The Roosevelt Island Disabled Association ( RIDA ) with help and support from the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp ( RIOC ) and Carter Burden Network Roosevelt Island Senior Center hosted a Disability Fair for all ages and types of disabilities yesterday afternoon at Good Shepherd Plaza.
Despite some initial rain and thunder, the weather cleared, rain stopped and
Roosevelt Island residents came out to the fair to learn about available
resources and info.
Excellent work yesterday on Roosevelt Island as they held their Disability Fair for residents.
Special shout out to ! @RIOCny @CBurdenNetwork pic.twitter.com/QNJvlS2i5A
Ben Kallos (@kallos) July 22, 2021
RIDA President Wendy Hersh tells us about the Roosevelt Island Disability Fair (Photos by Irina Hage):
surface but even before that we have a large population of people with
disabilities living here and very few resources so we’ve been wanting to do
this for a while.
We have all different agencies that service people with disabilities. We have mental health, we have substance abuse, we have hearing loss and visually impaired, we have case management, we have Access VR
where I work which helps students up to whatever age and adults who want to go back to work. We help them get training at work.
We have YAI which deals with people with developmental disabilities.
The politicians are here, Senator Serrano’s office
and Ben Kallos’. The Fortune Society is here who have an array of services for people with disabilities or without disabilities who have criminal justice involvement. We have an agency that deals with Alzheimer’s disease and we have two visually impaired agencies here….
It’s a good combination of people…
Organizations attending the Roosevelt Island Disable Fair include:
Brooklyn Center For Independence Of The Disabled
Carter Burden Network Senior Centers
Disabled Association Support For Seniors & Homebound (DASH)
Hearing Loss Association on NY
New York State Commission for the Blind
NYC Commission on Human Rights
National Rehabilitation Association (NRA)
Office of Emergency Management Services
NY State Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright
Roosevelt Island Disabled Association
Visiting Nurse Services of NY- Pears-
More pictures of the RIDA Disability Fair here from Irina Island Images.
