Rehabilitative and habilitative services are among 10 %22essential benefits%22 Number of people who might benefit from such services also is uncertain 15%25 of children between the ages of 3 and 17 ...

“To rehabilitate,” according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, means “to restore to a former capacity.” But what if that capacity — be it walking or talking or brushing one’s teeth — was never there ...

The pendulum has swung during many decades. On the one extreme, a prevalent view in the 1960s and into the 1970s was that almost any offender could be redeemed through participation in a variety of ...

For more than 40 years, we have been providing adults with special needs with the knowledge, skills and behavior needed to lead useful and productive lives, with dignity, respect and independence.

1. States Parties shall take effective and appropriate measures, including through peer support, to enable persons with disabilities to attain and maintain maximum independence, full physical, mental, ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Missouri's state-run residential centers for the developmentally disabled have long been scrutinized in the aftermath of client ...