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Advance Directives for Mental & Physical Health Care in New York State
Information on advance directives, which provide documented assurance that an individual's choices will be honored if the individual becomes incapable of making treatment decisions.
Advocates for Children of New York
Provides a full range of services (including free individual case advocacy, technical assistance, and training for parents, students and professionals about children's rights) for children and youth who are at greatest risk for school-based discrimination and/or academic failure (including children with disabilities, ethnic minorities, immigrants, homeless children, foster care children and those living in poverty).
DBTAC - Northeast ADA Center
This Disability & Business Technical Assistance Center (DBTAC) provides training, information and technical assistance on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and accessible information technology (IT) to people in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Disability Related Laws
Information on federal statutes (i.e., the American with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act) as well as New York City and State human rights laws that serve to protect the civil rights of people with disabilities in New York City.
HUD Approved Housing Counseling Agencies in New York
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sponsors housing counseling agencies throughout the country that can provide advice on buying a home, renting, defaults, foreclosures, credit issues and reverse mortgages.
Legal Services NYC-Bronx Obtains Victory in Education Law Case
Information on a case involving a child with cerebral palsy who lives in non-accessible private housing and had been denied porter service by the New York City Department of Education. The Hearing Officer in this case concluded that the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires school districts to provide porter service to those students who need it.
Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities Advocacy & Independent Living Resources
A list of helpful resources on advocacy and entitlement as well as independent living for the disability community in New York City.
New York Assistive Technology Advocacy Project
Provides technical assistance and other services for New Yorkers in need of assistive technology.
New York Commission on Quality of Care & Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities (CQCAPD)
Serves as an advocate and a resource for individuals of all ages with all types of disabilities and acts as New York's State protection and advocacy agency (P&A), part of a federally mandated program that provides individuals with disabilities and/or mental illness free assistance in making sure their rights to education, employment opportunities, public services and public accommodations are not violated.
New York Disability & the Law Video Series
Programs aimed at educating and informing viewers about the legal rights of individuals with disabilities.
New York State Developmental Disabilities Planning Council
Develops new ways to improve the delivery of services and supports to New Yorkers with developmental disabilities and their families, and focuses on community involvement, employment, recreation and housing issues faced by New Yorkers with developmental disabilities and their families.
New York State Division of Human Rights
Division is responsible for enforcing the New York State Human Rights Law, which prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities.
New York State Office for the Aging
Provides specialized services for seniors to improve their quality of life, including case management, adult day care programs, housing services, senior employment programs, transportation services, in-home services, healthcare and advocacy services.
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) - New York District Office
Enforces many federal civil laws, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), that prohibit job discrimination. The New York District Office has jurisdiction over the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont and several counties in New Jersey.
United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) One-Stop Resource Guide for New York
State-specific guide that provides thorough contact information on New York state agencies as well as state and local disability organizations for all age groups. Document is in Word format.
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