Community based service group which lends sick room equipment such as wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, bath seats, commodes, bedside tables, etc, to residents of the Three Village School District. Contact is made by phone and answering machine.

Provides service dogs to be matched with adults, children ages 18+ or veterans with a disabilities other than blindness; and facility dogs for professional therapists/health care workers to use in animal-assisted therapy programs within hospitals, nursing homes, rehab centers or other such institutions.

Offers personal training, exercise group and socialization programs for individuals with all types of abilities, including individuals with physical disabilities and wounded veterans. Call for more information.

Provides specialized information and referral to persons with physical disabilities who are seeking assistive technology devices to maintain or improve their functional capabilities. Provides referrals for assessments, and will discuss specific devices. Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities to choose, acquire and use assistive technology appropriate for their needs. Collaborative Project of the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County and United Cerebral Palsy Association of Suffolk County.

Provides home based/center based program for children from birth to 36 months who have an identified developmental disability, including speech delay, pervasive developmental delay, cerebral palsy, genetic disorders, and physical disabilities. Services includes speech/language therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, social work services, parent/child groups, family/caregiver support groups, parent training, family counseling, and on going service coordination. Call for more information.

Provides legal counsel, vocational guidance and placement, social activities, liaison with outside groups, Amp-to-Amp Program, referral lists, and offers a donated medical equipment giveaway program to anyone in need in the local area. Provides Newsletter and Agency brochure to members.

Helps patients achieve functional independence and helps to improve their quality of life. Rehabilitation can assist patients with proper body mechanics, ambulation, prosthetics, wheelchair mobility, range of motion and strengthening exercises. Therapists address functional tasks including: positioning and splinting of extremities, lymphedema control, wound desensitization, and scar management. Car seat installation program. Call for more information.

Offers extensive breathing therapy for patients of all ages. Therapy includes mechanical ventilation, small volume nebulizers, metered dose inhalers, breathing exercises, postural drainage and ambulatory oxygen therapy. Physician referred by appointment

Provides an opportunity for social interaction to further specific skill development relating to handicapped condition, and to encourage individuals to advocate on their own behalf. Provides referrals to respite and recreation programs. Support groups for siblings of the disabled. A mental health based program provides a range of psychotherapeutic service for individuals with highly specialized needs including the physically and developmentally disabled. Methodology includes individual, family, group counseling, advocacy, tutoring, socialization and skill training.

Designed specifically to train physically and mentally challenged athletes in all aspects of running, walking and fitness so that they can compete at all levels in mainstream competitions. Facilitates Annual Rolling Thunder Race to benefit mentally and physically challenged children and adults. Member of the Greater Long Island Running Club, Long Island Track and Field, and US Track and Field

Offers physically challenged participants a competitive co-ed wheelchair basketball travel team experience that seeks to provide physical conditioning, sportsmanship, teamwork, and the knowledge that the players hard work will equal their own success. Provides exposure to collegiate wheelchair programs and stresses that a college education leads to gainful employment. Seeks to create the competitive spirit in its players that will serve them both on the court and throughout their lives. Call for further information.

Offers personal training, exercise group and socialization programs for individuals with all types of abilities, including individuals with physical disabilities and wounded veterans. Call for more information.

Offers a wide range of specialized services, home and community based, to children from birth to age 21. Services include special education, ABA (applied behavior analysis), Discrete Trial Instruction, speech, occupational and physical therapy, psychology and social work and Parent Education and Counseling.

Provides a Developmental Disabilities Program for residents of the East End. Activities include bowling, golf, dinner dances, day outings and bus trips.

Produces a free quarterly anthology on cassette tape for visually or physically impaired or dyslexic subscribers Nationwide.

Offers low interest loans for the purchase of essential equipment necessary for disabled person to overcome barriers to daily living or vocational functioning following rehabilitation. Loans range from $500-$4000 with a repayment period of 2-8 years and the interest rate will vary. Examples of eligible equipment include, but are not limited to, wheelchairs, wheelchair van lifts, ramps, communication devices for hearing impaired/deaf, and prostheses.

Allows handicapped residents to borrow items such as walkers, cane, wheelchair, and potty wheelchair at no cost. Provides applications to purchase expensive equipment.

Enables adults whose physical disabilities prevent them from working, to meet with their peers during the day. Strives to lessen the feelings of isolation and loneliness and increase social interaction. Group meets once a week at Temple Am Echad in Lynbrook.