About AbilityFirst:  Established in 1926 as the Crippled Children’s Society, AbilityFirst has been looking beyond disabilities for 80 years.  One of Southern California’s largest and oldest nonprofit social service organizations, AbilityFirst operates a network of 23 facilities for people of all ages with physical and developmental disabilities in the four-county Los Angeles area, including community centers, work centers, supported employment, year-round camp, and residential housing complexes.  Through these venues, skilled, professional staff administer a wide variety of vocational, recreational and social service programs.  Innovative programs serve children and adults with autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and other neurological and physical disabilities.  AbilityFirst is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, the American Camping Association, and the California Department of Social Services.

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AbilityFirst

Looking beyond disabilities
Focusing on capabilities
Expanding possibilities