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71 Glenwood Avenue, Queensbury, NY 12804
SAIL provides assessment, advice, and training to individuals with disabilities, family members and other interested parties concerning mobility. Services focus on improving an individual's ability to fully access their home and community, and may include adaptive equipment loan and/or acquisition as well as travel training.
218 Church Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Offers rehabilitation and education services to legally blind adults, children and seniors residing in Dutchess county. Programs and services include orientation and mobility, vision rehabilitation therapy, computer and assistive technologies instruction, case management, social case work, academic instruction and referrals for low vision services.
785 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains, NY 10605
Provides comprehensive rehabilitation evaluation and treatment for inpatient and outpatients, consisting of physical, occupational, and speech therapy.
111 Summit Park Rd., Spring Valley, NY 10977
Provides a year round overnight recreation, social service and rehabilitation program for blind and visually impaired teens (18+), adults, and senior citizens and families with one or more members of any age who are visually impaired. Offers educational programs, Employment and Technology Institute, Consumer Conference, sports, arts and entertainment. Call for an application.
800 Irving Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13210
Provides inpatient rehabilitation care for a variety of issues related to mobility, self-care, communication, swallowing, memory, and cognitive issues due to a stroke, spinal cord injury, brain injury, amputation, and/or other orthopedic and neuromuscular conditions.
1 Helen Keller Way, Hempstead, NY 11550
Provides rehabilitation teaching to the blind and visually impaired including braille, keyboarding, travel training, independent living skills, and low-vision services. Also offers social casework and counseling services
1 Park Lane, Corning, NY 14830
Offers rehabilitation services to the blind and visually impaired where case workers go out to individuals homes for assessment and in home rehabilitation related to vision loss, providing cane travel, homemaker training, adaptive reading devices (low vision), talking watches and clocks, and general training in blindness rehabilitation.
174 Court St, Binghamton, NY 13901
Skills instruction for infants, pre-schoolers and school-age children to age 14 using teaching tools such as: speech assisted learning to teach pre-Braille skills storybooks with large-print, Braille and tactile illustrations toys using audio, motion and visual stimulation to teach pre-mobility skills
241 North Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Provides the rehabilitation and support for individual recovering from illness, injury or elective surgery. Services include physical and occupational therapy, disease/disability specific rehabilitation and sports-related medical care.
Offers a wide variety of services/programming for individuals of all ages who are visually impaired and/or legally blind. Provides tools, education, and support to empower people who are blind and visually impaired to overcome their challenges, achieve their highest degree of independence, and live more fulfilling lives, professionally and personally. Most services are offered in the home, school, work site, and/or are center-based. Services include:
  • Low vision evaluation and recommendation for assistive optical devices
  • Orientation and mobility training for independent travel within one's environment
  • Rehabilitation teaching, including instruction and adaptive techniques to increase/maintain independence
  • Individual and group counseling
  • Vocational training and work readiness programs for preparation to enter or re-enter the work place
  • Summer recreational and vocational programs for young adults
  • Work experiences in competitive employment situations
  • Permanent Placement Services
117 St. Stevens Avenue, Suite 300, Valhalla, NY 10595

The Adaptive Living Program (ALP), is for people who need training and services to assist them in living at home and in the community. In most cases, the consumer has to be over the age of 55, unless they have circumstances where they do not want to pursue employment. The ALP program provides Adjustment Counseling, Rehab Teaching, and Orientation & Mobility. NYSCB contracts with a number of private agencies for the blind who go to consumer's homes to provide services. The primary benefit of this program is to allow senior citizens who are experiencing vision loss to function more independently in daily activities.

41 East Post Road, White Plains, NY 10601
A center dedicated to rehabilitation services for those with disease, disability or injury, with the various therapies needed to accomplish optimum recovery.
2850 North Jerusalem Road, Wantagh, NY 11793
Offers Vision Services, including Assistive Technology and Orientation and Mobility Assessment and Training, for students attending district programs. Vision Assistive Technology Evaluations identify assistive technology devices and services that will help the student access the general curriculum and achieve academic success. Some of the technologies include screen reading software, speech output, scan-and-read systems, computer screen magnification, electronic note takers, and magnifying Closed-Circuit Televisions (CCTVs). Orientation and Mobility (O&M) is an important and integral part of the curriculum in the comprehensive delivery of services to children with visual impairments. Orientation is the process of using sensory information to establish and maintain one's position in the environment; mobility is the process of moving safely, efficiently, and gracefully within one's environment. The ultimate goal of O&M instruction is for visually impaired persons to be able to travel in any environment as independently as possible. To reach this goal, O&M instruction must begin at the earliest possible age. Call for more detailed information.
507 Kent Street, Utica, NY 13501

Teaches blind and visually impaired individuals techniques for determining locations and traveling safely in homes, schools, workplaces, and communities. Area of instruction include indoor navigation, community travel, public transportation, street crossings, sighted guide techniques, vision and sensory training, use of a cane and other mobility tools, route planning, and spatial and environmental concept and development.

