New York Disability Resources

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1 New York Disability Resources Affordable Care Act (ACA) HHS.gov: How the Health Care Law is Making a Difference for the People of New York To get coverage under the ACA, go to to find out more about the Health Insurance Marketplace and the options available in your state. Arts and Creativity VSA arts of New York City Street, Suite 15N Bayside, NY Phone: Fax: Bbvanyc@msn.com Dr. Bebe Bernstein, Executive Director National Theatre Workshop of the Handicapped (NTWH) Phone: A theater training school for people with disabilities with offices in NYC and Maine. Roll Call Wheelchair Dance Nyamchek s Dance Centre 55 E. Central Ave. Pearl River, NY Phone: or rollcall99@hotmail.com Provides dance instruction for wheelchair users who want to dance for fun or compete. 1

2 Assistive Technology New York State Office for Advocate for Persons with Disabilities TRIAD Project One Empire Plaza, Suite 1001 Albany, NY Phone/TTY: (voice) (tty) Fax: Northeast ADA Center Employment and Disability Institute Cornell University IRL School 201 Dolgen Hall Ithaca, NY Phone: Toll free: y_resources.htm United Cerebral Palsy: Assistive Technology Resources UCP of NYC TechWorks I Open 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 120 East 23rd Street, 5th Floor New York, New York Tel: (212) , ext. 279 TTY: (212) Fax: (212) techworks@ucpnyc.org At UCP of NYC s TechWorks Centers visitors can "test drive" an array of products designed to assist and support individuals with disabilities. UCP of NYC TechWorks offers hands-on use of adapted toys and switches, adapted computers and peripherals, wheelchairs and inserts, augmentative communication systems, daily living devices, home and workplace modifications, environmental control units, adapted telephones and much more. Caregivers Info Caregiver.com s Support Group Directory for the state of New York 2

3 Well Spouse Association Brooklyn WS Support Group Brooklyn Barbara Yovino Marie Guagenti Phone: (718) Central NY Well Spouse Ithaca Linda Holzbaur Phone: (607) (H) (607) (cell) White Plains WS Support White Plains Sue Kaufman Phone: (914) Western Nassau- Eastern Queens County WS Albertson Betsy Budne-Finnel Phone: (516) Woodbury Long Island WS Woodbury Heather Johnson Phone: (631) Massapequa Park WS Massapequa Perry Beek Phone: (516) Upper West Side WS Manhattan Barbara Marder Phone: (917) Anita Bluestone 3

4 Phone: (201) Upstate NY WS Buffalo Ron Pokorski Phone: (716) or (716) Community-Based Fitness Programs Northeast Center for Special Care (NCSC) 300 Grant Avenue Lake Katrine, NY Phone: The Northeast Center for Special Care offers a special care center designed to serve medically complex and multiply impaired needs such as: brain injury, neurological disease, spinal cord injury, neurobehavioral disorders, complex medical recovery and ventilator care/management. Crime Victim Assistance New York State Office of Victim Services Phone: Office for Victims of Crime s Directory of Crime Victim Services Choose Your State and the Type of Assistance you are looking for Safe Horizon s Links for General Crime Victim Resources/Issues Domestic Violence Help National Domestic Violence Hotline: SAFE (7233) Aardvarc s New York Directory for Domestic Violence Help by county 4

5 The New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence 79 Central Avenue Albany, NY Phone: Fax: Statewide Hotline: HOPE Bronx Independent Living Services (BILS) Decatur Avenue Bronx, NY Phone/TTY: Easter Seals Offices New York has 12 Easter Seals offices Easter Seals New York Albany 292 Washington Avenue Extension 112 Albany, NY Phone: Easter Seals Bronx Child Development Center 2433 East Tremont Ave. Bronx, NY Phone: Easter Seals Project Inspire 225 Memorial Dr. Hawthorne, NY Phone: Easter Seals Project Imagine 6 Dows Lane Irvington, NY Phone: Easter Seals of New York Project Excel 25 St. John Street Monticello, NY Phone:

6 Easter Seals New York NYC 42 Broadway, Suite 1801 New York City, NY Phone: Easter Seals New York Long Island Park Avenue New York, NY Phone: Easter Seals New York Project Discovery 88 East Main St. Port Jervis, NY Phone: Easter Seals Shalimar 402 Rogers Parkway Rochester, NY Easter Seals Diagnostic & Treatment Center 103 White Spruce Blvd Rochester, NY Phone: Easter Seals Child Development Center 4832 Sunrise Highway Sayville, NY Phone: Easter Seals New York Project Explore 70 Columbus Avenue Valhalla, NY Phone: Government Offices for the state of New York 6

7 Official website for New York State New York State Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities 401 State Street Schenectady, NY Phone: New York State Rehabilitation Association, Inc. 155 Washington Avenue, Suite 410 Albany, NY Phone: TTD: Adult Career & Continuing Education (Vocational Rehabilitation for Individuals with Disabilities) New York State Education Department Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities Special Education Services One Commerce Plaza, Room 1624 Albany, NY Phone: JOBS (5627) New York State Department of Health Office of Medicaid Management Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza Corning Tower Building Albany, NY Phone: TTY: Medicaid Buy-in Program in NY NY Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance New York State: Long Term Care Resources 7

8 NYS Office for People with Developmental Disabilities 44 Holland Ave. Albany, NY Phone: New York s Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Child Health Plus NYS Health Department Box 2000 Albany, NY New York State Health Insurance Information Counseling & Assistance Program (HIICAP) Office for the Aging NY State Department of Health s site on Disability and Health in NY New York State Insurance Commissioner Workers Compensation Office d_official/siteapps/advocacy/search.aspx Find your elected officials to contact them on legislation that is important to you. State LTC Ombudsman Mark Miller New York State Office for the Aging 2 Empire State Plaza Agency Building #2 Albany, New York Phone: (518) Fax: (518) The mission of the state long-term care ombudsman is to protect the health, safety, welfare and rights of the elderly in nursing homes, assisted living facilities and other facilities. 8

9 Housing New York Directory of Independent Living Centers Home Free Home: Pro Bono Architectural Design for Accessibility 66 Hillview Ave. Port Washington, NY Phone: Home Free Home is dedicated to promoting architectural design solutions to enhance the independence and well being of people with disabilities. HFH recruits volunteer architects and university students to design barrier-free accessible home renovations that allow people with disabilities to live in greater safety and ease. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in New York New York City Regional Office Jacob K. Javits Federal Building (Broadway-Between Duane & Worth Streets) 26 Federal Plaza Room 3541 New York, NY Phone: TTY: Fax: Albany Field Office 52 Corporate Circle Albany, NY Phone: Fax: Buffalo Field Office Lafayette Court 465 Main Street, 2 nd Floor Buffalo, NY Phone: TTY: Fax: Syracuse Field Office 128 East Jefferson Street Syracuse, NY

10 Phone: Fax: New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal New York Main Street Grant Program Grants available to non-profit organizations. NY Housing Search Connects people with disabilities to affordable housing in NY Library Services National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) The Library of Congress NLS administers a free library program of Braille and recorded materials, which are circulated to eligible borrowers through a network of cooperating libraries such as the New York State Talking Book and Braille Library. Phone: TDD: Fax: General: nls@loc.gov Reference: nlsref@loc.gov Music Section: nlsm@loc.gov The New York State Talking Book and Braille Library (TBBL) Cultural Education Center Albany, NY Phone: tbbl@mail.nysed.gov The TBBL lends Braille and recorded books and magazine, and the necessary equipment to play recorded books, to residents of the 55 upstate counties of New York State who are unable to read standard printed materials because of a visual or physical disability. The Child s Place for Children with Disabilities Brooklyn Public Library 10

11 2065 Flatbush Ave. Brooklyn, NY TTY The Child's Place for Children with Special Needs is located in six barrier-free BPL libraries. Their equipment makes the library experience accessible to children with different abilities. Cube chairs, mats for floor play, positioning cushions, and adaptive toys are available. For information about adaptive technology, please call NeuroRecovery Network (NRN) The NRN is a network of rehab programs designed to provide locomotor (treadmill) training to promote functional recovery and improve the health and quality of life for people living with paralysis. The program is for people with spinal cord injuries. The NRN is a program of the Reeve Foundation. There is no NRN center in this state but if you are interested in finding one outside of this state, please go to Protection and Advocacy Center for Disability Rights Rochester Administrative: 497 State Street Rochester, NY (585) Voice (585) TTY NY State Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities 401 State Street Schenectady, NY Phone: marcelc@cqc.state.ny.us Community Health Advocates 105 East 22 nd St. New York, NY Phone:

12 CHA provides free, confidential individual counseling and educational community presentations to consumers, advocates and providers for more than 10 years on various health insurance options. They are made up of a network of 30 community-based organizations from around New York State that helps New Yorkers. New York State Disabilities Advocacy Association & Network Phone: Canine Companions for Independence Northeast Regional Center PO Box 205 Farmingdale, NY Phone/TTY: Canine Helpers for the Handicapped, Inc Ridge Road Lockport, NY Phone/TTY: Service Dogs Disabled Sports USA, click on Chapters Achilles Track Club 42 West 38 th Street 4 th Floor New York, NY Phone: (212) Adaptive Sports Foundation 16A Thompson Court c/o Windham Mountain CD Land Road Windham, NY Contact Person: Gwen Allard Phone: Fax: Sports and Recreation 12

13 Programs offered: ski and snowboard lessons, race training Summer programs: golf, tennis, biking, camping, fishing, swimming, horseback riding A.S.P.I.R.E (New York/Long Island) 50 Maple Place Manhasset, NY Contact Person: Paddy Rossback Phone: Fax: Programs offered: self-help support groups, track training, sport-specific training, and junior competition training. Greek Peak Sports for the Disabled 508 Verna Drive Endwell, NY Contact Person: Dick Wierman/Peter Rodgers Phone: Fax: Programs offered: alpine skiing, mono-ski, adaptive skiing, 3 track, 4 track snowboarding. Lounsbury Adaptive Ski Program PO Box 340 Ellicottville, NY Contact Person: Mary Ellen Racich Phone: ski@lounsburyadaptive.org Programs offered: winter program only! Ski lessons by appointment, offered daily Move Along Inc. PO Box 2205 Liverpool, NY North Country Access Cycling 441 Paddock Street Watertown, NY

14 Contact Person: Susan Zabriskie Phone: x Fax: Programs offered: handcycling, kayaking, paddling-by request at this time Outdoors Unlimited President George Bolender Hunting for people with disabilities. STRIDE (Sports and Therapeutic Recreation Instruction/Developmental Education) PO Box 778 Rensselaer, NY Contact Person: Mary Ellen Whitney, CEO Phone: Fax: Programs offered: skiing, sailing, camping, Little League, bowling, swimming, snowboarding, snowshoeing/hiking, white water rafting. Some of their winter programs are in Massachusetts Stay Focused Inc. 245 E. 44 th Street Suite 22B New York, NY Contact: Roger Muller Offers mobility challenged persons the opportunity to become certified SCUBA divers. Warriors on Wheels PO Box 5427 Albany, NY Contact Person: Ned Norton Phone: Programs offered: strength training for individuals with disabilities, emphasis on weight training, and junior programs for youth. 14

15 Camp Huntington Summer Camper Inquires: Bruria Bodek-Falik, Ph.D., Director 56 Bruceville Road High Falls, NY Phone: Fax: Winter Camper Inquires: Bruria Bodek-Falik, Ph.D., Director PO Box 368 Woodstock, NY Phone: Serves learning and developmentally disabled ages 7-21 years. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation List of Accessible Outdoor Recreation Skating Athletes Bold At Heart (SABAH) 2607 Niagara Street Buffalo, NY Phone: For more than 22 years, SABAH has taught Western New Yorkers who have physical, cognitive, or emotional challenges to ice skate. SABAH provides weekly adaptive ice skating lesson, adaptive ice skating equipment, intense volunteer support, and the opportunity to perform in an annual skating spectacular. WAVES (Wheelchairs and Veterans Enjoying Summer) Inc. 754 Shore Walk Lindenhurst, NY Phone: A non-profit organization that offers children, adults and veterans with disabilities fishing and boating for free. United Way Offices 15

