Privacy policy

What happens when you use this site.

This policy covers the Spectrum Spots directory, parent notes, and community feedback form.

Last updated October 8, 2026

Browsing and search

Searches and filters run in your browser. This site does not currently create visitor accounts, use analytics, or set its own cookies. Standard technical request information may still be processed by the web host.

Community submissions

Suggestions, listing feedback, story reactions, and reader stories are entered on Spectrum Spots and sent to Google Forms for the site owner to review. Google and the form owner process the information you choose to submit. Feedback can be sent without a name or email; please do not include a child’s name, school, diagnosis records, or other sensitive details. Shared stories are reviewed and never published automatically.

Advertising and cookies

No advertising service is active on this page today. If Google AdSense or another advertising service is enabled later, advertising partners may use cookies or similar technologies to deliver, limit, and measure ads, including personalized ads where consent and local rules allow. This policy will be updated when advertising is activated.

External services and links

Google Forms processes community submissions. Listing websites, source pages, and other external links have their own privacy practices. Spectrum Spots is not responsible for how those independent sites collect or use information.

Children’s privacy

This guide is written for parents and caregivers, not for children to submit personal information. Do not send identifying information about a child through the feedback form.

Policy questions or changes

Use the pre-filled website privacy option in the Contact section to raise a concern without supplying a listing name. Material changes to this policy will appear here with a new “last updated” date.