Tag: developmental disabilities
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Middlesworth Road Supportive Housing serves those with developmental disabilities
New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (NJHMFA) held a groundbreaking ceremony for Middlesworth Road Supportive Housing, serving persons with developmental disabilities. ADTI Housing Corp., the housing subsidiary of Alternatives, Inc., completed renovations on the single-family home located in Hillsborough to best serve individuals with developmental disabilities. Every resident will now have access to…
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The Arc Middlesex County celebrates 70 years of serving residents with disabilities
As the culture for people who have a disability moves away from an institutionalized setting and encourages them to be integrated into the community, The Arc provides services to help those individuals adjust to a productive life. The Arc Middlesex County runs 20 group homes and four vocational centers across the county, offers family support…
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Friends of Cyrus opens clinic in Spotswood for children with autism
Friends of Cyrus, a New Jersey-based organization for children and adults with autism and developmental disabilities, held its official open house for its inaugural Children’s ABA Clinic on Jan. 12. The children’s clinic for ages 18 months to 5 years old offers residents of central New Jersey individualized Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) services supervised by…
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‘Boys in the Bunkhouse’ author to speak in Metuchen on April 25
The First Presbyterian Church of Metuchen will hold a discussion about the book “Boys in the Bunkhouse: Servitude & Salvation in the Heartland” presented by author Dan Barry, New York Times senior reporter and Pulitzer Prize winner at 7 p.m. on April 25 in the FPC Social Center, 270 Woodbridge Ave., Metuchen. “Boys in the Bunkhouse” chronicles the…
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Popcorn firm that employs adults with autism opens new facility
EAST BRUNSWICK Creating edible kernel flavors ranging from cookies and cream to buffalo wing, Popcorn for the People opened its newest location. Popcorn For the People is a project through Let’s Work For Good, which was founded in 2015 by developmental pediatrician Barbie Zimmerman Bier and her husband Steven, along with their son Samuel, who…
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Sweeney fought to protect funding for those with disabilities
The state budget battle took many twists and turns this year, but we would be remiss not to acknowledge the final funding bill and the members of the Legislature who fought tirelessly on behalf of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Specifically, I would like to acknowledge the hard work of Senate President Steve Sweeney…