16 Enter your postal code for a United Way Office in your area. Veterans Benefits www1.va.gov/directory/guide/home.asp?isflash=1 US Department of Veterans Affairs VA Hospital Locator Veteran Benefits Administration Buffalo Regional Office Federal Building 111 West Huron Street Buffalo, Y Phone: (C & P Benefits) Fax: Education Benefits: Serves Counties not served by the New York, NY Regional Office Veterans Benefits New York Regional Office 245 West Houston Street New York, NY Phone: Fax: C & P Benefits, Loan Guaranty, VR & E: Serves the Counties of: Albany, Bronx, Clinton, Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Kings, Montgomery, Nassau, New York, Orange, Otsego Putnam, Queens, Rensselaer, Richmond, Rockland, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Suffolk, Sullivan, Ulster, Warren, Washington, and Westchester. PVA Offices The closest Paralyzed Veterans of America Offices to the State of New York: New England PVA Chapter 1600 Providence Highway Suite 101R Walpole, MA Phone: Fax: info@nepva.org 16

17 Keystone PVA 700 Old Pond Road Suite 603ª Bridgeville, PA Phone: and Fax: ALS The ALS Association National Office 1275 K Street NW, Suite 1050 Washington, DC Phone: CHAPTERS Greater New York Chapter 42 Broadway, Ste New York, NY Phone: als@als-ny.org Upstate New York Chapter 890 Seventh North Street, Ste. 108 Liverpool, NY Phone: Patient Services: CLINICS Stony Brook Medical Center Dr. Rahman Pourmand 181 Belle Meade Road East Setauket, NY Phone: Appointments: FREE STANDING SUPPORT GROUPS 17

18 Upstate New York FSSG Albany, NY Phone: CENTERS The ALS Center Beth Israel Medical Center Stephen Scelsa, MD 10 Union Square East Suite 2Q New York, NY Phone: Muscular Dystrophy Association s ALS Research Centers: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig MDA/ALS Research Center New York Phone: alscenter@columbia.edu or lgoldsmith@neuro.columbia.edu MDA/ALS Center at Mount Sinai Hospital and Medical Center New York Phone: dale.lange@mssm.edu or warren.olanow@mssm.edu MDA/ALS Center at the University Of Rochester Medical Center (585) Charles_Thornton@urmc.rochester.edu MDA/ALS Center at SUNY Upstate Medical University Syracuse (315) shefnerj@upstate.edu Brain Injury 18

19 Brain Injury Association of New York 10 Colvin Avenue Albany, NY Phone: Fax: President: Michael Kaplen, Esq. Exec Director: Judy Avner Cerebral Palsy United Cerebral Palsy New York Affiliates: Center for the Disabled 314 South Manning Blvd Albany, NY Phone: Fax: UCP of Greater Suffolk 250 Marcus Blvd PO Box Hauppauge, NY Phone: Fax: UCP of Nassau County 380 Washington Avenue Roosevelt, NY Phone: Fax: UCP of New York City 80 Maiden Lane 8 th Floor New York, NY

20 Phone: Fax: Friedreich s Ataxia National Ataxia Foundation 2600 Fernbrook Lane Suite 119 Minneapolis, MN Phone: Fax: NAF Ambassadors: Valerie Ruggierio and Diana Kimmel 5 Anna Court Stony Point. NY Phone: (845) Valerie vrabsolutely@aol.com Diana dlk0602@optonline.net Diane P Hall 210 E Utica St Buffalo, NY Phone: (716) dianecrewshall@hotmail.com Support Groups New York City Area Support Group Jeannie Soto-Valencia Lynbrook, NY Area Support Group Allen Katz, MD, DO 28 Fenimore Street Lynbrook, NY Phone: elpresidentekatz@cs.com Mary Ann Costa 88 Old Town Road Staten Island, NY

21 Phone: Central New York Ataxia SG Linda Johnson 2849 Bingley Rd Cazenovia, NY Guillain-Barré Syndrome / CIDP Guillain-Barré Syndrome / CIDP Foundation International The Holly Bldg., 104 ½ Forrest Ave. Narberth, PA Phone: Call for information in your area Multiple Sclerosis The National Multiple Sclerosis Society National MS Society of Long Island 200 Parkway Drive South Hauppauge, NY Phone: FIGHT MS pmastrota@nmssli.org National MS Society of New York City/Southern NY 733 Third Ave., Third Floor New York, NY Phone: info@msnyc.org National MS Society of Upstate New York 1650 South Avenue, Suite 100 Rochester, NY Phone:

