Tri-Development Center of Aiken County, Inc.

OUR PURPOSE

To help people with disabilities discover and move toward desirable personal futures by assisting them through:

·        Helping them set goals and envision positive futures

·        Creating opportunities

·        Protecting them from abuse and neglect

·        Assisting them in their quest for the enjoyment of the best possible health

·        Delivering a variety of supports

 To offer needed help in ways that protect and promote valued experiences now that include:

·        Living free from abuse and neglect

·        Growing in personal relationships

·        Sharing ordinary community places and activities

·        Contributing

·        Making choices

·        Being treated with respect and having a valued social role

To offer needed help in ways that support and strengthen community competence to include:

·        Supporting family and friends who care

·        Strengthening links to community networks

·        Expanding membership in community associations

·        Increasing the openness of the local economy

·        Improving the effectiveness and inclusiveness of services and benefits available to all local citizens 

To assist our community in its understanding of how each of its members has a responsibility in the prevention of lifelong disabilities:

·        Conducting educational programs on the causes of lifelong disabilities

·        Supporting genetics clinics in our community

·        Working with area businesses, educational institutions, local government, churches, etc., to decrease the incidence of lifelong disabilities

(Pictured above is Norman Spencer, an individual with a lifelong disability, who was dearly loved by many throughout the community. We were privileged to have been able to assist him over many years of his life.)