Local Disability Groups

Having done my last post on assistive technology & accessibility groups, I started thinking about groups that are available in my local area. To search for local disability groups I went old school. Yes, it's an actual phone book! I used the Capital District Area Yellowbook¹ to search for local disability groups. I'm reporting here some of results of my search under the heading which I found them in phone book.

Blind Persons Institutions. Only one listing appeared under this heading: NYS Commission for the Blind & Visually Handicapped.

Disabled Persons Svces. & Organizations. Most of the listings under this heading appear to be residences for people with disabilities. The Capital District DDSO (Developmental Disabilities Services Office; I had to look up the acronym on the web, so much for old school) itself lists ten residences and a number of offices. Non-residential listings include Associations for Retarded Children Inc, Centers for Disability Services, the Center for Independence, the Down Syndrome Aim High Resource Center, the Hansen Disability Management, Parent-To-Parent of New York State Support Services, and Saratoga Bridges.

Health Care Consultants. There were a number of listings under this heading, a number of which appeared to deal more with advisors, providers, or insurers. The Center for Healthy Policy Studies, the Center for the Disabled, and New York State Industries for the Disabled were listed here.

Hearing Impaired Svces. Auxiliary Relay Services was the only listing under this heading.

Support Groups. The only listing was for Overeaters Anonymous.

There was nothing under headings for assistive technology, deaf, mobility, or vision. I located a couple leads in my phone book search but nothing I couldn't have found in a few minutes with a web search. So much for the old school; back to Google.

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(1) Yellow Book Sates and Distribution Company. (2009). Yellowbook: Capital District Area, NY.