Intellectual Disability

Intellectual disability means significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning, existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period, that adversely affects a student's educational performance. 

  • Offers sample template letters to communicate with school, informational video recordings.

  • Offers a website for families to learn about school options in the City of Rochester.

  • Connects families to private providers and services through OPWDD for evaluations and therapies.

  • Although this category is limited parents and caregivers can connect directly to each other through their Facebook communities.

  • Provides support and resources to empower families with children who have all types of disabilities or special healthcare needs including kids with Intellectual Disabilities.

  • Offers support and training to educational organizations, families, and communities to improve equity, access, opportunities, and outcomes for all students with disabilities in New York State.