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Association
for the Help of Retarded Children (AHRC) Suffolk County
Chapter provides programs and services for over 2,500
men, women and children with developmental disabilities.
We cheer for those who want to learn. We support those
who want to be part of their community. We respect those
who want to work and contribute to society. AHRC
Suffolk, mentally challenged, retarded programs,
intellectual disabilities, developmental disabilities.
Association
for the Help of Retarded Children (AHRC)
Suffolk County Chapter
Association for the Help of Retarded
Children (AHRC) Suffolk County Chapter
provides programs and services for over
2,500 men, women and children with
developmental disabilities. Our staff
numbers over 1000 dedicated individuals. Our
membership includes close to 2,000 families,
and our support base of corporate and
private supporters continues to grow,
helping Association for the Help of Retarded
Children (AHRC) Suffolk County Chapter
provide individualized and dynamic
opportunities for the individuals we serve.
Association for the Help of Retarded
Children (AHRC) Suffolk County Chapter is
like a large extended family whose members
are our staff and program participants. We
are here to offer solutions, advice, comfort
and support.
It was a different world 60 years ago,
especially for families of children with
intellectual and other developmental
disabilities. Not much was understood about
their problems. There were few alternatives
outside of full-time parental care. They
were shunned by society and largely ignored
by public education. And for the most part,
professional assistance could only be found
in institutions that were hardly more than
warehouses… places of little help and less
hope.
But in 1949, a small group of parents came
together to form AHRC, a new organization
founded on the conviction that every person,
regardless of their intellectual abilities,
has the right to live with dignity, learn
with pride and work to achieve their highest
potential.
From a handful of volunteers, AHRC Suffolk
(a chapter of NYSARC, Inc.) has grown to be
one of the region's most trusted
organizations and a leading voice on behalf
of intellectually challenged children,
adults and their families. Our school, day
habs, community residences and on- and
off-premises employment opportunities
provide a comprehensive range of programs
and services, delivered by an experienced
caring staff. At heart, AHRC Suffolk remains
very much a family ... a community of
parents, teaching and health care
professionals, volunteers, business partners
and supporters bound by a common goal: to
provide a life of opportunity for the
intellectually and physically disabled. We
invite you to join our community and share
our vision for the future.
We cheer for those who want to learn.
We support those who want to be part of
their community.
We respect those who want to work and
contribute to society.
Association
for the Help of Retarded Children (AHRC)
Suffolk County Chapter
2900 Veterans Memorial highway
Bohemia, NY 11716
t 631-585-0100
info@ahrcsuffolk.org
www.ahrcsuffolk.org
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