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Our mission is to create a system that ensures children with
disabilities grow up in families instead of institutions
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Developmental Disability

A developmental disability is a severe, chronic disability which

  • originated at birth or during childhood
  • is expected to continue indefinitely, and
  • substantially restricts the individual’s functioning in several major life activities such as:
    • self-care
    • language
    • mobility
    • self-direction
    • learning

Examples of developmental disabilities include:

Autism
Brain injury
Cerebral Palsy
Down Syndrome
Intellectual disability


For more information, click on the following link:

Functional needs
go to Support Families Children Who Need Support families page

go to Characteristics of Sucessful Support Families page
go to How To Become a  Support Family page
go to Matching Children and Support Families page
go to Transition Planning page
go to Funding for Support Families page
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