LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION commending Center for Disability Services upon
the occasion of receiving a Champions for Children of the Capital Region
Award by the Northeast Parent & Child Society

WHEREAS, It is incumbent upon the people of the State of New York to
recognize and acknowledge those within our midst who have made signif-
icant contributions to the quality of life therein; and
WHEREAS, This Legislative Body is justly proud to commend Center for
Disability Services upon the occasion of receiving a Champions for Chil-
dren of the Capital Region Award by the Northeast Parent & Child Society
on May 1, 2012, in Troy, New York; and
WHEREAS, The Center for Disability Services has been the Capital
Region's premier resource for children and adults with disabilities and
chronic medical conditions for 70 years; the Center's array of innova-
tive, comprehensive and individualized programs and services has had a
positive impact on the lives of hundreds of thousands of children,
adults and their families; and
WHEREAS, The Center's CloverPatch Early Childhood Services has facili-
ties in Albany, Amsterdam, Glenville and Schenectady which offer both on
site and in-home services for children from infancy through age five;
from the comprehensive evaluations to early intervention services and
preschool programs, children get the assistance and support they need;
and
WHEREAS, The Kevin G. Langan School serves students from age five
through 21 years who have multiple disabilities, autism and traumatic
brain injuries; at the St. Margaret's Center, a residential skilled
nursing facility which is part of the Center for Disability Services,
educational instruction is delivered to students in on-site classrooms
as well as at their bedside; there are after school and summer programs
in Schenectady and at the Empire State Plaza in Albany; and
WHEREAS, Each student receives unparalleled individualized attention
as part of a treatment model which involves parents and the community,
as well as highly qualified special education teachers, classroom
assistants, therapists and clinicians; in addition to its educational
programs and pediatric and young adult skilled nursing care, the Center
offers extensive medical, dental, therapy, job training, respite, resi-
dential, transportation, service coordination, and mobility and special-
ized equipment evaluations and service; and
WHEREAS, CloverPatch Camp in Glenville, a fully accessible overnight
camp for children and adults with disabilities, operates during the
summer months, and Camp Spectacular, a day camp program for children
with autism spectrum disorders, offers multiple summer sessions at the
Glenville site; and
WHEREAS, The mission of the Center for Disability Services, known as
the place where people get better at life, is to enable and empower
people, primarily those with disabilities, to lead healthy and enriched
lives; its vision is to be recognized as the regional preference and the
national model for services, education, training, and research; and
WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body that those who
enhance the well-being and vitality of their community and have shown a
long and sustained commitment to excellence certainly have earned the
recognition and applause of all the citizens of this great Empire State;
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
commend Center for Disability Services upon the occasion of receiving a
Champions for Children of the Capital Region Award by the Northeast
Parent & Child Society; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to Center for Disability Services.