Events for people with disabilities
The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill sponsors a family support group meeting at 7 p. m. Wednesday in St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 4007 Main St., Amherst. For information, call 832-4035.
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The NFTA Advisory Committee on the Disabled will meet at 2:30 p. m. Thursday in the Niagara Frontier Center for Independent Living, 1522 Main St., Niagara Falls. It is open to those interested in learning about the NFTA’s accessible services and programs for people with disabilities. For information, call 855-7286 or 855-7650 (TDD).
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Community Services for the Developmentally Disabled Project COACH program will host a free open house from 6 to 8 p. m. Tuesday in Community Services’ office, 1845 Kenmore Ave., Kenmore. Program staff will be available for questions. For information, call Gail Baehre at 877-1111.
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Literacy Empowerment Action Plan of WNY ( LEAP), 3200 Elmwood Ave., Town of Tonawanda, is accepting children in grades 1-12 with significant reading difficulties for its diagnostic reading assessment and remedial instruction programs. To schedule an appointment or for information, call 873-0429 or visit www.leapofwny.org . •••
The Buffalo State College Speech-Language-Hearin g Clinic offers Stroke and Hope Aphasia Support Group for Survivors and their Families from 2 to 3 p. m. Friday in Caudell Hall, Buffalo State College, 1300 Elmwood Ave. For information, call 878-3530 or 878-5319.
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Native American Independent Living Services ( NAILS) will hold a Talking Circle community discussion group at 6 p. m. every Sunday on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation, 11298 Route 20, Irving. For information, call 836-0822, Ext. 127, or 836-4622.
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CHC Learning Center, 80 Lawrence Bell Drive, Suite 115, Amherst, provides educational and therapeutic programming for preschool and school-age children (infant to 21 years of age). Classes are small and structured to meet the individual needs of students with multiple disabilities. Certified special- education teachers and educational aides staff each classroom. For more information, call 204-0355.
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The Niagara Hearing Clinic offers audiology services and hearing aid dispensing for individuals with disabilities in two locations: Shaw Building, 5467 Upper Mountain Road, Lockport (call 439-7461), or Trott Access Center, 1001 Eleventh St., Niagara Falls (call 278-8190). Services are by appointment only by calling either location.
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The Claddagh Commission, 7200 Lake Shore Road, Derby, offers a variety of services for people with developmental disabilities, including residential settings and/or day habilitation services; at-home services that help individuals meet their needs within their own homes; supportive work opportunities within the community, including the New Angola Theater; service coordination to help individuals secure and monitor services. For information, call 947-5857.
Items of timely events may be submitted by fax, 856-5150 or by mail to City Desk, Events for the Disabled, The Buffalo News, P. O. Box 100, Buffalo, NY 14240.
