The POINT provides information referrals and help getting started with programs and services for seniors adults with disabilities and their caregivers.
Information about the RI Department of Mental Health Retardation and Hospitals Eleanor Slater Unified Hospital System (ESH) located at the John O. Pastore Center in Cranston RI and the Eleanor Slater Hospital/Zambarano Unit in Burrillville RI.
The purpose of Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired is to provide eligible individuals with visual impairments the opportunities and support that will enable them to become independent active self-sustaining members of their community.
The RI Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (RI CDHH) provides direct services in its operation of sign language interpreter referral services throughout the State of Rhode Island.
Talking Books Plus the Rhode Island Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped provides a free library service to anyone in Rhode Island who is unable to read standard print because of a visual or physical handicap.
Rhode Islanders were the first to take military action against England by sinking one of her ships in the Narragansett Bay located between Newport and Providence. The English ship was called "The Gaspee".
