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Go to Navigation Go to Content NYC.gov Home | Residents | Business | Visitors | Government | Office of Mayor MOPD Home About MOPD Commissioner's Message Resources for the Disabled Community Advocacy / Independent Living Education Employment Housing Transportation Recreation Disability-Specific Resources Blind and Low Vision Deaf and Hard of Hearing Learning Disabilities Mental Retardation / Developmental Disabilities Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP) City Programs Benefits Disability Mentoring Day (DMD) About DMD DMD Committee Members Become a Mentor Become a Mentee DMD Workshops Laws Federal State Local Photo Gallery Forms News Contact VIRTUAL MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO THE LATE MOPD COMMISSIONER MATTHEW P. SAPOLIN ON HIS BIRTHDAY Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities (MOPD) Acting Commissioner/General Counsel Jason Mischel announced the launch of the online Sapolin Virtual Memorial, in honor of the late MOPD Commissioner Matthew P. Sapolin, who passed away on November 29, 2011 and who would have been 42 years old on March 12, 2012. Read the press release (in PDF) Visit and sign the virtual memorial to Commissioner Sapolin Artist SpotLITE The Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities is honoring New York City Artists with Disabilities. We created the Artist SpotLITE Gallery to showcase their work. Click Here for Gallery Learn About The LGBTQ Family Therapy Intervention Pilot (FTIP) Program As part of its landmark report All Our Children: Strategies to Prevent Homelessness, Strengthen Services and Build Support for LGBTQ Youth, the New York City Commission for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) Runaway and Homeless Youth noted that LGBTQ youth are disproportionally represented among New York City's homeless and runaway youth, and that those who identify as LGBTQ are even more vulnerable than heterosexual homeless youth, due to factors such as family rejection, high rates of mental illness, and greater use of survival strategies that increase risk for HIV/AIDS.As part of its landmark report All Our Children: Strategies to Prevent Homelessness, Strengthen Services and Build Support for LGBTQ Youth, the New York City Commission for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) Runaway and Homeless Youth noted that LGBTQ youth are disproportionally represented among New York City's homeless and runaway youth, and that those who identify as LGBTQ are even more vulnerable than heterosexual homeless youth, due to factors such as family rejection, high rates of mental illness, and greater use of survival strategies that increase risk for HIV/AIDS. Click here for more information (in PDF) Download the flyer AAPD has chosen New York City for the 2012 DMD National Launch On Wednesday, October 17, 2012, MOPD will once again serve as the local coordinator for National Disability Mentoring Day (DMD). Beginning in 1999 as a White House initiative, DMD has become a large-scale national and international effort to promote career development for students and job seekers with disabilities through hands-on career exploration, on-site job shadowing and ongoing mentoring. DMD is nationally hosted by the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), the largest cross-disability membership organization in the country. In 2011, DMD connected nearly 16,500 students and job seekers with disabilities with thousands of employers in more than 250 locations across all 50 states. Every year, AAPD chooses a local DMD program to host the DMD National Launch. This year, in honor of Matthew Sapolin, AAPD has chosen New York City for the 2012 DMD National Launch and will join us in celebrating his legacy as we continue our efforts to promote disability employment awareness. Download the flyer (in PDF) Taxi of Tomorrow Event With Nissan & Braun Corporation On Thursday May 3, 2012 at 9:30 AM at Lighthouse International, the NYC Mayor’s Office for People With Disabilities and the Taxi & Limousine Commission will be hosting a presentation by Nissan and its wheelchair accessibility partner, The Braun Corporation, regarding the wheelchair accessible version of the Nissan NV200 that will be available for use as a NYC taxi in October 2013. The presentation will take place on the 2nd floor of Lighthouse International, 111 E. 59th Street between Park Ave. and Lexington Ave., NYC, and will be accessible by four (4) working elevators. In order to attend this event, you must RSVP to Inat German by no later than 12pm on Wednesday May 2, 2012 at the Mayor’s Office for People With Disabilities by the following: email at igerman@cityhall.nyc.gov Please note that this is a closed event, and only those who have RSVP-d will be admitted. Thank you. WHACK'd...and then everything was different: Portraits of Traumatic Brain Injury Survivors By Eliette Markhbein March 15 - April 15, 2012 550 First Avenue at 32nd Street, first floor Gallery Hours: Learn more (in PDF) DOWNrightART Exhibition Today Today is the closing of the three-day World Down Syndrome Day celebration that began on Wednesday. In honor of this occasion, Alexander's Angels invites you to attend its DOWNrightART exhibition. Artists