PACER Center improves educational opportunities and enhances the quality of life for children and young adults with disabilities and their families.

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Connect with an advocate!

Are you a Minnesota parent seeking support for your child with a disability? PACER has parent advocates available to help with questions including topics such as navigating the special education process, transition beyond high school, special health care needs, and more.

Volunteer to be a PACER Puppeteer

Help bring the message of disability awareness and social inclusion to young children and volunteer with PACER's puppet program! The Count Me In puppet show educates, entertains, and inspires children to be kinder and more accepting to all kids, especially children with disabilities. To learn more, email [email protected].

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Marge Goldberg

With tremendous sadness, PACER Center announces the death of one of its co-founders, Marge Goldberg. Marge co-founded PACER with Paula Goldberg in 1977 and helped lead the organization’s growth as one of the first parent training centers in the country. Because of her work at the legislature and building PACER programs, thousands of children with disabilities received the services and supports they needed to thrive. Marge was an extraordinary individual with incredible vision. We will miss her spirit, compassion, and wisdom.

Check out PACER’s new resources

PACER Center has created new sets of videos and tip sheets for Latino and Somali families of children with autism and other disabilities. They provide information to help parents better advocate for their children at school and address common questions and concerns including how to ask for a special education evaluation, how to prepare for an IEP meeting, and more. The tip sheets are available in English and Spanish. The videos are available in English, Spanish, and Somali.

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