Exercise Your Ability
The ultimate guide to sports, recreation, camps, and other programs for people with disabilities
The I/DD resource library
More information about applying for a service and availability
This database is of resources most commonly referred to when someone calls the LINK department. Search resources using the search box, or target resources by categories and tags listed to the right. YAI does not intimately know all the programs on this list. Availability and service changes are beyond our control. If you are trying to understand what an acronym might mean, check out our Acronym Guide. If you are unable to find what you are looking for, please feel free to call us at 212.273.6182.
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Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities
The Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities (MOPD) works to ensure that New Yorkers with disabilities can lead happy, healthy and productive lives. The Office provides information on accessible programs, accessible transportation, employment, health services, activities, and other resources to the nearly one million New Yorkers with disabilities and the 6.8 million people with disabilities visiting New York City every year.
Tech Kids Unlimited
Tech Kids Unlimited is a not-for-profit technology-based educational organization for kids, ages 8 to 18, with special needs, which empowers and inspires the next generation of digital natives to learn, create, develop, and share the tools of technology.
Spina Bifida Resource Network
SBRN is a source of support and information, and provides opportunities for the Spina Bifida Community to connect on a personal level.
WIDH - Benefits Navigation and Support
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Westchester Institute for Human Development can help answer questions you have regarding benefits and guardianship
Legal Aid Society Access to Benefits Helpline
The Legal Aid Society launched its toll-free Access to Benefits (A2B) Hotline in the summer of 2012. The Access to Benefits Hotline is a “one-stop” resource for New Yorkers in need of legal assistance to obtain government benefits. With the help of individual private law firms and volunteers we are able to provide direct assistance and/or referrals in matters related to unemployment insurance, public health insurance, including Medicaid, public assistance, and food stamps. Since Hurricane Sandy, our hotline has also been dedicated to assisting callers in need of disaster relief.
American Bar Association
Legal information, resources, and listings of laywers; including free legal help.
Beacon School Programs
A year-round program held in New York City school-based community centers that provides a wide range of activities for youth between the ages of 6 and 18 and adults. Programs operate in the afternoons and evenings (after school), on weekends, during school holidays, vacation periods, and during the summer.
Asperger Center
Asperger Center's mission is to present evidence-based, practical, current information about Asperger Syndrome and related conditions and appropriate treatments and to develop and provide innovative services to the community of children and adults with Asperger Syndrome and their families. Asperger Center for Education and Training is a virtual center established to provide information and resources for professionals, people with Asperger Syndrome, and families.
SATH (Society for Accessible Travel & Hospitality)
The Society for Accessible Travel & Hospitality (SATH), founded in 1976, is an educational nonprofit membership organization whose mission is to raise awareness of the needs of all travelers with disabilities, remove physical, and attitudinal barriers to free access and expand travel opportunities in the United States and abroad. Members include travel professionals, people with disabilities, and other people and corporations who support our mission.