Henry Viscardi

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Produktbeschreibung

I do not choose to be a common man. It is my right to be uncommon-if I can.

That is the credo of Abilities, Inc.. the fabulous Long Island concern run entirely by severely disabled workers. But the workers themselves are more than uncommon. They are incredible. They are people like these:

. . Jim Wadsworth. He had a knack for inventing things.

Unable to sit and work, he swung from his bench at a 45'

angle in a sling he devised from a window cleaner's belt.

. . Esther Caldwell. Trapped in the sightless, soundless

prison of her own body, she refused to surrender hope.

. . Murray Nemser. He works flat on his back. On a litter.

. . Lou Blersch. A legless ex-paratrooper, he fought his

big battle when he got out of the army.

. . Ellen Vaughn. Paralyzed, confined to a wheelchair,

she worried a lot-about other people.

. . Alex Alazraki. Lacking both arms and legs, he outworks

everyone in his crew.

. . Emmett Hood. He talks through a hole in his throat.

He wasn't supposed to live-but he did.

. . And, of course, Henry Viscardi himself, founder of

Human Resources Center, Human Resources School and

Abilities Inc.-the most uncommon of them all. This book

tells the improbable story of the miracle in American industry

set in motion by his imagination and ingenuity.

Abilities began in a grimy, unfurnished garage with four

employees who had only five good arms and one good leg

among them. In five years it was a pioneering work demonstration,

employing 300 disabled people. More than 5000 disabled

people have since been employed by Abilities Inc. It

has become an international model of how disabled people

can live and work independently in a competitive employment

setting.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: The Viscardi Center
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1959
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781088049105
• Artikelnr.: 66212584

Autorenporträt

Dr. Henry Viscardi, Jr.Born in 1912 Henry Viscardi, Jr. is today, one of the world's most highly respected figures in the fields of rehabilitation and education. He has devoted his life to ensuring that severely disabled individuals have the opportunity to achieve their fullest potential as human beings. He has always believed that living proof is the most persuasive. In 1952 he founded the internationally famed National Center for Disability Services in Albertson, Long Island. Through its famous Henry Viscardi School and Work Center he has shown the world that there really are no disabled people-- only people with varying degrees of ability-not disability. Henry Viscardi has been an advisor to every president beginning with Franklin Roosevelt on the affairs of our nation's disabled. He holds citations from leading societies, universities and professional doctorates in international organizations, and has been awarded law, education, science, humane letters and literature many honorary degrees, including in addition to universities in America. This includes universities in England, Japan, Korea and Canada. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and is a recipient of the American Exemplar Medal from the Freedom Foundation of valley Forge. In 1975, Dr. Viscardi received the New York State Board of Regents' James E. Allen Jr. Memorial Award for his great contributions to education. The National Rehabilitation Association presented him with its highest honor, the President's Award Medal, and the American Medical Association in l95l presented him with the Outstanding Service Citation, given, only four times in its one hundred and thirty year history and never before awarded to a non-medical recipient. In 1983 he received the Horatio Alger Award for Distinguished Americans and was appointed by the Congress to the National board of the Congressional Award. In 1992 he received the andrus Award from the American Association of Retired Persons and the America's Award at the John F. Kennedy center in Washington D.C. He and his wife, Lucile, live in Kings Point, Long Island and have raised four lovely daughters, They have nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.