New York State School for the Deaf
- Residential school in Rome serving deaf and hearing-impaired students ages 3 and older. Program information, news, resources for families and alumni, and information about state intervention services for deaf infants and toddlers.
- http://www.vesid.nysed.gov/specialed/nyssd/

Mountain Lake Services
- Serving people with developmental disabilities from offices at Port Henry in the Adirondacks, in Essex County. Donations and membership, map and location, employment.
- http://www.mountainlakeservices.org

cripNYC
- News, information, and resources for people with disabilities living in New York City.
- http://www.cripnyc.com/

Developmental Disabilities Alliance of WNY
- DDAWNY is a group of member voluntary agencies providing services throughout eight western New York counties. Links to member agencies, events calendar.
- http://www.ddawny.org/

NYS Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities (CQCAPD)
- A systems advocacy agency whose primary mission is to ensure that people with disabilities have every opportunity to be productive and participating citizens.
- http://www.cqc.state.ny.us/

Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities (VESID)
- Promotes educational equity and excellence for students with disabilities while ensuring that they receive the rights and protection to which they are entitled
- http://www.vesid.nysed.gov/

Independent Living Council
- Advocates for the inclusion of people with disabilities in society. Includes executive committee and members listings, ILC directory and purpose.
- http://www.nysilc.org

New York State Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NYSSLHA)
- An organization of professionals - speech language pathologists and audiologists - engaged in clinical, educational, or research activities in communication disorders.
- http://www.nysslha.org/

Self-Advocacy Association of NYS
- Statewide not-for-profit organization run by people with disabilities for people with disabilities. Annual conference information, poetry and songs, issues, and membership information.
- http://www.sanys.org/

Parent to Parent of New York State
- Organization whose goal is to connect and support families of individuals with special needs.
- http://www.parenttoparentnys.org/

Strong Center for Developmental Disabilities
- Provides services, education, technical assistance, to ensure full inclusion of persons with developmental disabilities in their communities and to maximize their potential for leading independent and productive lives.
- http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/strong/scdd/

Association for the Advancement of Blind and Retarded, Inc.
- AABR is a non-profit organization provides services to people who are blind and mentally retarded or who have autism in the New York Metropolitan area.
- http://www.aabr.org/

YAI/National Institute for People with Disabilities
- A not-for-profit health and human services organization serving people with developmental and learning disabilities and their families throughout the New York metropolitan area.
- http://www.yai.org/

NYSARC
- A family-based organization working with and for people with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities.
- http://www.nysarc.org/

Mental Health Association in New York State, Inc. (MHANYS)
- Dedicated to ensuring that public mental health policy is just, fair and promotes equality and opportunity.
- http://www.mhanys.org/

Brain Injury Association of New York State
- A not-for-profit membership organization that advocates on behalf of individuals with brain injury and their families and develops programs that promote changing the behaviors that place people at risk for sustaining a brain injury.
- http://www.bianys.org/

People Inc.
- A private, non-profit agency providing quality and innovative services to over 5,000 individuals with special needs and their families throughout Western New York.
- http://www.people-inc.org

NICHCY New York State Sheet
- Contact information for disability resources.
- http://www.nichcy.org/stateshe/ny.htm

NYS Partners for Children
- Information on nearly every aspect of partnerships for children -- from early prenatal care to comprehensive health care for any-age child.
- http://www.nyspartnersforchildren.org/

Hands on
- A New York based service organization dedicated to providing greater accessibility to arts and cultural events for the Deaf and hard of hearing community.
- http://handson.org/

AHRC Suffolk
- Suffolk AHRC (Association for the Help of Retarded Children) provides educational, residential, day care and work programs for persons with mental retardation and developmental disabilities.
- http://www.ahrcsuffolk.org/