Disability Resources

Some Jewish Resources
HASC: Schools and Camp for Disabled Children www.hasc.net/
Support Groups at the JCC Manhattan www.jccmanhattan.org/support-groups?page=programs
Relief Resources: Mental Health Referrals and Help. Run by Two Rabbis in Brooklyn www.ReliefHelp.org
JBFCS: Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services (Not just for JEWS!) www.jbfcs.org/
UJA Fed NY www.ujafedny.org/ Search “Disability,” etc.
Westchester Jewish Comunity Services www.WJCS.com (Westchester County, NY. Not just for Jews!)
United Jewish Communities www.jewishfederations.org/
YouTube Video: Down Syndrome and Judaism: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON2czjHGef8

Resources (NY State)
ACCES-VR: Adult Career and Continuing Education Services-Vocational Rehabilitation (Formerly VESID) www.acces.nysed.gov/vr/
Westchester Independent Living Center (White Plains, NY): All kinds of Help for People with Disabilities www.wilc.org/ and the Partners for Success Program: www.wilc.org/about_wilc/programs/partners.htm
Center for Independence of the Disabled in NY (Manhattan and Queens, NY) www.cidny.org/cidnyweb/index.jsp
List of Independent Living Centers in NY State www.acces.nysed.gov/vr/lsn/ilc/locations.htm
New York Legal Assistance Group www.nylag.org/
Federation Employment and Guidance Services www.FEGS.org
Mental Health Association of Westchester, NY www.mhawestchester.org/index.html
Westchester Jewish Comunity Services (Not Just for Jews!) www.WJCS.com (Westchester County, NY. Not just for Jews!)
JBFCS: Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services (Not just for Jews!) www.jbfcs.org/
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Inspiration and Learning
DVD: Music Within (2007) About Richard Pimentel and His Work for Disabled Americans
Book: Front of the Class: How Tourette Syndrome Made Me the Teacher I Never Had by Brad Cohen and Lisa Wysocky
DVD: Front of the Class (Hallmark Hall of Fame Movie.) Teacher with Tourette Syndrome
Brad Cohen Tourette Foundation www.classperformance.com/
Book: Strong at the Broken Places: Voices of Illness, a Chorus of Hope by Richard M. Cohen
Book: Blindsided: Lifting a Life Above Illness: A Reluctant Memoir Richard M. Cohen
Book: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future: Twists and Turns and Lessons Learned by Michael J. Fox
Book: Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist byMichael J. Fox
Book: My Grandfather’s Blessing by Rachel Naomi Remen, MD
Book: Kitchen Table Wisdom by Rachel Naomi Remen, MD
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