Self Advocacy Association in NYS

It has been great working with everyone all across the state this year. Looking forward to working together in 2013, making sure self advocates have a voice in all the changes going on! Keep speaking up for yourself and organizing… Read the rest

The Statewide Media of the Year Award was awarded to the Syracuse Post. Click here to see the story and photo.

Check out the Ride the Waiver page for photos, videos, and info about the Statewide Self Advocacy Conference held in October 2012. Click here

Click here to download the 2012 State conference registration form

Click on the link to download the registration form and register for the 2012 Statewide Self Advocacy Conference

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Congratulations to Hanif Joseph, the winner of this year’s logo contest!

Click on the picture for information about the conference

On May 25, 2012 we lost one of our founding members, Ms. Lisa Obrist, who died of a sudden heart attack. She was a courageous woman with a loving… Read the rest

SAVE THE DATE!!

October 25th, 26th, 27th, 2012

(Thursday – Saturday)

at the

Albany Marriott

      The 2012 Statewide

     Self-Advocacy Conference

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Testimony at the Joint Legislative Hearing on the Executive Budget

Presented  by Shameka Andrews and Clint Perrin, SANYS’s Co-Directors of Policy

Shameka

Clint

Members of the Self-Advocacy Association of New York State, Inc. attended the New York State Association for Community Residential Agencies (NYSACRA) , January 31st, 2012 Legislative Breakfast.

Robert Klein, SANYS President talks about SANYS Key Legislative Budget, Waiver and Legislative… Read the rest

We are pleased to share SANYS’s response to OPWDD’s Waiver Request For Information (RFI), an important part of the People First Waiver Application. Our response covers 22 questions that we choose to focus on that we felt were most related or… Read the rest