ACCEL was founded in 1980 to provide exceptional educational, therapeutic and vocational programs to individuals with special needs, to give them the necessary skills to learn, to work, and to live successfully with dignity and independence.

Our program has grown every year.  We added an East Campus in 1995 and an adult job training/employment program near our Metro Campus which now serves 46 adults.  In 2009, BISTA, our Autism Center was opened.

Our education program contracts with over 40 Maricopa County school districts and serves over 300 special needs individuals on two campuses within the Maricopa County.

Our philosophy incorporates a multi-disciplinary, collaborative model that moves instruction out of the traditional classroom and into a wide variety of functional settings.