Raising the awareness of the public about dyslexia, attention deficit disorder and other learning differences since 1991

The Dyslexia Awareness and Resource Center (DARC) opened its office in 1991. The Center was founded as a non-profit organization and is located at 928 Carpinteria Street, Suite 2, Santa Barbara, California, 93103. The Center provides the community a multitude of programs, services and the most recent information on dyslexia, attention disorders and other learning differences.

The Center provides it services, free of charge, to help educate, advocate, support and raise the awareness of the public about dyslexia, attention deficit disorder and other learning differences and the means to learn about and rise above these differences. The Center fosters a one-of-a-kind network of state, national and international organizations and professionals to better serve its clientele.

The Center is known for its safe and comfortable environment where members of the community can learn about their learning differences and find solutions for their learning difficulties. The Center has received more than 45,000 requests for assistance during its 20 years of operation. Many of the youth that the Center serves are at risk children from moderate and low income families.

The Center houses one of the largest and most unique libraries on the subject of dyslexia, attention disorders and other learning differences consisting of over 12,500 books, video and audio tapes, journals, and educational curricula. Professionals from academia, the public and private school system, the social service community and the medical and legal fields extensively use the library’s resources.

Each year the Center sponsors The Vision and the Task Conference, a one day Conference that provides the attendees with the most up to date information on the subjects of Dyslexia, Attention Deficit Disorders and other Learning Disabilities. The Conference venue was conceived by the Center to further its mission to educate and inform a greater number of people at one time on the expanding field of information on learning differences and attention disorders that affect our children living in our communities. The title of the annual conference, The Vision and the Task, represents the philosophy of the Center: to educate one’s self and seek the appropriate treatment and accommodations necessary in order to bring hope and direction into the lives of children and adults who have those dyslexia, attention deficit disorder and other learning differences.