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YAI launched as a pilot program at a small school in Brooklyn, New York, in February 1957. [1] The pilot program was run by co-founders Bert MacLeech and Pearl Maze and served seven people with I/DD. [2] Today, YAI has expanded to a team of over 4,000 employees and supports over 20,000 people in the I/DD community.
In 1994, Eden II opened its preschool program to serve children with autism, ages 3–5. This intensive program focuses on learning readiness skills, academics, social and self-help skills. Realizing a need for services on Long Island, the Genesis School, an educational annex of Eden II, opened in Plainview, New York in September 1995 ...
AHRC New York City was founded in 1949 [3] by Ann Greenberg and other parents of children with intellectual disabilities, who found the services available to their child inadequate. [ 4 ] In 1954, AHRC New York City established the first sheltered workshop in the United States .
The Arc New York (previously known as the NYSARC) is the largest organization serving people with developmental disabilities. [ citation needed ] A non-profit, The Arc New York serves over 60,000 people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities through its 55 chapters in New York state.
Obtained by The New York Post The horrific case casts a spotlight on the prominent 100-year-old institution, which collects millions of dollars in state and city taxpayer funds to educate and ...
NEXT for AUTISM is a non-profit organization founded in 2003 to address the needs of autistic people and their families. The organization was founded by Laura and Harry Slatkin and Ilene Lainer. One of NEXT for AUTISM's most well known accomplishments was opening the first charter school in New York to exclusively serve autistic students. [1]
The Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act, a state law that passed in 1969, entitles any person with developmental disabilities to the services and support needed to have a full and ...
It is one of New York State’s largest agencies, with a mandate to provide services and supports to more than 130,000 people [1] with intellectual or developmental disabilities and leads a workforce of more than 22,000 direct support staff, clinicians, nurses, researchers and other professionals throughout the state. It operates 13 ...