CIDNY – Manhattan

CIDNY is a nonprofit organization founded in 1978 and part of the Independent Living Centers movement. Our staff, board, and members are comprised of social workers, lawyers, and other highly qualified professionals who are diverse and have language capacity in American Sign Language, Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese, Edo, English, Farsi, French, Greek, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Loma, Mandarin, Nepali, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Tibetan, Urdu, Uzbeki, and Yiddish. We strive for self-determination and to make sure that the voices of people with disabilities are heard. CIDNY educates the public, advocates for civil rights and a strong safety net of benefits and services, and ensures that issues affecting our lives are decided fairly.