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NEW YORK STATE COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND (NYSCB) | NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES

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.

What's Here

Orientation and Mobility Training
Blind Mobility Aids
Evaluation for Assistive Technology
Disability Rights Groups
Assistive Technology Information
Assistive Technology Equipment Loan
Braille Instruction
Braille and Tactile Aids
Assistive Technology Training
Vocational Rehabilitation
Assistive Technology Expense Assistance
Assistive Technology Equipment Rental

VISION REHABILITATION SERVICES | GOODWILL OF THE FINGER LAKES

* Offers vision rehabilitation services for individuals with vision that includes: Low Vision Evaluations - specialized lenses, visual aids, magnifiers. InSight Shop - full service non-optical store, offering adaptive devices, visual aids, talking watches & clocks, cooking aids, large print items, frames, magnifiers, lighting, and adapted toys for sale. Vision Rehabilitation/adaptive skills training for activities of daily living. Orientation and mobility travel training. Social work/case management services. Support groups available - 3rd TU of month 10:00AM-12:00PM. Call for accessibility needs. * Offers vocational/employment services that include: assessment, placement, job supports and training, follow-up. * Offers Adaptive Technology services - to support vocational/educational goals - adaptations for computers, specialized software and hardware by referral of a New York State Commission for the Blind vocational rehabilitation counselor.* Provides children's services that include: Monthly recreation programs for children who are legally blind and their families. Parent support/education group/Family Resource Center.* Provides community education and outreach services.

What's Here

Day Rehabilitation
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Supported Employment
Eye Screening
Job Finding Assistance
Academic Counseling
Nutrition Education
Health/Disability Related Counseling
Vocational Rehabilitation
Long Term Case/Care Management
Career Counseling
Orientation and Mobility Training
Special Libraries
Public Awareness/Education
Visual/Reading Aids
Vocational Education
Social Clubs/Events
Computer Donation Programs
Disability Related Center Based Employment
Eye Care

SYRACUSE VA ACUTE REHABILITATION UNIT | SYRACUSE VA MEDICAL CENTER

Provides inpatient rehabilitation care for a variety of issues related to mobility, self-care, communication, swallowing, memory, and cognitive issues due to a stroke, spinal cord injury, brain injury, amputation, and/or other orthopedic and neuromuscular conditions.

What's Here

Inpatient Rehabilitation
Amputee Rehabilitation
Physical Therapy
Prosthetic Devices
Music Therapy
Orientation and Mobility Training
Spinal Cord Rehabilitation
Recreational Therapy
Occupational Therapy

ASSOCIATION FOR VISION REHABILITATION AND EMPLOYMENT, INC. - CHILDREN'S SERVICES | ASSOCIATION FOR VISION REHABILITATION AND EMPLOYMENT, INC

Skills instruction for infants, pre-schoolers and school-age children to age 14 using teaching tools such as: speech assisted learning to teach pre-Braille skills storybooks with large-print, Braille and tactile illustrations toys using audio, motion and visual stimulation to teach pre-mobility skills

What's Here

Orientation and Mobility Training
Braille and Tactile Aids

MOBILITY TRAINING | SOUTHERN ADIRONDACK INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTER - PLATTSBURGH

SAIL provides assessment, advice, and training to individuals with disabilities, family members and other interested parties concerning mobility. Services focus on improving an individual's ability to fully access their home and community, and may include adaptive equipment loan and/or acquisition as well as travel training.

What's Here

Travel Training for Older Adults / People With Disabilities
Orientation and Mobility Training

REHABILITATION/HABILITATION PROGRAM | PINE VALLEY CENTER FOR REHABILITATION AND NURSING

200-unit nursing home. Respite care available. Alzheimer's Unit. Nursing homes or residential health care facilities provide 24-hour nursing care and supervision outside of a hospital. Licensed and regulated by the New York State Department of Health.

What's Here

Orientation and Mobility Training
Inpatient Rehabilitation
Subacute Care Nursing Facilities
Dementia Management
Skilled Nursing Facilities
Speech and Language Pathology
Physical Therapy

Core Vision Services | Association for Vision Rehabilitation and Employment (AVRE)

Offers independent and working skills training in a variety of communications, household, personal, technology and related areas. Orientation and mobility training may include how to move about in a specific environment such as a home, school or work place. It usually involves teaching proper techniques for safe and effective travel with a long (white) cane. It also includes training on how to be aware of clues from the environment and knowing your location. Provides an open resource room for individuals to test and purchase accessible computer technology as well as additional low vision and mobility aids. Also offers Braille instruction, early intervention services for children and specialty services for older individuals.

