SPECIAL NEEDS Organizations
Local Organizations

A Very Special Place
www.veryspecialplace.org
718 987-1234

Committee on Preschool Special Education
718 420-5788

Community Resources
www.communityresources.org
718 447-5200

Cooley's Anemia Foundation
www.cooleysanemia.org
718 761-5380

Department of Education
www.schools.nyc.gov
718 390-1662

Eden II and Genesis Programs
www.eden2.org
718 816-1422

Elizabeth W. Pouch Center for Special People
www.simhs.org
718 448-9775

Families Helping Families Resource Recreation Center
http://www.fhfnyc.org
718 227-2171

Grace Foundation of New York
www.graceofny.org
718 983-3800

Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities
www.omr.state.ny.us
718 494-0600

Jewish Community Center Special Needs Department
www.sijcc.org
718 475-5200

Lifestyles for the Disabled
http://www.lfdsi.org
718 983-5351

NY Public Library
http://talkingbooks.nypl.org
212 206-5400

NYC Department of Education School Based Support Team (Special Education)
718 935-2000

NYS Speech-Language-Hearing Association
www.nysslha.org
800 NYS-SLHA

NYS Talking Book and Braille Library
800 342-3688

On Your Mark
www.onyourmark.org
718 720-9233

Staten Island Developmental Disabilites Council
www.siddc.org
718 983-5276

Staten Island Developmental Disabilities Services
www.omr.state.ny.us/ws/ws_sidc.jsp
718 983-5200

Staten Island Mental Health Eliz. W. Pouch Center
www.simhs.org
718 448-9775

Vocational & Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities
www.vesid.nysed.gov
718 816-4800



National Organizations
AHRCC New York City
www.ahrcnyc.org
212 780-2500

Attention Deficit Disorder Association
www.add.org
856 439-9099

Autism Asperger Syndrome
www.asperger.org
219 662-1311

Autism Society of America
www.autism-society.org
800 3 AUTISM

Children and Youth with Disabilities
www.nichcy.org
800 695-0285

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
www.cff.org
800 344-4823

Dyslexia Association - NY Branch
www.nybida.org
212 691-1930

Epilepsy Foundation
www.epilepsyfoundation.org
800 332-1000

Feingold Resource Center for Attention Deficit Disorder
www.feingold.org
631 369-9340

Learning Disabilities Association of NY
www.lda.org
212 645-6730

Lighthouse International
www.lighthouse.org
212 821-9200

March of Dimes
www.modimes.org
718 981-3000

Muscular Dystrophy
www.mda.org
732 936-9940

National Deaf Education Center
clerccenter.gallaudet.edu
202 651-5855

Resources for Children with Special Needs, Inc.
www.resourcesnyc.org
212 677-4650

Spina Bifida Association
www.sbaa.org
800 621-3141

Stuttering Foundation of America
www.stutteringhelp.org
800 992-9392

Tourette's Syndrome Association
www.tsa-usa.org
718 224-2999

United Cerebral Palsy
www.ucpnyc.org
212 683-6700