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Home for mentally challenged children and youth promotes progressive policies, scientific research, effective practices, and universal human rights for people with intellectual disabilities.
Home has adopted set of principles to accomplish the mission:
- Achieving full social inclusion and participation of people with intellectual disabilities.
- Advocating for equality, individual dignity and other human rights.
- Promoting genuine accommodations to expand participation in all aspects of life.
- Increasing access to quality health, education, vocational, and other human services and supports.
- Expanding opportunities for choice and self-determination.
- Influencing positive attitudes and public awareness by recognizing the contributions of people with intellectual disabilities.
- Advancing basic and applied research to prevent or minimize the effects of intellectual disability and to enhance the quality of life.
- Enhancing skills, knowledge, rewards and conditions of employees working in the field.
- Establishing partnerships and strategic alliances with organizations that share our values and goals.
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