- American Foundation for the Blind
Nonprofit organization whose mission is to enable people who are blind or visually impaired to achieve equality of access and opportunity.
www.afb.org
- Special Kids Fund
- Lakewood
Nonprofit alliance of organizations serving special needs and at-risk youth.
www.specialkidsfund.org
- Hospital Audiences Inc. (HAI)
- Manhattan
Nonprofit group providing access to the arts to New Yorkers who are isolated from the cultural mainstream, including people with mental and physical disabilities.
www.hospitalaudiences.org
- Infinity Dance Theater
- Manhattan
Bringing the joy and drama of motion, movement and theatre to performing artists with disabilities and non-disabled artists over the age of 40.
www.infinitydance.com
- Helen Keller Services for the Blind@ - Sands Point
dir.yahoo.com/.../Sands_Point/Community
- Long Island Express
- Long Island
Team of basketball players who use wheelchairs.
home.interserv.com/~bobsel/express.htm
- Conductive Education Center of Long Island
- Freeport
Operated by a group of parents and friends of children with cerebral palsy.
members.aol.com/jimceleste/cond_ed/long_island/long_island.html
- Westchester ARC
- White Plains
Provides educational, vocational, residential, clinical and social services to children and adults with developmental disabilities.
www.westchesterarc.org
- Helen Keller International
- Manhattan
Blindness prevention organization with programs targeting onchocerciasis, trachoma, primary eye care, childhood blindness, and micronutrient malnutrition.
www.hki.org
- Hamaspik of Orange County
- Orange County
Society for the coordination of services integrating people with disabilities into full community life.
www.disabled.org
- League for the Hard of Hearing
- Manhattan
Private nonprofit hearing rehabilitation agency serving the hard of hearing, deaf and deaf-blind since 1910.
www.lhh.org
- Hamaspik of Rockland County
- Rockland County
Society for the coordination of services integrating people with disabilities into full community life.
www.hamaspikrockland.org
- Hands On
- Manhattan
Arts service organization that provides, advocates and supports the accessibility of the arts for the deaf community in NYC. Includes schedule of accessible arts events.
handson.org
- United Cerebral Palsy
- Manhattan
www.ucpnyc.org
- Matheny School & Hospital
- Peapack
Describes this facility's innovative blend of services for persons with severe physical disabilities of a developmental nature and its research programs.
www.matheny.org
- Sprout
- Manhattan
New York-based nonprofit group providing travel programs for individuals with mental retardation and developmental disabilities. Custom packages also available.
www.gosprout.org
- Creative Alternatives of New York (CANY)
- Manhattan
Program of theater workshops which provides disabled and disadvantaged persons with a therapeutic experience by engaging them in the creative process.
www.cany.org
- Guiding Eyes For the Blind
- Yorktown Heights
Enhancing and promoting safe travel, independence, security, and dignity for people who are blind or visually impaired, by using a well trained guide dog.
www.guiding-eyes.org
- National Center for Learning Disabilities
- Manhattan
Provides current information on learning disabilities and resources in communities nationwide to parents, professionals, and affected adults.
www.ncld.org
- New York State Self Advocacy Association
- Manhattan
For persons with mental retardation and developmental disabilities.
www.capital.net/com/sanys
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