510 W 5th St, Jamestown, NY 14701
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1 Park Lane, Corning, NY 14830
Offers rehabilitation services to the blind and visually impaired where case workers go out to individuals homes for assessment and in home rehabilitation related to vision loss, providing cane travel, homemaker training, adaptive reading devices (low vision), talking watches and clocks, and general training in blindness rehabilitation.
1 Helen Keller Way, Hempstead, NY 11550
Provides a range of services to visually impaired seniors to help them independently care for themselves and their homes including individual assessments and evaluations, homemaker training, low vision services, mobility training and rehabilitation teaching. Case management provided. Serves residents of Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
115-117 East Stevens Avenue, Suite 300, Valhalla, NY 10595
The program is designed to help individuals with low vision carry out day-to-day activities. Independent/Adaptive Living services may include: orientation and mobility services, rehabilitation teaching, low vision services and devices, social casework adjustment counseling, and adaptive equipment.
100 South Salina Street, Suite 210, Syracuse, NY 13202
Administers programs and services to enhance employability, maximize independence, and assist in the development of the capacities and strengths of people who are legally blind. Programs include: Equipment Loan Fund, which allows individuals to borrow up to $4,000 to purchase adaptive equipment. Children's services for children who are legally blind, including early intervention rehabilitation, working with and empowering parents, arranging services to supplement educational activities, and ensuring a smooth transition to adult services. Vocational rehabilitation programs for adults and youth ages 14 to 21 years, which provide a number of services, including assessment, information and referral, casework services, job coaching, orientation and mobility training, independent living skills training, and assistive technology assistance. Independent living services for individuals who are not eligible for vocational rehabilitation services and who are not receiving services through another NYSCB Program. These services are provided based on individual need and may include orientation and mobility services, rehabilitation teaching, low vision services and devices, social casework, and adaptive equipment.
127 South Broadway, Main Campus, Yonkers, NY 10701
Provides a full range of rehabilitation services to help people with a wide variety of medical conditions, such as recovering from strokes, heart conditions, sports injuries, back problems, surgery, accidents, arthritis, and overuse conditions such as carpal tunnel syndrome, and more.
174 Court Street, Binghamton, NY 13901
Offers independent and working skills training in a variety of communications, household, personal, technology and related areas. Orientation and mobility training may include how to move about in a specific environment such as a home, school or work place. It usually involves teaching proper techniques for safe and effective travel with a long (white) cane. It also includes training on how to be aware of clues from the environment and knowing your location. Provides an open resource room for individuals to test and purchase accessible computer technology as well as additional low vision and mobility aids. Also offers Braille instruction, early intervention services for children and specialty services for older individuals.
95 Church Street, White Plains, NY 10022
Provides a wide selection of high-quality products that help make life easier for visually impaired individuals, from talking watches and clocks to magnifying mirrors, which are designed to be easy to hold and to use. Also helps individuals adapt by introducing safe, new ways to travel around town, manage household tasks, cooking, personal grooming and managing medications and finances.
7 Community Dr, Cheektowaga, NY 14225
Provides comprehensive primary medical services, women's health services, podiatry, physical therapy, counseling, speech augmentative communication, and a seating and mobility clinic.
2A Richmond Avenue, Batavia, NY 14020
Provides a school for legally blind and multiply disabled students. Offers day, five-day and seven-day ICF program options, OT, PT, speech, music and recreation therapies, O&M, APE, behavioral services and social work.
100 S Salina St Ste 210, Syracuse, NY 13202
Offers guidance and counseling to assist consumers who are legally blind find or retain employment. Vocational counselors work with the consumer to develop an Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE). The IPE acts as a road map to guide the consumer toward their employment goals. Goals vary, and include preparing for and finding a job, continuing at a current workplace or maintaining a household independently.