What's Here

Special Needs Job Development
Braille and Tactile Aids
Orientation and Mobility Training
Low Vision Aids
Braille Instruction
Voice / Audio Output Aids
Descriptive Video Services
Computer Access Aids
Mobility Aids

Health Services | A.P. Darling Low Vision Center

Offers rehabilitation services to the blind and visually impaired where case workers go out to individuals homes for assessment and in home rehabilitation related to vision loss, providing cane travel, homemaker training, adaptive reading devices (low vision), talking watches and clocks, and general training in blindness rehabilitation.

What's Here

Mobility Aids
Braille Instruction
Low Vision Aids
Orientation and Mobility Training

REHABILITATION THERAPY - THERAPY CONNECTION | MIDHUDSON REGIONAL HOSPITAL OF WESCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER

Provides the rehabilitation and support for individual recovering from illness, injury or elective surgery. Services include physical and occupational therapy, disease/disability specific rehabilitation and sports-related medical care.

What's Here

Therapeutic Exercise
Physical Therapy
Inpatient Rehabilitation
Condition Specific Rehabilitation Services
Sports Medicine
Orientation and Mobility Training
Occupational Therapy

Health Services | Southern Tier Association for the Visually Impaired (STAVI) (Admin Site)

Offers rehabilitation services to the blind and visually impaired where case workers go out to individuals homes for assessment and in home rehabilitation related to vision loss, providing cane travel, homemaker training, adaptive reading devices (low vision), talking watches and clocks, and general training in blindness rehabilitation.

What's Here

Mobility Aids
Braille Instruction
Low Vision Aids
Orientation and Mobility Training

Health Services | A.P. Darling Low Vision Center

Offers rehabilitation services to the blind and visually impaired where case workers go out to individuals homes for assessment and in home rehabilitation related to vision loss, providing cane travel, homemaker training, adaptive reading devices (low vision), talking watches and clocks, and general training in blindness rehabilitation.

What's Here

Mobility Aids
Braille Instruction
Low Vision Aids
Orientation and Mobility Training

Article 16 Clinic - East Aurora - Suburban Adult Services Inc

Provides the following Clinical Services for children, adolescents and adults in person or via telehealth: Counseling, Anger Management, Risk Assessments, Guardianship, Autism Testing, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy, Feeding/Swallowing Therapy, Psychiatric Medication Services, Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling, Wheelchair Seating/Positioning, Orientation and Mobility Training, and Psychological Evaluations. Provides the following Clinical Services: Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech Language Pathology, Psychiatry, Rehabilitation Counseling, and Psychology/Evaluation/Diagnosis.

What's Here

Developmental Assessment
Pediatric Feeding Disorders Programs
Psychological Assessment
Vocational Rehabilitation
General Counseling Services
Swallowing Disorders Clinics
Physical Therapy
Speech and Language Pathology
Adult Guardianship Assistance
Orientation and Mobility Training
Occupational Therapy
Seating / Positioning Aids
Psychiatric Medication Services
Anger Management
Medical Social Work
Child Guardianship Assistance

VISON REHABILITATION | LIGHTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL-NEW YORK - WHITE PLAINS

Provides a wide selection of high-quality products that help make life easier for visually impaired individuals, from talking watches and clocks to magnifying mirrors, which are designed to be easy to hold and to use. Also helps individuals adapt by introducing safe, new ways to travel around town, manage household tasks, cooking, personal grooming and managing medications and finances.

What's Here

Assistive Technology Equipment
Orientation and Mobility Training

PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION | MONTEFIORE NEW ROCHELLE HOSPITAL

Provides comprehensive rehabilitation evaluation and treatment for inpatient and outpatients, consisting of physical, occupational, and speech therapy.

What's Here

Occupational Therapy
Orientation and Mobility Training
Speech and Language Pathology
Condition Specific Rehabilitation Services
Physical Therapy

GUIDE DOG SERVICES | GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND

Trains and provides guide dogs to people who are blind or visually impaired. Each person must complete a 25 day in-residence training program at the Foundation. Each graduate receives a dog, its equipment, a comprehensive training program and after-care services without charge.