22 National MS Society of Western New York/Northwestern Pennsylvania 4245 Union Road, Suite 108 Buffalo, NY Phone: Multiple Sclerosis Association of America Northeast Regional Offices 706 Haddonfield Road Cherry Hill, NJ Phone: ext Fax: MS SUPPORT GROUPS Carmel Putnam Independent Living Center 1961 Route 6, 2 nd Floor Joanne O Neil Third Thursday 10am-12 New York City New York City Library New York City Suzanne Brix Second Thursday 10:30 am Seaford Community Room Salisbury Park Drive Anne Mennella Third Wednesday 7pm Valley Stream Hendrickson Park Valley Stream Recreation Center Valley Stream 22

23 Tracy Ofri First and Third Tuesday 7:30pm Muscular Dystrophy Muscular Dystrophy Association Enter your zip code in the Find your local MDA section to find the clinics that treat MD in your area. Muscular Dystrophy Association USA National Headquarters 3300 East Sunrise Drive Tucson, AZ Phone: Post-Polio Syndrome Post-Polio Health International (PHI) 4207 Lindell Blvd., #110 St. Louis, MO Phone: Directory lists Health Professionals, Clinics, and Support Groups by state. Spina Bifida Association of America SUPPORT GROUPS Greater Rochester SBA PO Box 3 Fairport, NY Phone: Fax: Jarmst4459@aol.com Jo Ann Armstrong, Pres. Spina Bifida 23

24 SBA of Albany/Capital District 109 Spring Road Scotia, NY Phone: Web: Vanessa Chamberlain, Co-Pres. Kevin Chamberlain, Co-Pres. SBA of Nassau County 218 White Avenue New Hyde Park, NY Phone: Laura Petranto, Pres. SBA of Western New York PO Box 50 Williamsville, NY Phone: Fax: Jeff Deering, Pres. CLINICS SUNY Down State University Hospital of Brooklyn Spina Bifida Clinic 70 Clarkston Avenue, Suite C Brooklyn, NY Phone: Robert Warner Rehabilitation Center Spina Bifida Center of Western New York 936 Delaware Avenue Buffalo, NY Phone: NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases Pediatric Orthopaedic Service 301 East 17 th Street New York, NY Phone:

25 New York Presbyterian Medical Center Neurologic Institute 710 West 168 th New York, NY Phone: Strong Memorial Hospital Andrew J. Kirch Developmental Services Center 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 671 Rochester, NY Phone: SUNY Upstate Medical University Hospital Spina Bifida Clinic 750 East Adams Street, CWB Room 316 Syracuse, NY Phone: Blythedale Children s Hospital Spina Bifida Clinic 95 Bradhurst Avenue Valhalla, NY Phone: Westchester Medical Center Spina Bifida Program Westchester Institute for Cedarwood Hall, #336 Vahalla, NY Phone: Helen Hayes Hospital Spinal Cord Clinic RT 9 West West Haverstraw, NY Phone: Spinal Cord Injury New York resources from the National Spinal Cord Injury Association NSCIA CHAPTER AFFILIATES 25

26 Greater Rochester Area Chapter, NSCIA P.O. Box 20516, Rochester, NY, Phone: Contact: Karen Genett Phone: Contact: Cathy Flanagan Greater New York Chapter of the National Spinal Cord Injury Association (NYCSCIA) P.O. Box Yorkville Station New York, NY Phone: NYC-SCIA Contact: Jim Cesario or Debra Poli Regional Support Group (not affiliated with NSCIA) Spinal Tumor Support Group Upper West Side, NYC Every Friday 1:20-2:50 pm Deborah Lamberti, A.C.S.W. Phone: Mount Sinai Spinal Cord Injury Model System Kristjan T. Ragnarsson, MD Mount Sinai School of Medicine Department of Rehabilitation Medicine One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1240 New York, NY Contact: Marcel Dijkers, PhD Phone: New York s Spinal Cord Injury Research Trust Fund Long Island Spinal Cord Injury Resource Center (a project of the Testaverde Fund for Spinal Cord Injury, Inc.) 3445 Edgerton Ave. 26

