Neurology focuses on the treatment of diseases affecting the nervous and neuromuscular systems including the brain and spinal cord.

Trained specialists provide individualized skills training in the home and the community. YAI's Skills Training program for people with autism emphasizes building on existing strengths and setting and achieving specific goals. The program also focuses on flexibility and choice. Program attendees collaborate one-to-one with Direct Support Professionals to work toward their personal objectives.

These services are provided by a registered dietitian (certified nutritionist) under the supervision of a physician. Before any nutrition service is scheduled, a Nutrition Service Referral Form must be completed by the patient’s primary care provider.

Occupational therapy (OT) is effective in treating a patient’s sensorimotor, oral-motor, perceptual, neuromusculoskeletal functioning, cognitive, and psychosocial components to improve functional performance and/or prevent regression.

Based in NYC, participants can be from any of the 5 New York City boroughs. Tuesday evenings we open the YAI Arts & Culture studio to people with autism and other intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) looking to develop their creative voices and expand their creative communities.