Everyone has Kwirkz!
Kwirkz is a 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in 2019 to connect the special needs community to the people, programs and places that make real life navigable. We host social and professional networking events, and we build the connective tissue between families and the resources already around them.
Our mission
To better connect the special needs community to social and professional networking opportunities.
Our vision
To cultivate opportunities for the special needs community in local communities around the USA.
It started with two brothers.
Kwirkz was established in 2019 with a straightforward goal: unite people, resources and shared interests to serve individuals with special needs.
Founder Ryan Cretens started the organization for his brother Tyler, who is on the autism spectrum. Ryan grew up watching Tyler bring so much to every room that welcomed him, and set out to create more of those rooms, for Tyler and for every family like theirs.
Kwirkz began as events: social nights, networking, and gatherings where the accommodation is built in from the start. Along the way we met family after family looking for the same things: the right program, the right employer, the right group, and a trusted way to find them.
That is our work today: connecting the special needs community to the people, programs and places around them, across the five areas that shape an adult life. We would love to have you along.
Be part of what comes next.
We're building a virtual hub on top of the community we've spent years building in person. Free to join, and made for the long road of real life.
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