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  • ABC Therapeutics - Provides occupational therapy and hand rehabilitation services.
  • ADDRESS, Inc.  - Offers resources, education and support services for those affected by ADHD.
  • Aspire of WNY - Helps children and adults with developmental disabilities, cerebral palsy, and conditions with similar personal and family effects live their lives to the fullest in keeping with their informed choices.  
  • Autistic Services, Inc. - Delivers a range of individualized services to people with autism spectrum disorders.
  • Baker Victory Services - Non-profit agency providing a range of services for children, youth and families in need.
  • Bornhava - A not-for-profit, early childhood environment that works to enable children with developmental disabilities to maximize their potential.  
  • Buffalo Alliance for Education - Builds and supports relationships among business, community and schools in WNY.
  • Buffalo Prenatal-Perinatal Network, Inc. - healthy mothers and healthy babies for Buffalo.
  • Buffalo Public Schools - Provides information on the public schools in the Buffalo school district.
  • Buffalo Public Schools/UB Special Ed. Collaboration - Offers information and resources for parents/teachers of children in special education programs in WNY. 
  • Care Management Coalition of WNY - A collaboration of agencies sharing resources to improve and ensure the quality of care for children and families in need.
  • Center for Children & Families - A clinic and research center providing family and school centered treatment for children with ADHD and other behavioral and learning problems.
  • Child & Family Services - Provides children, adults, families and businesses with a vast array of mental health and human service programs.
  • Children's Growth Foundation - An independent, non-profit organization that supports children with growth disorders by providing for the whole child.
  • Coalition of Adoption and Foster Family Agencies (CAFFA) - Agencies providing foster care and adoption services in WNY organized to support and enhance the delivery of quality adoption service to families and children.
  • Community Services for the Developmentally Disabled (CSDD) - Provides individuals with developmental disabilities a wide range of services, including service coordination, housing, job training, and day activities
  • DD Info Link  An online, searchable directory of programs specifically designed for people with developmental disabilities, their family members and service providers.
  • Developmental Disability Alliance of WNY (DDAWNY) - A collaborative group of member voluntary agencies that provide services to people with developmental disabilities.
  • Diocese of Buffalo - Disabilities Resources - A directory of resources available for persons with disabilities in the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo.
  • Disabled Dealer Magazine  Provides people with disabilities and the elderly access to new and pre-owned adaptive equipment, services, resources, and events throughout the area.
  • Early Childhood Direction Center - A program to help parents of children with special needs friom birth to age five.
  • EPIC - Every Person Influences Children - Provides programs and resources for parents, teachers and school personnel that help adults raise responsible and successful children.
  • Erie County Department of Mental Health - Provides planning, directing, coordinating, and monitoring programs of prevention, treatment and rehabilitation involving mental health, mental retardation-developmental disabilities.
  • Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy(SMA)  - Helps families cope with SMA through information, support and research.
  • Family Voices Network of Erie County -   A system of care for children and youth experiencing serious emotional, social and/or behavioral challenges.
  • Gateway-Longview -  Provides a continuum of treatment services for children, youth, and families facing behavioral, emotional or educational difficulties.
  • Heritage Centers - Provides an array of services to students with special needs aged birth to 21 years and their families.
  • Kaleida Health Library - Dedicated to meeting the complete information needs of affiliated health care providers and their patients.
  • KenTon SEPTSA - Special Education Parent Teacher Student Association in the Ken-Ton school district.  
  • Lutheran Social Services of Jamestown - A multifaceted program serving the needs of youth with special problems.
  • Main Mobility - Assists families of those with physical disabilities in converting vehicles, finding equipment, making adaptations to enhance independence.
  • Neighborhood Legal Services - Provides free legal services to persons with low-income and persons with disabilities.
  • New Directions - Non-Profit Agency that helps children with emotional and behavioral problems, along with their families.
  • People Inc. - WNY's leading non-profit human services agency providing a variety of services to help seniors, families and people with disabilities live more healthy, independent and productive lives.
  • Preschool Learning Center - A subsidiary of The League for the Handicapped, Inc.  Provides center-based preschool servicves as well as therapeutic and special educaiton services at home or other community settings.   
  • Summit Educational Resources - A private, not-for-profit organization that provides educational and therapeutic services to children with learning, communication and behavioral challenges.
  • The Independence Foundation - Provides support and assistance to individuals with physical disabilities so that they may live independent, self-directed lives.
  • Western Region Parent Teacher Association (PTA) - A branch of the New York State PTA®; covers Erie (with the exception of the City of Tonawanda and Grand Island), Genesee and Wyoming counties.
  • Williamsville SEPTSA - Special Education Parent Teacher Student Association in the Willliamsville school district.
  • WNY Collegiate Consortium of Disability Advocates - A group of education professionals, community and government agency representatives who are directly involved in working with students with disabilities.
  • WNY Disabilities Forum - Provides links to a variety of resources for parents of children with special needs.
  • WNY Independent Living Project - A multi-cultural, grassroots, peer directed, civil rights organization that provides a full range of assistance, programs and services to enhance the quality of life for all individuals with disabilities.
  • Yad B' Yad (Hand in Hand) - Provides outreach, advocacy and program support that assists individuals with developmental, physical or emotional challenges, who are Jewish or connected to Jewish agencies.