Disability Links
Local
Santa Fe Transit System, (505) 955-2001
Santa Fe Paratransit System, (505) 955-2001 or (505) 473-4444 or (505) 955-2022 TDDD/TTY
Santa Fe Pickup
The Santa Fe Pickup shuttle service is a way for NM Rail Runner passengers to get around for once they step off the train. Free to train passengers and everyone else, this shuttle makes rounds of Santa Fe's downtown area.
Senior Services, (505) 955-4721 or toll free (866) 824-8714
Information to support and assist senior citizen programs such as Foster Grandparent, Meals on Wheels, Home Management, Senior Olympics and Senior Companion Programs.
Assistance Dogs of the West, (505) 986-9748 or toll free (866) 986-3489
To be considered a service dog, the dog must be trained to perform tasks directly related to the person's disability.
New Vistas,(505) 471-1001
Promotes independence and self-reliance through a variety of community based services for persons with disabilities and children with special needs and their families. Early childhood services, (505) 988-3803
New Mexico Relay Telephone Service, (800) 659-1779
For persons with hearing impairments.
Open Hands, (505) 428-2320
Provides services to assist elderly, disabled or economically disadvantaged New Mexicans to live with dignity and independence.
Challenge New Mexico, (505) 988-7652
CNM is committed to providing quality of life programs for people with disabilities since 1957.
National Dance Institute of New Mexico, (505) 983-7646 ext. 124
Classes are inclusive: Children with special needs and disabilities dance along with their classmates.
State
Governor's Commission on Disability, (505) 476-0412
This site includes the text of disability laws including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Service Animals (28-11-3 NMSA 1978), Accessible Parking, Quality of Life Grant Program and links of interest to those with disabilities.
New Mexico Commission for the Blind, Santa Fe Office: (505) 476-4479
Our mission is to enable persons who are blind to achieve vocational, economic and scocial equality by providing career preparation, training in the skills of blindness and above all, promoting and conveying the belief that blindness is not a barrier to successful emplyment, or to living an independent and meaningful life.
Other States
This site can serve as an "online teacher's aid for special populations".
Career Technical Special Populations Training and Resource Education Center.