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Instead, a facility in Elwyn, Pennsylvania was funded by the New Jersey State legislature. Reverend S. Olin Garrison was offered the Scarborough Mansion and 40 acres (160,000 m 2) to establish a facility for mentally disabled people in Vineland, New Jersey by philanthropist B. D. Maxham. On March 1, 1888, the training school officially opened ...
The Burlington County Special Services School District is a special education public school district headquartered in Westampton, in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, whose schools offer educational and therapeutic services for students of elementary and high school age from across the county who have emotional of physical disabilities that cannot be addressed by their ...
YAI, previously known as the Young Adult Institute, is an organization serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in the United States. YAI launched as a pilot program at a small school in Brooklyn, New York, in February 1957. [ 1 ]
The state announced $3.4 million in grants on Wednesday to develop community-based housing for New Jerseyans with disabilities currently living in nursing homes not meant for their needs.
New Jersey announced $6 million to help expand space in group homes for people with disabilities now in nursing homes. That follows a report that found hundreds of people living in nursing homes ...
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People with disabilities were considered "menaces." Dr. Henry Goddard, a psychologist at Vineland Training School in New Jersey, wrote a book claiming that they investigated the family history of a woman at the institution and demonstrated that "feeble-mindedness" was genetic and caused all of social ills. Goddard said,
New Jersey seniors and residents with disabilities will have more transportation options under a bipartisan bill signed into law by Gov. Phil Murphy last week.