Important Websites for People with Disabilities

ADA/Disability Resources

• NYS Office of Advocate for Persons with Disabilities
  www.advoc4disabled.state.ny.us
• U.S. Department of Justice
  www.usdoj.gov
• U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  www.eeoc.gov
• Job Accommodation Network
  www.jan.wvu.edu
• Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  www.hhs.gov
• American Association of People with Disabilities
  www.aapd-dc.org

Aging

• NYS Office for the Aging Senior Citizens Hotline
  www.aging.state.ny.us
• U.S. Administration on Aging Elder Care Locator
  www.aoa.gov (Click on locate and learn A-Z)
• Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage (EPIC)
  www.health.state.ny.us (Click on EPIC for Seniors under Features)

AIDS

• Anonymous Counseling & Testing Hotline
  www.health.state.ny.us (Click on HIV/AIDS under Features)
• NYS Department of Health AIDS Drug Assistance Program
  www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/hivaids/adap/progsummary.htm

Architectural Barriers

• Architectural & Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
  www.access-board.gov

Blindness

• American Council of the Blind of New York State
  www.acb.org
• National Federation of the Blind of New York
  www.nfb.org
• NYS Talking Book and Braille Library
  www.nysl.nysed.gov/tbbl
• American Association of the Deaf-Blind
  www.aadb.org
• Blind Children's Center
  www.blindchildrenscenter.org

Brain Injury

• Brain Injury Association of NYS
  www.bianys.org

Cerebral Palsy

• United Cerebral Palsy Association
  www.ucp.org

Children

• Special Education/VESID
  www.vesid.nysed.gov
• National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
  www.nichcy.org

Developmental Disabilities

• NYS Developmental Disabilities Planning Council
  www.ddpc.state.ny.us

Deaf and Hard of Hearing

• Self Help for Hard of Hearing People
  www.shhh.org
• American Association of the Deaf-Blind
  www.aadb.org
• Captioned Media Program
  www.cfv.org
• NYS Department of State Division of Licensing Services/Hearing Aids
  www.licensing@dos.state.ny.us

Diabetes

• American Diabetes Association
  www.diabetes.org

Employment

• Job Accommodation Network
  www.jan.wvu.edu
• VESID
  www.vesid.nysed.gov

Home Health Care

• NYS Department of Health Hotline
  www.health.state.ny.us
• Americans Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (ADAPT)
  www.adapt.org

Independent Living Centers

• NYS Independent Living Council
  www.nysilc.org
• VESID
  www.vesid.nysed.gov

Learning Disabilities

• Learning Disabilities Association of NYS
  www.ldonline.org

Medicaid

• NYS Office of Temporary and Disabilities Assistance
  www.otda.state.ny.us
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  www.cms.hhs.gov

Medicare

• Medicare Health Insurance
  www.hiicap.state.ny.us

Mental Health

• NYS Office of Mental Health
  www.omh.state.ny.us
• Alliance for the Mentally Ill of New York State
  www.naminys.org
• National Mental Health Association
  www.nmha.org

Mental Retardation

• NYS Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
  www.omr.state.ny.us
• Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled
  www.cqc.state.ny.us
• American Association on Mental Retardation
  www.aamr.org

Multiple Sclerosis

• Multiple Sclerosis Foundation
  www.msfacts.org
• National Multiple Sclerosis Society
  www.nmss.org

Muscular Dystrophy

• Muscular Dystrophy Association Patient Services
  www.mdausa.org

Social Security

• Social Security Administration
  www.ssa.gov

Social Services

• NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance
  www.otda.state.ny.us

Spinal Cord Injury

• United Spinal Association
  www.unitedspinal.org
• National Spinal Cord Injury Association
  www.spinalcord.org

Veterans

• Blinded Veterans of America
  www.bva.org
• Paralyzed Veterans of America
  www.pva.org