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

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 access to assistive technology to any New Yorker with a disability through Regional TRAID Centers. Documentation from a treating professional, a Doctor, Physical Therapist or Occupational Therapist is required to process the loan to ensure that the device or equipment is safe and suitable for the individual to use. Call for detailed information.

Offers a support group for individuals who have had an amputation(s), and their families. Individuals share ideas and experiences on a variety of topics regarding life after an amputation.

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.

Offers an amputee support group that helps amputees and their caregivers adjust to the “new normal,” meet others and gain valuable resources. Call to sign up for the group or for more information.

Offers a support group for individuals who have had an amputation(s), and their families. Individuals share ideas and experiences on a variety of topics regarding life after an amputation.

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

Offers a support group for individuals who have had an amputation(s), and their families. Individuals share ideas and experiences on a variety of topics regarding life after an amputation.

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 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 a support group for individuals who have had an amputation(s), and their families. Individuals share ideas and experiences on a variety of topics regarding life after an amputation.

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.

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.

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.

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 a special Medicaid waiver program that is designed to provide certain medical and related services to families who want to safely keep their physically disabled child at home.

Offers a support group for individuals who have had an amputation(s), and their families. Individuals share ideas and experiences on a variety of topics regarding life after an amputation.

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 a support group for individuals who have had an amputation(s), and their families. Individuals share ideas and experiences on a variety of topics regarding life after an amputation.

Offers a support group for individuals who have had an amputation(s), and their families. Individuals share ideas and experiences on a variety of topics regarding life after an amputation.

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.

Offers an amputee support group. Call for detailed information regarding dates and times.

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

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.