27 Wantagh, NY WALK or Provides support, community outreach and education for people with SCI. Stroke American Stroke Association Phone: Call them for the stroke support group in your area or visit the above website and search for a support group with your zip code. Saint Vincent s Aphasia Support Group (NYC) Phone: One Saturday per month 10 11:00 am Conversation 11:00am 1:00 pm Small Groups 1:00pm 2:00pm Support Group Syringomyelia/Chiari Malformation American Syringomyelia & Chiari Alliance Project PO Box 1586 Longview, TX Phone: ASAP info@asap.org American Syringomyelia Alliance Project Online Support Group SUPPORT GROUPS Central New York/Oneida County Area 9029 East Boak Road Holland Patent, NY Margaret (Peg) Curtacci Phone: pegcurtacci@excite.com Western New York Alliance 228 Garry Drive West Seneca, NY

28 Mark & Barbara Kane Phone: Transverse Myelitis Transverse Myelitis Association Support Groups New York TM support group Pamela Schechter Apt 7M Bowne Street Flushing, NY Phone: Judy Dubow Phone: Western New York area TM support group Shannon O Keefe 75 Orchard Creek Circle Rochester, NY Phone: sjokeete79@yahoo.com General Disability Resources Disability Resources.org: New York National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY) Contains contact information for State Agencies, Disability Organizations, Parent Organizations, and Other Organizations. 28

29 Family Village Community Center, links for New York Disability Resources New York Yellow Pages for Kids with Disabilities Disabled in Action of Metropolitan New York A civil rights organization committed to ending discrimination against people with disabilities. Phone: Disabilities Network of New York City (DNNYC) An advocacy group. N.Y. Able News A monthly newspaper for New York s disabled (concentrating on the 5 boroughs). Museum of DisABILITY History 3826 Main Street Buffalo, NY Phone: Community Resource Database of Long Island Phone: x262 Free, online database of social services on Long Island. New York chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association 5 Palisades Drive Suite 330 Albany, NY Phone: New York chapter of the American Occupational Therapy Association 90 South Swan Street Albany, NY Phone: nysota@associationresources.org Association of People Supporting EmploymentFirst NY State Chapter 29

30 Self-Advocacy Association of New York State NY State Dept. of Health: Nursing Home Profile New Alternatives for Children Phone: New Alternatives for Children (NAC) is a not-for-profit health and social services agency whose exclusive mission is to serve children with medical disabilities and/or chronic illnesses and their families. We provide comprehensive health and social services to support family preservation, reunification, or adoption. Resources for Children with Special Needs, Inc. A non-profit organization that provides information and referral, case management, advocacy, training and library services in NYC. The Center for Discovery Harris, NY Phone: A private residential, clinical and day school for children and adults with significant developmental disabilities and medical frailties. Located 90 miles northwest of NYC. AHRC New York City Foundation 83 Maiden Lane New York, NY Phone: Offers two special needs trusts. Wheeling Forward info@wheelingforward.org Wheeling Forward provides guidance and resources to disabled individuals for the purpose of achieving goals today rather than tomorrow, with a focus on educational attainment, employment procurement, health and wellness, community integration, housing acquisition, and personal fulfillment. United Spinal Association Astoria Blvd East Elmhurst, NY

31 Toll-free: Phone: United Spinal Association offers a variety of programs and services for individuals living with paralysis. These programs include advocacy, assistive technology, legal affairs, research & education, sports & recreation, and wheelchair repair. ThinkFirst National Injury Prevention Foundation 1801 N. Mill Street, Suite F Naperville, IL Phone: THINK56 thinkfirst@thinkfirst.org ThinkFirst offers evidence-based injury prevention programs for students of all ages through their network of healthcare-based chapters. Health educators and people who have experienced brain or spinal cord injuries help students understand the importance of making safe choices related to vehicles, sports, violence and falls. To find chapter information in your area, please go to their website and click on the Chapter Site tab. Videos Our Garden Club: The Child s Place for Children with Special Needs. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Public Library, minutes VHS The Brooklyn Public Library has various programs for people with disabilities, the garden program is one of them. The information contained in this message is presented for the purpose of educating and informing you about paralysis and its effects. Nothing contained in this message should be construed nor is intended to be used for medical diagnosis or treatment. It should not be used in place of the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider. Should you have any health care related questions, please call or see your physician or other qualified health care provider promptly. Always consult with your physician or other qualified health care provider before embarking on a new treatment, diet or fitness program. You should never disregard medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read in this message. 31