' program: Provides parents/families with information related to the needs of children with developmental disabilities.

Year-round support groups for individuals living with disabilities, and older adults needing sobriety support, individuals grieving, mental health and suicide prevention support, adoption and infertility.

Support groups to help those who have been diagnosed with cancer and their family members. They include diagnosis-specific groups, caregiver groups and bereavement.

Adult support groups through virtual Zoom chats with adults with Spiina Bifida

Provides patients, survivors, and loved ones group support to cope with cancer diagnosis. Discussions range from topical, practical matters to emotional and spiritual struggles. Also offers spousal and family bereavement groups.

Provides education and support to individuals with restricted vision. Group meets monthly.

Provides online support services to individuals with a cancer diagnosis, and their caregivers. Services include counseling, support groups, and education. Counseling - Provides free individual and ground support to individuals affected by cancer. Also offers short-term, strengths-based emotional support and may assist in locating community resources. Support groups - Offers telephone and online support groups to connect clients with other cancer patients. Telephone support groups are one-hour sessions scheduled weekly. Online support group takes place using a password-protected message board format (not live chat) and is led by oncology social workers. Groups are held for 15 weeks at a time. Education - Offers free educational workshops on cancer-related topics. Participants can listen in live over the phone or online as a webcast.

Gilda's Club Chicago offers a weekly group for those living with cancer.Check website for locations and times.

Offers online support groups for individuals with ALS and their caregivers.

The Leukemia Research Foundation gives members access to information, resources, and personal connections to help them along their journey as a patient or family member/caregiver of a patient. As a member, you can start or respond to discussion threads, upload photos and information, and search for specific topics -- newly diagnosed, treatment, news and research, managing side effects, and more.One-on-one peer support is offered through a partnership with Imerman Angels, the leading organization in mentor support for cancer fighters, survivors, and family members/caregivers of patients. Imerman Angels matches mentors, or Mentor Angels, with cancer fighters, survivors, or caregivers to provide peer-to-peer support.

Gilda's Club Chicago offers a weekly group for those living with cancer.Check website for locations and times.

The Josselyn Center offers support groups that aim to create an inclusive, diverse, compassionate, and welcoming space for individuals across the community to connect, build skills, and learn from others with similar experiences. Groups are offered in areas such as grief and loss, art therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), family groups, ADHD, LGBTQIA+, and more.

Gilda's Club Chicago offers a supportive discussion and education regarding living with gastrointestinal (colorectal, gastric, liver, pancreas, cholangiocarcinoma, gallbladder and other GI-related) cancer. Those supporting a loved one with GI cancer are also welcome. This group is co-facilitated by a licensed mental health practitioner and an oncology nurse navigator.Check website for times and locations.

Lupus Society of Illinois facilitates connections between individuals who have a shared experience of living with lupus. This peer support is different from peer support groups as it is offered on an individual basis.

If you have a loved one living with Alzheimer's disease or another form of memory loss, consider joining the family support group facilitated by the professional staff at House of Welcome (HOW) Adult Day Services. This welcoming group provides a safe space to discuss challenges, feelings, and share resources.

Gilda's Club Chicago offers a weekly group for those living with cancer.Check website for locations and times.

Blind Service Chicago (BSC) offers an array of services designed to meet the needs of people who are blind or have low vision and live in Chicago or the surrounding areas. Services include volunteers who can help with reading, a summer program for youth, scholarships, networking opportunities, peer-led empowerment groups, and technology training.

Gilda's Club Chicago offers a monthly group that consists of a supportive discussion and education regarding living with lung cancer. Those supporting a loved one with lung cancer are welcome. Check website for times and locations.