from Australia, the UK, Alaska, and Puerto Rico, and representatives from Canada are in New York City for this event. A piece from the American Visionary Museum of Baltimore is included in the exhibition. Although the exhibition will continue until March 29th, the celebration will end today and the artists and their families will return home. Closing the event will concert by Chris Burke and his band. Chris played the role of Corky on the ABC TV series Life Goes On. The site is located at 28 West 27 Street, 2nd floor. The program today will start at noon with the closing concert beginning at 5:45 p.m. and lasting for one hour. For more information, go to www.alexandersangels.org. Verbal Description and Touch Tours at the Rubin Museum of Art The Rubin Museum of Art, a cultural and educational institution dedicated to the art of the Himalayas, is now offering Verbal Description and Touch Tours for audiences who are partially sighted and blind. Tours are one-hour in length and take visitors on a journey that interweaves the arts, history, religion, and culture of the Himalayas. Guides provide participants with close, careful descriptions of images and sculpture, helping them to form visualizations of the pieces. Participants are then invited to touch objects, including sculpture, art materials, wood blocks, and ritual implements. Visitors also experience some of the sacred sounds and smells of the Himalayas through incense and traditional music. We are excited to announce that our Access Programs are now completely free of charge! Museum admission is waived for visitors with tour reservations. Tours are offered on the second Tuesday of every month at 2 pm. Space is limited and reservations are recommended to be made at least two weeks in advance. To reserve a spot on an upcoming public tour or to book a private tour, please contact: 212-620-5000 ext. 345 or reservations@rmanyc.org. Learn more Hear the Ball New York City Hear the Ball will provide components of education, social networking and an introduction to a sport that benefits those with vision disabilities. At this event the Long Island Bombers will compete against WFAN 660 in an exhibition game of beep baseball. Beep baseball is a sport that allows individuals with vision disabilities the opportunity to interact socially while Beep Baseball is an adapted version of our national pastime, and with the beep of a ball and buzz of a base it enables athletes with vision disabilities to enjoy team competition. Central Park North Meadow Download the flyer (in PDF) Paralympic Sports Experience Clinic Athletes with physical disabilities, ages 5 and up, have the opportunity to participate in a Paralympic Sport Day. Come learn how you can participate in track, field, archery, and weight lifting. Parents will learn what sports participation can do for their children. Individual sessions will be run by experienced coaches for the disabled. Come meet 3-time Paralympian, Jessica Galli, winner of six Paralympic medals, current national and world record holder in the 400 and 800 meter track events and other Paralympians. For more information contact one of the clubs below. Date: Saturday, October 1, 2011 PARALYMPIC SPORT EXPERIENCE Children’s Lightning Wheels North Jersey Navigators Register for the event Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities and The New York Yankees Celebrate Disability Awareness Night by Honoring Art Beyond Sight and I.D.E.A.S. The Mayor's Office for People With Disabilities (MOPD) and the New York Yankees celebrated Disability Awareness Night as part of the MOPD’s commemoration of the 21ST Anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). Before the Yankees took on the Oakland Athletics at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, MOPD Commissioner Matthew Sapolin presented Certificates of Appreciation on behalf of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg to Art Beyond Sight/Art Education for the Blind and IDEAS. Read the press release Mayor Bloomberg and Commissioner Sapolin Host Reception in Honor of 21st Anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities (MOPD) Commissioner Matthew Sapolin today hosted a reception at Gracie Mansion to celebrate the 21th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Signed in 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act has fostered independence, empowerment and inclusion for millions of Americans. Mayor Bloomberg and Commissioner Sapolin presented five awards recognizing individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to increasing accessibility for people with disabilities. Joining the Mayor and Commissioner Sapolin at the reception were Deputy Mayor of Legal Affairs Carol Robles-Román; U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Jean Kennedy Smith; Linda Scarce-Turner, EVP for Human Services, Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern New Jersey; Bobbi Wailes, Director, Department of Programs and Services for People with Disabilities, Lincoln Center; Stephen Hanson, Founder & President, BR Guest Hospitality; and Dale Stone, Senior Vice President, Government Relations, Motorola Disability. Read the full press release Go to Navigation Go to Content Copyright 2007 The City of New York |
