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Provides a disability-related research center that works to develop and implement initiatives promoting the inclusion of people with disabilities.

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Assistive Technology Training
Public Lectures/Discussions
Subject Specific Public Awareness/Education
Social Sciences and Humanities Research

Provides services and information on available assistive technology to help fulfill vocational, education, and/or recreational goals.

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Workplace Evaluation/Modification
Computer Access Aids
Assistive Technology Training
Assistive Technology Information
Provides special technology for area students with physical and learning disabilities. Includes various software, courseware, and hardware to meet the multiple learning needs of people with physical, sensory, or learning limitation and disabilities.

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Assistive Technology Training
Assistive Technology Information
Assistive Technology Equipment Loan
Provides assistive technology evaluations and training for individuals, training and education for professionals, demonstrations and an on-site library. Serves people with disabilities of all ages and all ranges of disabilities with special education related services and vocation-related professionals. Serves Nassau and Suffolk Counties and the statewide area.

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Evaluation for Assistive Technology
Assistive Technology Training
Assistive Technology Information
Offers guidance and counseling to assist consumers who are legally blind find or retain employment. Vocational counselors work with the consumer to develop an Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE). The IPE acts as a road map to guide the consumer toward their employment goals. Goals vary, and include preparing for and finding a job, continuing at a current workplace or maintaining a household independently.

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Daily Living Aids
Low Vision Aids
Blind Mobility Aids
Specialized Information and Referral
Orientation and Mobility Training
Assistive Technology Training
Career Counseling
Offers Assistive Technology Assessments for students with physical, orthopedic, communication, or learning disabilities who attend local district schools. Either individual assessments or a combination of assessments are provided. Alternative Augmentative Communication Evaluations are provided by speech language pathologists who determine the most appropriate communication method for the student. During the evaluation, the speech language pathologist identifies one or more appropriate devices that might be used. Technology Access Evaluations are provided by occupational and/or physical therapists working collaboratively with a special education teacher. The evaluation states the student's cognitive ability, readiness for computer use, and provides recommendations for the purchase of equipment and for the initial training of staff in its use. Call for more detailed information.

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Assistive Technology Equipment
Educational Support Services
Assistive Technology Training
Special Education
Mobility Aids
Evaluation for Assistive Technology
Provides free loans of assistive technology. Assistive technology is any device that can be used to improve the functional abilities of people with disabilities or short-term injuries. Available items include wheelchairs, walkers, Rollators, canes, crutches, ramps, grab bars, Hoyer lifts, adaptive seating, shower chairs, commodes, wander alarms, weighted items, adaptive utensils, laptops, iPads and deaf and blind/low vision technology. We also have learning aids, toys and games for early intervention, as well as pediatric equipment. Free delivery may be available.

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Computer Access Aids
Mobility Aids
Speech Aids Donation Programs
Walking Aid Donation Programs
Assistive Technology Expense Assistance
Assistive Technology Support Services Expense Assistance
Assistive Technology Product Demonstration Centers
Occasional Medical Equipment / Supplies
Ramp Construction Services
Daily Living Aids
Hearing Augmentation Aid Donation Programs
Medical Supplies Donation Programs
General Medical Equipment / Supplies Provision
Assistive Technology Training
Assistive Technology Equipment Loan
Wheelchair Donation Programs
Daily Living Aid Donation Programs
Adapted Computer Equipment Donation Programs
Administers programs and services to enhance employability, maximize independence, and assist in the development of the capacities and strengths of people who are legally blind. Programs include:

Equipment Loan Fund, which allows individuals to borrow up to $4,000 to purchase adaptive equipment.

Children's services for children who are legally blind, including early intervention rehabilitation, working with and empowering parents, arranging services to supplement educational activities, and ensuring a smooth transition to adult services.

Vocational rehabilitation programs for adults and youth ages 14 to 21 years, which provide a number of services, including assessment, information and referral, casework services, job coaching, orientation and mobility training, independent living skills training, and assistive technology assistance.

Independent living services for individuals who are not eligible for vocational rehabilitation services and who are not receiving services through another NYSCB Program. These services are provided based on individual need and may include orientation and mobility services, rehabilitation teaching, low vision services and devices, social casework, and adaptive equipment.

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Vocational Rehabilitation
Evaluation for Assistive Technology
Assistive Technology Expense Assistance
Assistive Technology Information
Assistive Technology Training
Assistive Technology Equipment Rental
Braille Instruction
Assistive Technology Equipment Loan
Disability Rights Groups
Orientation and Mobility Training
* Offers training at affiliated centers for the blind. Services include:
  • Comparing software and devices.
  • Show new users what technology may be helpful to them.
  • Give advice on how to comply with accessibility standards.
  • Aide employers and employees on workplace accommodations.
  • Provides information on where to get training and equipment.
* Offers youth programs that include:
  • NFB Youth Slam - a four-day academy engages and inspires the next generation of blind youth to consider careers in science, technology, engineering, and math.
  • NFB Scholarship program - gives a broad array of scholarships to recognize achievement by blind scholars.
  • Braille Pals Club - an early literacy program that fosters positive attitudes about Braille for children and their families and promotes a love of reading by encouraging parents to read daily with their blind or low vision child.
  • Early Explorers- designed to introduce young blind children and their families to the long white cane.

