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The New York Assistive Technology Advocacy Project
Supported by NYS Office of Advocate for Persons with Disabilities, TRAID Project, a Project
Supported by NYS Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities (CQC), through a grant from the
Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA), U.S. Department of Education. Opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of either CQC or RSA


Thank you for visiting the New York Assistive Technology Funding Link. which supports the advocacy efforts of attorneys, advocates, service agencies, persons with disabilities and their families as they seek funding for AT services and devices in New York State.

Benefits Management Manual (2009 version) now available and for sale.  This 230 page, 12-chapter reference book is acclaimed by many as the definitive work on Social Security/SSI work incentives and related issues. Click on this link for Table of Contents, 2 sample chapters and descriptive brochure with order form


Funding Of Assistive Technology To Make Work A Reality - Funding for Work-Related Assistive Technology Through Special Education Programs, State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies, Medicaid, Medicare and SSI's Plan for Achieving Self Support  31 Pages; 153 footnotes, also in pdf


Work Incentives for Persons with Disabilities Under the Social Security and SSI Programs  This publication was published in the March-April 2002 issue of Clearinghouse Review, a trade journal for Legal Services and Protection and Advocacy programs.  The 2002 version of this article replaces the most recent version produced in December 1999 for the National Assistive Technology (AT) Advocacy Project, a special project of Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc. (NLS) in Buffalo , New York. To view this document in its original form in PDF format with footnotes at the bottom of each page rather than endnotes CLICK HERE

Project Description Funding of AT Booklet Series
Americans with Disabilities Act - ADA Articles
ImpAcT - The Projects Previous Newsletters

Spring-Summer 08 issue of ImpAcT - DISABILITY, DIVORCE, SSI AND MEDICAID; Using Creative Alimony, Child Support, and Property Settlements to Maximize SSI, Obtain Medicaid, and Create Funding for Assistive Technology

National AT Conference Handouts from 1999 to 2006

Legal Research Links
Disability Organizations Survey/Document Return

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