A National Problem:
Disabled people are outliving their parents!

A few years ago, a child born with a handicapping condition was not expected to live very long. Today, people with congenital or acquired disabilities are living near normal life spans. Unfortunately, when family members, particularly parents who have been the primary caregivers, die or become ill, the person with a disability is placed in a precarious situation. Very few families with a disabled member make adequate plans for this inevitable time.

Disabled and Alone/Life Services for the Handicapped, Inc. (Life Services) believes that no person should have to live his life in loneliness and isolation because of a disability.
Life Services is a non-profit organization established to help families provide a secure future for their loved ones with a disability.

Partners for Access provides assistance in meeting the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. We offer support, training, and architectural services.

Strategic Emergency Group LLC serves the
public and private sector with a broad range of crisis and emergency
management, homeland security, and business risk and continuity services. (This includes emergency plans for organizations which have employees with disabilities.)
Founded in 1999, Strategic Emergency Group LLC provides no nonsense
strategic emergency management and business continuity planning and
analysis, exercise design, and on-scene emergency response coordination.
Team-SEG is comprised of credentialed professionals each possessing subject
matter expertise and years of experience in emergency management program
leadership, business risk and continuity planning, and implementation,
security and law enforcement, public safety, EMS & fire services, and
counterterrorism.Strategic Emergency Group LLC is Certified as a Woman Owned Business Enterprise in the State of New York, City of New York, City of Philadelphia, the States of ...

EAD & Associates, LLC is a unique, woman-owned small business that provides expertise in emergency management and special needs planning, a distinct discipline that ensures that people with physical, sensory, and/or cognitive disabilities are prepared for man-made or natural disasters and emergencies and their consequences. From its headquarters in New York City, EAD & Associates, LLC works to improve emergency mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery efforts on the local, state and federal levels, as well as internationally. With a specialty in integrating special needs issues in all phases of emergency management, EAD & Associates, LLC brings awareness, information and real solutions to both the private and public sectors to ensure safer communities for ALL individuals.

NYSIE was started in 1831 as The New York Institute for the Blind, a residential vocational and occupational training facility for the completely blind and partially-sighted. It then became the New York Institute for the Education of the Blind, as it phased out the sheltered workshops and demanded high academic standards at the turn of the 19th century. As it became more common to mainstream blind children in the public schools during the 20th century, the Institute started to accept the multi-handicapped blind, and changed its name to the New York Institute for Special Education in 1986 as it changed focus to accept children in the residential setting with learning and emotional disabilities who were not blind. It now offers prospective students day or residential programs: the Schermerhorn Program for the blind & visually-impaired, the Van Cleve Program for children with learning or emotional difficulties, and the Readiness Program preschool for 3-5 year olds with disabilities/delay