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Assistive Technology Training
Braille Instruction
Scholarships
* Offers training at affiliated centers for the blind. Services include: Comparing software and devices. Show new users what technology may be helpful to them. Give advice on how to comply with accessibility standards. Aide employers and employees on workplace accommodations. Provides information on where to get training and equipment. * Offers youth programs that include: NFB Youth Slam - a four-day academy engages and inspires the next generation of blind youth to consider careers in science, technology, engineering, and math. NFB Scholarship program - gives a broad array of scholarships to recognize achievement by blind scholars. Braille Pals Club - an early literacy program that fosters positive attitudes about Braille for children and their families and promotes a love of reading by encouraging parents to read daily with their blind or low vision child. Early Explorers- designed to introduce young blind children and their families to the long white cane.

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Braille Instruction
Literacy Programs
Scholarships
Assistive Technology Training
* Provides device loans of AT (Assistive Technology), device demonstrations, AT information and referral services.

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Assistive Technology Equipment Loan
Assistive Technology Training
Assistive Technology Information
Train visually impaired individuals how to use the latest equipment available, including computers, the Internet and other state-of-the-art technologies. Also helps individuals travel safely, take public transportation on their own, and prevent falls, and injuries.

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Assistive Technology Training
Workplace Evaluation / Modification
Access and instruction on assistive technologies such as low vision reading systems, computer access software, speech recognition and voice controlled systems.
Train visually impaired individuals how to use the latest equipment available, including computers, the Internet and other state-of-the-art technologies. Also helps individuals travel safely, take public transportation on their own, and prevent falls, and injuries.

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Assistive Technology Training
Workplace Evaluation / Modification
Provides information, demonstration, and referral for assistive technology devices and services in WNY. Short term equipment loans available. Technology includes toys for children with developmental delays. Service is also available to seniors who could benefit from assistive technology to maintain their independence. Medicaid Waiver program will purchase any devices necessary.

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Assistive Technology Training
Assistive Technology Equipment Loan
Assistive Technology Information
Provides evaluation and training of assistive technology to students and educational teams in school environments. Also offers information, referrals, device demonstrations and training to individuals with disabilities and their families, along with loaning out assistive technology equipment to children and adults.

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Assistive Technology Training
Evaluation for Assistive Technology
Provides free loans of assistive technology. Assistive technology is any device that can be used to improve the functional abilities of people with disabilities or short-term injuries. Available items include wheelchairs, walkers, Rollators, canes, crutches, ramps, grab bars, Hoyer lifts, adaptive seating, shower chairs, commodes, wander alarms, weighted items, adaptive utensils, laptops, iPads and deaf and blind/low vision technology. We also have learning aids, toys and games for early intervention, as well as pediatric equipment. Free delivery may be available.

Categories

Computer Access Aids
Mobility Aids
Speech Aids Donation Programs
Walking Aid Donation Programs
Assistive Technology Expense Assistance
Assistive Technology Support Services Expense Assistance
Assistive Technology Product Demonstration Centers
Occasional Medical Equipment / Supplies
Ramp Construction Services
Daily Living Aids
Hearing Augmentation Aid Donation Programs
Medical Supplies Donation Programs
General Medical Equipment / Supplies Provision
Assistive Technology Training
Assistive Technology Equipment Loan
Wheelchair Donation Programs
Daily Living Aid Donation Programs
Adapted Computer Equipment Donation Programs
Provides free loans of assistive technology. Assistive technology is any device that can be used to improve the functional abilities of people with disabilities or short-term injuries. Available items include wheelchairs, walkers, Rollators, canes, crutches, ramps, grab bars, Hoyer lifts, adaptive seating, shower chairs, commodes, wander alarms, weighted items, adaptive utensils, laptops, iPads and deaf and blind/low vision technology. We also have learning aids, toys and games for early intervention, as well as pediatric equipment. Free delivery may be available.

