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YAI, previously known as the Young Adult Institute, is an organization serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in the United States.YAI launched as a pilot program at a small school in Brooklyn, New York, in February 1957. [1]
The Arc New York (previously known as the NYSARC) is the largest organization serving people with developmental disabilities. [ citation needed ] A non-profit, The Arc New York serves over 60,000 people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities through its 55 chapters in New York state.
The Arc of the United States is an organization serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The organization was founded in the 1950s by parents of people with developmental disabilities. [1] Since then, the organization has established state chapters in 39 states, and 730 local chapters in states across the country. [2]
Self Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE) is an American 501(c)(3) non-profit organization made up of self-advocates from every US state. The organization works on issues that are important to people with developmental disabilities including closing institutions and voting, and provides support to local self-advocacy organizations.
New York State Senator Shelley Mayer, right, chats with Cynde Stratton, an independent living advocate with the Putnam Independent Living Services, at the Westchester Disabled On the Move office ...
[4] 45–57% of New York mental health consumers use Medicaid, which is the largest single source of funding. [ 5 ] The Office of Mental Health (OMH) is responsible for assuring the development of comprehensive plans, programs, and services in the areas of research, prevention, and care, treatment, rehabilitation, education, and training of the ...
The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA) is an independent national American association of parents of children with disabilities, attorneys, advocates, and related professionals who protect the legal and civil rights of students with disabilities and their families. COPAA has a 22-member Board of Directors who run the organization.
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