Client Services
Services for Individuals with Visual Impairments
The Center for Assistive Technology has a contract to provide the following Assistive Technology services for clients of the Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped (CBVH) of Western New York:
- Assessment
- Training
- On-Site Evaluation
- On-Site Equipment Installation
Approach
- Referral to the Center is provided by the client's vocational counselor at the local CBVH office.
- Contact(s) for the Buffalo ATC at the Center for Assistive Technology are: Christine Oddo and Sumana Silverheels.
- Phone: (716) 829-3141
- Fax: (716) 829-3217
- Counties Served: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, and Wyoming
The Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped has contracted with eight other organizations to establish Adaptive Technology Centers (ATC's) for their clients across New York State (their addresses follow this list):
- ABVI - Rochester
- Aurora of Central New York - Syracuse
- NABA - Albany
- CABVI - Utica
- Westchester Lighthouse - White Plains
- Helen Keller Services for the Blind - Brooklyn
- Helen Keller Services for the Blind - Hempstead
- The Lighthouse, Inc. - New York City
ABVI-Goodwill
Phone: (585) 697-5753
Contact(s): Christopher Frank
Counties Served: Chemung, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, Yates.
Aurora of Central New York - Syracuse
518 James Street
Syracuse, NY 13202
Phone: (315) 422-7263
Fax: (315) 422-4792
TDD: (315) 422-9746
Contact(s): John Kassel and Theresa Raymond
Counties Served: Broome, Cayuga, Cortland, Jefferson, Onondaga, Oswego, Tioga, Tompkins.
Northeastern Association of the Blind at Albany (NABA)
301 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12206
Phone: (518) 463-1211
Fax: (518) 436-4194
Contact(s): Art Rizzino
Counties Served: Albany, Clinton, Columbia, Essex, Hamilton, Franklin, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren, Washington.
Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (CABVI)
507 Kent Street
Utica, NY 13501
Phone: (315) 797-2233
Fax: (315) 797-2250
Contact(s): Kim Hall
Counties Served: Chenango, Delaware, Fulton, Herkimer, Lewis, Madison, Montgomery, Oneida, Otsego, and St. Lawrence.
Westchester Lighthouse
44 Church Street
White Plains, NY 10601
Phone: (914) 761-3221
Fax: (914) 761-0484
Contact(s) Dawn Suvino
Counties Served: Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, Westchester.
Helen Keller Services for the Blind
57 Willoughby Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone: (718) 522-2122
Fax: (718) 935-9463
Contact(s): Ray Fernandez
Counties served: Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Staten Island.
Helen Keller Services for the Blind - Hempstead
One Helen Keller Way
Hempstead, NY 11550
Phone: (516) 485-1234
Fax: (516) 538-6785
Contact(s): Darius Pietrocola
Counties served: Nassau, Suffolk, Queens.
The Lighthouse, Inc. - New York City
111 East 59th Street
New York, NY 10222
Phone: (212) 821-9200, (800) 829-0500
Fax: (212) 821-9707
TTY: (212) 821-9713
Counties Served: Bronx, Manhattan, Queens.
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