Categories

Computer Access Aids
Mobility Aids
Speech Aids Donation Programs
Walking Aid Donation Programs
Assistive Technology Expense Assistance
Assistive Technology Support Services Expense Assistance
Assistive Technology Product Demonstration Centers
Occasional Medical Equipment / Supplies
Ramp Construction Services
Daily Living Aids
Hearing Augmentation Aid Donation Programs
Medical Supplies Donation Programs
General Medical Equipment / Supplies Provision
Assistive Technology Training
Assistive Technology Equipment Loan
Wheelchair Donation Programs
Daily Living Aid Donation Programs
Adapted Computer Equipment Donation Programs
Offers a broad spectrum of programs and services that are highly specialized to meet the diverse needs of students with disabilities, ages 5-21. Classes are offered in Academic and Learning Centers, as well as in a number of component district buildings. Eastern Suffolk BOCES students in included settings are provided opportunities for inclusion in general education academic classes, special subject classes, and building-wide activities while receiving support from Eastern Suffolk BOCES staff. All programs are dedicated to the ongoing enhancement of service to students with the goal of maximizing each student’s potential to achieve a productive and rewarding life. Programs are continually refined to improve our services, and new programs and services are developed based on identified need in the region. Call for detailed information regarding services and programs offered.

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Special Education Assessment
Educational Programs
Educational Support Services
Assistive Technology Training
Special Education Classes / Centers
Adolescent / Youth Counseling
* Offers training at affiliated centers for the blind. Services include: Comparing software and devices. Show new users what technology may be helpful to them. Give advice on how to comply with accessibility standards. Aide employers and employees on workplace accommodations. Provides information on where to get training and equipment. * Offers youth programs that include: NFB Youth Slam - a four-day academy engages and inspires the next generation of blind youth to consider careers in science, technology, engineering, and math. NFB Scholarship program - gives a broad array of scholarships to recognize achievement by blind scholars. Braille Pals Club - an early literacy program that fosters positive attitudes about Braille for children and their families and promotes a love of reading by encouraging parents to read daily with their blind or low vision child. Early Explorers- designed to introduce young blind children and their families to the long white cane.

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Braille Instruction
Literacy Programs
Scholarships
Assistive Technology Training
Provides assistance with securing, learning how to use and repair, and maintaining equipment that assists individuals to live more independently at home.

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Assistive Technology Training
Assistive Technology Information

Administers programs and services to enhance employability, maximize independence, and assist in the development of the capacities and strengths of people who are legally blind. Programs include:

Equipment Loan Fund, which allows individuals to borrow up to $4,000 to purchase adaptive equipment.

Children's services for children who are legally blind, including early intervention rehabilitation, working with and empowering parents, arranging services to supplement educational activities, and ensuring a smooth transition to adult services.

Vocational rehabilitation programs for adults and youth ages 14 to 21 years, which provide a number of services, including assessment, information and referral, casework services, job coaching, orientation and mobility training, independent living skills training, and assistive technology assistance.

Independent living services for individuals who are not eligible for vocational rehabilitation services and who are not receiving services through another NYSCB Program. These services are provided based on individual need and may include orientation and mobility services, rehabilitation teaching, low vision services and devices, social casework, and adaptive equipment.

Categories

Assistive Technology Expense Assistance
Assistive Technology Equipment Loan
Assistive Technology Information
Vocational Rehabilitation
Evaluation for Assistive Technology
Orientation and Mobility Training
Assistive Technology Equipment Rental
Assistive Technology Training
Blind Mobility Aids
Braille and Tactile Aids
Braille Instruction
Disability Rights Groups
* Offers training at affiliated centers for the blind. Services include:
  • Comparing software and devices.
  • Show new users what technology may be helpful to them.
  • Give advice on how to comply with accessibility standards.
  • Aide employers and employees on workplace accommodations.
  • Provides information on where to get training and equipment.
* Offers youth programs that include:
  • NFB Youth Slam - a four-day academy engages and inspires the next generation of blind youth to consider careers in science, technology, engineering, and math.
  • NFB Scholarship program - gives a broad array of scholarships to recognize achievement by blind scholars.
  • Braille Pals Club - an early literacy program that fosters positive attitudes about Braille for children and their families and promotes a love of reading by encouraging parents to read daily with their blind or low vision child.
  • Early Explorers- designed to introduce young blind children and their families to the long white cane.

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Assistive Technology Training
Braille Instruction
Scholarships
Provides clinical services to children and adults with disabilities. Provides evaluations, therapeutic intervention, and primary medical care, including audiology, dental services, nursing, mental health services, occupational, physical, and speech therapy, and assistive technology training.

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Central Intake / Assessment for Mental Health Services
Dental Care
Physical Therapy
Speech and Language Pathology
Occupational Therapy
Assistive Technology Training
Audiology
Provides an array of rehabilitation interventions for children with disabilities developmental, congenital, neuromuscular, etc. through physical, occupational, speech/language, and feeding therapies. Also includes assistive devices such as braces, adaptive equipment, etc.

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Physical Therapy
Speech and Language Pathology
Occupational Therapy
Assistive Technology Training
Medical Equipment / Supplies