About us

LilliWorks Active Learning Foundation is a primary source of information on Active Learning (AL) and the sole source of Active Learning equipment and books, authorized by Dr. Lilli Nielsen, in North America.

LilliWorks was founded by parents of children with severe disabilities, therapists and volunteers in 2001 and is a 501c3 tax exempt nonprofit. 

Active Learning is an approach shown to reach learners with the most severe disabilities, including cerebral palsy, deaf, blindness and developmental delay.

 As a nonprofit, LilliWorks’ mission is to advance Active Learning through supply of equipment, education, outreach and research.