Central New York Developmental Disabilities Services Office

Dual Works Designs a Creative Space for People With Disabilities

Sense, a disability charity, tapped Dual Works to transform their disability center into an inclusive space for people with disabilities.

Bakery to use augmented reality to train adults with disabilities

If you’re an adult with disabilities, what do you get when you combine a Cuban-American bakery chain known for its pastelitos and café Cubano, the latest augmented reality (AR) technology and a col…

Ada's trains those with disabilities to make great food

Ada's Cafe is a startup enterprise with an unusual mission: employing people with disabilities to prepare and serve great food.

Appreciating them ‘just the way they are’

For World Down Syndrome Day, Tina Baldwin wants people to know about the connection between Alzheimer’s Disease and Down syndrome.

Why Seniors Want Home Care

According to a recent study, 87% of seniors would prefer to age in place by remaining at home. But, why are the number of seniors in nursing homes and hospitals on the rise? Here are three reasons why seniors today want home care and aren’t always getting what they want.

Homeowners With Developmental Disabilities Bond As Roommates

For 14 years, three men with developmental disabilities have owned their own home, meticulously maintaining it like no one else, and they wouldn't have it any other way.

New Program Aims To Train Doctors On Developmental Disabilities

A new effort is underway to better prepare future doctors and other health care professionals to treat people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

For People With Developmental Disabilities, Food Work Means More Self Reliance

Finding a job and building a life of their own can be a monumental challenge for people with developmental disabilities. But food work can be a good fit for many of them.

Cristen Reat's 5 Favorite Apps for Her Kids with Disabilities

Protecting special needs kids financially

More than 56 million Americans have some type of disability, according to the Census Bureau. Autism, for example, affects one in 50 children. For parents of a child with a disability, the great fear is: "What

3 products for your child with special needs to try

Our health system doesn't serve the developmentally challenged

The developmentally challenged, including people with autism, are losing out in the current systems.

Types of Learning and Developmental Disabilities

Find out the best ways to handle some of the most common childhood learning and development disabilities.Even though there is more information than ever before regarding childhood developmental and learning disorders there are still so many things we don’t quite understand and there is also

What Does It Mean If My Child Has a Developmental Disability?

Developmental disabilities are a complex group of disorders. Learn about developmental disabilities in children and their outcomes.

Artists with disabilities inspire

Thursday afternoon welcomed one of the most inspiring and admirable of exhibitions to enter the Clark Art Institute. The Stone Hill Center hosted a variety of works produced under the Community Acc…

PLANNING MATTERS: Lifetime of care for adults with developmental disabilities

I recently spoke with a group of parents at the Friendship Home in Norwell, which is a day program and respite home for adults with developmental