Helping adults with IDD build relationships with confidence.
Relationship skills like friendships, communication, boundaries, social connection, and online safety don't come naturally to everyone. Find Love Safely™ helps adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) build the confidence, skills, and support systems for healthier relationships throughout life.
Trusted by families. Featured nationally.
Start with self-guided support.
Tools you can use on your own time to stay safer, learn skills, and build confidence before you're ready for personalized introductions.
ScamCheck™
Stay safe online by checking suspicious messages against common scam techniques.
Free
Compass™
Recorded workshops, coaching tools, relationship guidance, and safety resources — all in one app.
Free to start · upgrade anytime
Virtual Workshops
Live, twice-monthly group workshops on communication, dating, boundaries, and safety. Includes Compass.
$89/mo
Ready for personal support?
Human-led introductions designed for adults with IDD. We focus on compatibility, communication style, and support needs — not swiping.
Personal introductions
Personalized introductions, matchmaking, and ongoing coaching. We get to know you well before making any introductions.
Core
- Matchmaking support
- Quarterly check-ins
- Free local events
Essentials
- Everything in Core
- Virtual Workshops
- Compass™ app
Concierge
- Everything in Essentials
- Monthly 1:1 coaching
- Highest support level
Billed monthly with a 3-month minimum. Cancel anytime after.
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Relationships are important. Support should be too.
Most people learn relationship skills gradually through experience. Many adults with IDD have had fewer opportunities to practice communication, navigate friendships, explore relationships, or learn how to recognize unhealthy situations.
Families often worry about loneliness, scams, manipulation, exploitation, and social isolation. Too often, people are left choosing between independence and protection.
We believe adults deserve both.
See what Find Love Safely is all about.
A different approach to relationships.
We challenge the false choice between autonomy and safety. We help adults with IDD build the knowledge, confidence, and skills for every relationship in their lives — friendships, family, community, and, when they are ready for it, dating.
Because healthy relationships begin long before a first meeting.
What families and members are saying
When our daughter joined Find Love Safely, we hoped it would help expand her social connections. We got way more — including a real-life platform to practice conversation skills, social norms, and communication reciprocity.
Open, advocating, good listeners and kind in their dealings, Find Love Safely has really opened up social opportunities and confidence building through inclusive life experiences and, yes, a little romance besides.
My experiences with Find Love Safely and enjoying the community of it is one of the best things that has happened to me and I will always be grateful to you for creating such a remarkable organization!
Recognized for innovation and impact
Real progress, in her own words.
Building confidence, one step at a time
Allise joined Find Love Safely because she wanted to meet new people and explore whether she was looking for friendship, dating, or both. Through personal introductions and events, she has gone on several dates, formed a new friendship, and gained valuable experience understanding different types of relationships and what she wants for herself.
Love shouldn't depend on ability.
Your gift helps build accessible relationship education for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities — so more people can learn friendship, communication, boundaries, and relationship safety in ways that work for them.
- Create visual learning tools
- Develop accessible lessons
- Support community events
- Expand free safety resources
100% tax-deductible through Shared Good Foundation, a registered 501(c)(3).
“Relationships are for everyone.”
Help us make sure every adult has the chance to build healthy, meaningful connection.
Start free and work your way up.
Every step includes everything before it. Move up or down whenever you're ready.
Not sure where to start?
Step 1 · Free
Step 2 · Learn and practice
IDD stands for intellectual and developmental disabilities. It is an umbrella term that includes a wide range of disabilities that may affect learning, communication, decision-making, daily living, or other areas of development. Examples may include Down syndrome, autism spectrum disorder, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, and certain traumatic brain injuries, among many others.