History
The Arc was founded in 1950 by a small group of parents and other concerned individuals. At that time, the organization claims, there was a lack of awareness about and community programs for children and adults with developmental disabilities and their support families.
In the early days the association worked to create a more positive public perception of children with mental retardation and to assert to parents and others the potential of people with mental retardation. The Arc also worked to procure services for children and adults who were denied day care, preschool, education and work programs.
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“What has history to do with me? Mine is the first and only world! I want to report how I find the world. What others have told me about the world is a very small and incidental part of my experience. I have to judge the world, to measure things.”
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