Helpful Links
Other Sites on Learning Disabilities
LD Online: www.ldonline.org
National Center on Learning Disabilities: www.ncld.org
SchwabLearning: www.schwablearning.org
Nonverbal Learning Disabilities: www.nldontheweb.org
Nonverbal Learning Disabilities Association: www.nlda.org
International Dyslexia Association: www.interdys.org
Friends of Quinn: www.friendsofquinn.com
Samantha Abeel: www.samanthaabeel.com
Other Statewide Advocacy & Service Organizations:
Parent to Parent of NYS: www.parenttoparentnys.org
Families Together in NYS: www.ftnys.org
Cerebral Palsy Associations of New York State: http://www.cerebralpalsynys.org/policy.shtml
NYSARC: www.nysarc.org
NYS Independent Living Centers: http://www.nysilc.org/directory.htm
Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD): www.chadd.org
Environmental Health and Prevention
The Healthy Children Project, Learning Disabilities Association of America: www.healthychildrenproject.org
The Collaborative on Health and the Environment: www.healthandenvironment.org
Institute for Children's Environmental Health: www.iceh.org
Learning and Developmental Disabilities Initiative: www.iceh.org/LDDI
Prevention is the Cure: www.preventionisthecure.org
Just Green Partnership: www.just-green.org
Safer States: www.saferstates.com
Clean New York: www.clean-ny.org
NYC Sites of Interest:
NYC Department of Education: www.nycboe.net
Advocates for Children: www.advocatesforchildren.org
An Insider's Guide to the NYC Schools: www.insideschools.org
Parents for Inclusive Education: www.nylpi.org/PIE
Resources for Children with Special Needs: www.resourcesnycdatabase.org
Government Sites:
New York State Education Department: www.nysed.gov
New York State Commission on Quality Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities: www.cqcapd.state.ny.us
New York State Education Department's Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities - www.vesid.nysed.gov
New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities - www.omr.state.ny.us
United States Department of Education: http://www.ed.gov
United States Department of Education/ IDEA Homepage: http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/IDEA
United State Department of Education/ Office of Civil Rights: http://www.ed.gov/offices/OCR
General Education & Special Education:
Education Week: http://www.edweek.org/
ERIC Search Site (Office of Educational Research and Improvement of the U.S. Department of Education): http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/index/
Greatschools.net: http://www.greatschools.net
Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights (PACER): www.pacer.org
Legal Sites:
American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law:http://www.abanet.org/child/home.html
EDLAW, LLC: http://www.edlaw.net
Wrightslaw: http://www.wrightslaw.com
Monahan, Cohen: http://www.monahan-cohen.com
Protection & Advocacy Agencies:
Protection & Advocacy for Individual Rights (PAIR)
This federally mandated legal and non-legal advocacy program in a separate section of the Rehabilitation Act serves all individuals not eligible under the aforementioned PADD/PAIMI/CAP programs. Eligible clients can include persons with learning disabilities (many of whom are not developmentally disabled), persons with mental illness living in the community, and persons with head injury.
Western New York Region
Counties served: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming, Yates
Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc.
295 Main Street
Ellicott Square Building, Rm 495
Buffalo, New York 14203
(716) 847-0650
(716) 847-1322 (TTY)
(716) 847-0227 [FAX]
New York City Region
Counties served: Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Richmond
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Inc.
151 West 30th Street, 11th Floor
New York, New York 10001-4007
(212) 244-4664
(212) 244-4570 [FAX]
Long Island Region
Counties served: Nassau, Suffolk
Nassau/Suffolk Law Services Committee, Inc.
1757 Veterans Highway, Suite 50
Islandia, NY 11749
631) 232-2400
(631) 232-2489 (FAX)
Central New York Region
Counties served: Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Otsego, Oswego, Schuyler, Tompkins, Tioga
Legal Services of Central New York, Inc.
The Empire Building
472 South Salina Street, Suite 300
Syracuse, New York 13202
1-866-475-9967 [Toll-free]
(315) 475-3127
(315) 475-2706 [FAX]
Hudson Valley Region/North Country Region
Counties served: Albany, Clinton, Columbia, Dutchess, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, St. Lawrence, Ulster, Warren, Washington
Disability Advocates, Inc.
5 Clinton Square
Albany, New York 12207
(518) 432-7861
(518) 427-6561 [FAX]
Lower Hudson River Region
Counties served: Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Westchester
Legal Services of the Hudson Valley
4 Cromwell Place
White Plains, New York 10601
(914) 949-1305
Protection & Advocacy for Persons with Developmental Disabilities (PADD)
The Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Developmental Disabilities (PADD) program is a federal program administered by the Commission to assist with problems encountered by individuals and their families regarding developmental disabilities services.
