Local Resources Directory

Nassau County & Eastern Queens

Medical

Crisis Support

Multipurpose

  • A-1 Universal Care (Plainview) – community hab., day hab., respite, support brokerage, fiscal intermediary, siupported employment
  • ACDS (Plainview) – educational (EI, preschool), day care, residential, respite / recreational, day hab., support brokerage
  • ACLD (Various) – educational, assessments, respite, recreational, medicaid coordination, resiodential, day hab., vocational, health, etc.
  • AHRC (Various) – educational, day hab., residential, community hab., respite, guardianship, vocational
  • FREE (Old Bethpage) – employment, housing, behavioral services, day services, community / family support, self-direction, crisis services

Recreational / Leisure 

  • ACDS (Plainview) – various activities available, such as dance, canoeing, sports training, weekend socials
  • Adler Center for Special Needs (Plainview) – JCC with various activities available, such as weight training, aerobics, dance, bowling, cooking, art
  • Backyard Players and Friends (Rockville Centre) – provides various activities emphasizing inclusion, including art, fitness, music, theater, dance
  • Be The Best Sport (Port Washington) – offer adaptive sports instruction and socialization
  • Bricks 4 Kidz (Massapequa) – provides various activities involving Legos and robotics
  • Dancing Dreams (Bay Shore) – dancing program designed for individuals with physical and cognitive needs
  • Ezra Center for Peole with Disabilities (Oceanside) – JCC with various activities available, including art, theater, sports, fitness
  • Family Center for Autism (Garden City) – Life’s Worc facility that offers a wide range of recreational activities
  • Farmingdale Gymnastics Academy (Farmingdale) – offers integrated gymnastics programs
  • Filling a Need (FAN) Club (Wantagh) – social events for individuals who have aged out of activities (over 21)
  • HOPE Fitness (North Bellmore, East Meadow) – offers inclusion-based fitness and sports training
  • HorseAbilkity (Old Westbury) – offers horseback riding programs
  • League of Yes (East Meadow) – baseball program for individuals with disabilities
  • Life’s Worc (Garden City) – offers multiple recreational activities for multiple ages, including Zumba, karate, and yoga
  • Lightning Warriors (Seaford) -inclusive triathlon training
  • Little League Challenger (Various) – adaptiove little league designed for individuals with cognitive and physical challenhes
  • Mid-Island Gymnastics )Hicksville) – gymnastics for children with special needs
  • Nassau County PAL (Various) – special needs unit of PAL offering various recreational activities
  • Power Pals (Port Washington) – fitness programs for indivudals with special needs
  • Saf-T-Swim (Various) – offers swimming lessons for individuals with special need
  • Sensory Beans (Wantagh) – offers an indoor sesnory gym for all
  • Surfers Way (Long Beach) – offers surfing programs for kids with special needs

Summer Camp

Suffolk County

Crisis Support

Medical

  • Angela’s House (Hauppauge) – provides coordination of complex home care services for medically fragile children

Multipurpose

  • ACLD (Various) – educational, assessments, respite, recreational, medicaid coordination, resiodential, dayhab, vocational, health, etc.
  • FREE (Hauppauge) – employment, housing, behavioral services, day services, community / family support, self-direction, crisis services

Recreational / Leisure

Summer Camp

  • Camp Ramapo (Rhinebeck) – designed to address a range of cognitive, social, and emotional challenges

Therapeutic

  • Canine Companions (Farmingdale) – assistance dogs free of charge to build independence for individuals with disabilities