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Special schools in New York (state) (1 C, 25 P) Pages in category "Disability organizations in New York (state)" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
VSA is an international organization on arts, education and disability, which was founded in 1974 by former U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Jean Kennedy Smith, and is headquartered in Washington, DC. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In 2011, VSA became the Department of VSA and Accessibility at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts .
The New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) is an executive agency in the state of New York, whose mission is to provide services and conduct research for those with intellectual disabilities and developmental disabilities (I/DD). It is one of New York State’s largest agencies, with a mandate to provide ...
Disability in the arts is an aspect within various arts disciplines of inclusive practices involving disability.It manifests itself in the output and mission of some stage and modern dance performing-arts companies, and as the subject matter of individual works of art, such as the work of specific painters and those who draw.
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AHRC New York City was founded in 1949 [3] by Ann Greenberg and other parents of children with intellectual disabilities, who found the services available to their child inadequate. [ 4 ] In 1954, AHRC New York City established the first sheltered workshop in the United States .
The Adaptive Design Association, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization which creates custom adaptations for children with disabilities. Its work is based in part on the Adaptive Design work at the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts.
Sins Invalid is a disability justice-based performance project that focuses on artists with disabilities, artists of color, and LGBTQ / gender-variant artists. Led by disabled people of color, Sins Invalid's performance work explores the themes of sexuality, embodiment and the disabled body. [1]