List of Regional Offices
CQCAPD Central Office
New York State Commission on Quality of Care
and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities
Bureau of Protection and Advocacy
401 State Street
Schenectady, New York 12305-2397
(518) 388-2892
(518) 388-2890 [FAX]
New York City Region
Counties served: Bronx, Kings, Manhattan, Queens, Richmond
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Inc. (NYLPI)
151 West 30th Street, 11th Floor
New York, New York 10001-4007
(212) 244-4664
(212) 244-4570 [FAX]
Upper Hudson Region
Counties served: Albany, Columbia, Fulton, Greene, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie
Disabilities Law Clinic at Albany Law School (ALS)
80 New Scotland Avenue
Albany, New York 12208
(518) 445-2328
(518) 434-8612 [FAX]
Intake: Disability Advocates (518) 432-7861
North Country Region
Counties Served: Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, St. Lawrence, Warren, Washington
Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, Inc. (NCLS)
P.O. Box 989, 100 Court Street
Plattsburgh, New York 12901
(518) 563-4022
(518) 563-4058 [FAX]
(800) 722-7380
Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, Inc. (NCLS)
P.O. Box 648, 38 Gouverneur St.
Canton, New York 13617
(315) 386-4586
(800) 822-8283
(315) 386-2868 [FAX]
Lower Hudson Region
Counties served: Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Westchester, Ulster
Legal Services of the Hudson Valley
4 Cromwell Place
White Plains, New York 10601
(914) 949-1305
(914) 949-6213 [FAX]
Intake Office:
Legal Services of the Hudson Valley
29 North Hamilton Street
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
(845) 471-0058
(845) 471-0244 (FAX)
Central Region
Counties served: Cayuga, Cortland, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Onondaga, Oneida, Oswego
Legal Services of Central New York, Inc. (LSCNY)
The Empire Building
472 South Salina Street, Suite 300
Syracuse, New York 13202
1-866-475-9967 [Toll-free]
(315) 475-3127
(315) 475-2706 [FAX]
Southern Tier Region
Counties served: Chemung, Schuyler, Tompkins, Broome, Delaware, Otsego, Chenango, Tioga
Legal Services of Central New York, Inc. (LSCNY)
The Empire Building
472 South Salina Street, Suite 300
Syracuse, New York 13202
1-866-475-9967 [Toll-free]
(315) 475-3127
(315) 475-2706 [FAX]
Western Region
Counties served: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans, Steuben, Ontario, Seneca, Wayne Yates, Wyoming
Western New York Advocacy for the Developmentally Disabled, Inc. (WNYADD)
590 South Avenue
Rochester NY 14620
(585) 546-1700
(585) 546-7069 [FAX]
Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc. (NLS)
295 Main Street
Ellicott Square Building, Rm 495
Buffalo, New York 14203
(716) 847-0650
(716) 847-0227 [FAX]
Long Island Region
Counties served: Nassau and Suffolk
Long Island Advocates, Inc. (LIA)
575 Underhill Boulevard, Suite 118
Syosset, NY 11791
(516) 496-3606
(516) 496-4158 (FAX)
Protection & Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI):
The Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) program is a federal program administered by the Commission to assist individuals with a diagnosis of serious mental illness with advocacy related services. Although the program places a priority on individuals who live in a facility providing care and treatment, it can also serve individuals who live in the community.
New York City Region
Counties served: Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Richmond
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Inc.
151 West 30th Street, 11th Floor
New York, New York 10001-4007
(212) 244-4664
(212) 244-4570 [FAX]
(212) 244-3692 [TTY]
Western New York Region
Counties served: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming, Yates
Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc.
295 Main Street
Ellicott Square Building, Rm 495
Buffalo, New York 14203-2473
(716) 847-0650
(716) 847-1322 (TTY)
(716) 847-0227 [FAX]
Hudson Valley Region
Counties served: Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Montgomery, Orange, Putnam, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Rockland, Schenectady, Schoharie, Sullivan, Ulster, Westchester
Disability Advocates, Inc.
5 Clinton Square
Albany, New York 12207
(518) 432-7861
(518) 427-6561 [FAX]
(800) 993-8982 [toll free]
North Country Region
Counties served: St. Lawrence, Franklin, Clinton, Essex, Hamilton, Warren, Washington
Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, Inc.
100 Court Street, POB 989
Plattsburgh, New York 12901
(518) 563-4022
(800) 722-7380 [toll free]
(518) 563-4058 [FAX]
Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, Inc.
38 Gouverneur Street, POB 648
Canton, New York 13617
(315) 386-4586
(800) 822-8283 [toll free]
(315) 386-2868 [FAX]
Central New York Region
Counties served: Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Otsego, Oswego, Schuyler, Tompkins, Tioga
Legal Services of Central New York, Inc.
The Empire Building
472 South Salina Street, Suite 300
Syracuse, New York 13202
1-866-475-9967 [Toll-free]
(315) 475-3127
(315) 475-2706 [FAX]
Satellite Office:
44 Public Square
Watertown, NY 13601
(315) 788-2072
Long Island Region
Counties served: Nassau, Suffolk
Touro College
Jacob Fuchsberg Law Center
300 Nassau Road
Huntington, New York 11743
(631) 421-2244 ext. 331 (switchboard)
(631) 423-2040 [FAX]