What's Here

Orientation and Mobility Training
Service Animals
Mobility Aids
Rehabilitation / Habilitation Services
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Volunteer Opportunities

MOBILITY TRAINING | WESTCHESTER COUNTY OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

Provides information and training for individuals with developmental disabilities about traveling around their community and the county on the bus systems, and moving about in public.

What's Here

Orientation and Mobility Training

INDEPENDENT LIVING/ADAPTIVE LIVING PROGRAM | NEW YORK STATE COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND (NYSCB) - ALBANY

The program is designed to help individuals with low vision carry out day-to-day activities. Independent/Adaptive Living services may include: orientation and mobility services, rehabilitation teaching, low vision services and devices, social casework adjustment counseling, and adaptive equipment.

What's Here

Assistive Technology Equipment
Orientation and Mobility Training

VISIONS CENTER ON BLINDNESS | VISIONS CENTER ON BLINDNESS

Provides a year round overnight recreation, social service and rehabilitation program for blind and visually impaired teens (18+), adults, and senior citizens and families with one or more members of any age who are visually impaired. Offers educational programs, Employment and Technology Institute, Consumer Conference, sports, arts and entertainment. Call for an application.

What's Here

Independent Living Skills Instruction
Visual Impairments
Recreational Therapy
Orientation and Mobility Training
Workshops / Symposiums
Therapeutic Camps
Blindness

ADAPTIVE LIVING PROGRAM (ALP) | HELEN KELLER SERVICES - NASSAU COUNTY

Provides a range of services to visually impaired seniors to help them independently care for themselves and their homes including individual assessments and evaluations, homemaker training, low vision services, mobility training and rehabilitation teaching. Case management provided. Serves residents of Nassau and Suffolk Counties.

What's Here

Rehabilitation / Habilitation Services
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Orientation and Mobility Training

NEW YORK STATE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND | NEW YORK STATE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND

Provides a school for legally blind and multiply disabled students. Offers day, five-day and seven-day ICF program options, OT, PT, speech, music and recreation therapies, O&M, APE, behavioral services and social work.

What's Here

Physical Therapy
Residential Special Schools
Music Therapy
Speech Therapy
Adapted Physical Education
Occupational Therapy
Orientation and Mobility Training
Recreational Therapy
Public Special Schools

WESTCHESTER ORTHOPEDIC INSTITUTE | WHITE PLAINS HOSPITAL

A center dedicated to rehabilitation services for those with disease, disability or injury, with the various therapies needed to accomplish optimum recovery.

What's Here

Assistive Technology Equipment
Occupational Therapy
Orientation and Mobility Training
Speech and Language Pathology
Condition Specific Rehabilitation Services
Inpatient Rehabilitation
Physical Therapy

CATHOLIC GUILD FOR THE BLIND | CATHOLIC CHARITIES COMMUNITY SERVICES OF DUTCHESS COUNTY

Offers rehabilitation and education services to legally blind adults, children and seniors residing in Dutchess county. Programs and services include orientation and mobility, vision rehabilitation therapy, computer and assistive technologies instruction, case management, social case work, academic instruction and referrals for low vision services.

What's Here

Orientation and Mobility Training
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Assistive Technology Equipment

SUFFOLK - COMMUNITY REHABILITATION SERVICES | HELEN KELLER SERVICES - SUFFOLK COUNTY

Provides rehabilitation teaching to the blind and visually impaired including braille, keyboarding, travel training, independent living skills, social casework and counseling services.

What's Here

Independent Living Skills Instruction
Orientation and Mobility Training
Rehabilitation / Habilitation Services
Braille Instruction

MOBILITY TRAINING | SOUTHERN ADIRONDACK INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTER

SAIL provides assessment, advice, and training to individuals with disabilities, family members and other interested parties concerning mobility. Services focus on improving an individual's ability to fully access their home and community, and may include adaptive equipment loan and/or acquisition as well as travel training.

What's Here

Travel Training for Older Adults / People With Disabilities
Orientation and Mobility Training

NEW YORK STATE COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND | NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES

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.

What's Here

Vocational Rehabilitation
Assistive Technology Information
Braille Instruction
Assistive Technology Equipment Rental
Assistive Technology Expense Assistance
Disability Rights Groups
Assistive Technology Equipment Loan
Assistive Technology Training
Orientation and Mobility Training
Evaluation for Assistive Technology