HASC

The following is what I pulled out of my archives (that I’ve written previously) in support of HASC:

While schooling may be enough to thrust a person into life, it is insufficient for one with special needs. HASC has therefore initiated many training exercises to prepare the unfortunate with life experience. Vocational training is done with a workshop on premises, built precisely for handicapped and impaired individuals. A stimulated factory-like setting maximizes their money management skills and teaches them proper work conduct. This instructs the intellectually challenged and disabled how to sustain in a working environment, ultimately placing them into stable jobs. Programs and techniques are used to give them the independence needed for daily challenges. Special activities teach them the importance of good health and communication skills. Workshops and one-on-one interactions train them for daily responsibilities, such as shopping, preparing meals, etc. A scenic camp, located in the picturesque Catskill Mountains, is a great outlet for their physical being cultivating their social understandings at the same time.

Education and training may still not be enough. They might also need individualized care, health and living quarters being just a mere fraction. Parents and families suffer terribly having a special child or sibling in their midst, often leaving a mark on the special child. Previously planned vacations are terminated abruptly, and family events may be shattered. Special requirements must be set and much attention must be given. Quality residences house these individuals, built and designed specifically for disabled and handicapped persons. A warm, homey atmosphere surrounds its inhabitants with caring counselors on location, teaching them home responsibilities and neighborly relations. Respite homes reprieve the family from constant obligations and at-home habilitation offers them time to breathe. In addition, HASC has a health clinic with a team of devoted physicians to care for disabled patients. Trained nurses with keen understanding have the ability to understand their therapeutic demands. Custom equipment and therapists are suited to give handicapped patients the rehabilitation they require.