Damar Services Inc

Main Campus Address : 6324 Kentucky Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46221
United States

Website:	www.damar.org
Phone:	(317) 856-5201
Fax:	(317) 856-2333

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Summary

Industry:	Charitable Organizations & Foundations
Employees:	400

Description

The DAMAR of today provides a wide range of effective services and supports. We help those with severe autism learn to talk. Youth with severe behavioral challenges improve to the point of returning to a traditional school setting. An adult diagnosed with mental retardation exceeds the expectations of all who know them.

Many say that a visit to DAMAR Services' campus in southwest Indianapolis feels more like a college tour than a visit to a residential facility. At DAMAR, people are filled with hope ;ndash; the hope of achieving their greatest potential.

But it wasn't always so. When DAMAR Services was founded in 1967, many people with developmental disabilities or severe behavioral challenges experienced life in state mental institutions. Few had any hope of achieving some independent living or reaching their potential.

It was during this period that the parents of two children with developmental disabilities faced a huge dilemma. They could not care for their children in a home setting. Alternatives beyond a state institution or out-of-state residential care were not available.

These courageous parents knew that an alternative should be in place. Together with likeminded professionals and social workers, they founded that alternative.