Abilities Inc. at The Viscardi Center
About Abilities Inc. at The Viscardi Center
Since our inception in 1952, Abilities, Inc. at The Viscardi Center has been an innovative and respected leader in services for people with disabilities. Our founder, Dr. Henry Viscardi, Jr., was disability advisor to eight U.S. presidents and became one of the world’s leading advocates for people with disabilities. When he founded Abilities, Inc., his first employees were mainly disabled World War II veterans who were denied employment. We continue Dr. Viscardi’s vision of eliminating the barriers that people with disabilities face every day by providing the tools they need to live productive, independent lives. Nationally and regionally recognized for our innovative vocational training programs, we prepare adolescents, veterans, and adults with all types of disabilities (physical, learning, developmental and hidden) and levels of experience for entry or re-entry into the workforce and assist them in securing employment so they can enjoy full community participation and economic self-sufficiency.
Our employment services include a comprehensive array of career assessments, work-readiness/vocational programs, job placement and follow-up programs and services based on individual needs and vocational interests. We work to facilitate employment and independence for hundreds of people with disabilities each year.
Programs & Services
Abilities, Inc. at The Viscardi Center offers school-to-work transition services, vocational training, career counseling and placement, assistive technology, and workforce diversification assistance to youth and adults with disabilities, veterans, and businesses. We have a high success rate placing individuals with disabilities in the workplace, and our employment services include a comprehensive portfolio of career assessments, job training and placement, business skills, and follow-up programs and services based on individual needs and vocational interests. Our participant population ranges in age from adolescents to older adults and includes racial and ethnic minorities, at-risk adolescents, veterans, and individuals with physical, learning, developmental, and hidden disabilities, hearing and visual impairments, life-altering injuries, and other medical and health conditions.
Abilities Inc. has provided veterans with comprehensive pre-employment services and assisted with successful employment placements since 1952. In coordination with local veterans serving organizations, public sector agencies, and community-based organizations, we accept referrals of those in need of employment assistance and also offer other resources and service referrals to meet veterans’ specific needs.
Our long history of running successful, replicable employment programs in partnership with the business community has resulted in hundreds of veterans with disabilities obtaining and retaining meaningful employment. We serve businesses that are looking to create a diversified and inclusive workforce by lending our expertise in disability best practices, support, training, and technical assistance. Abilities, Inc. is the only Long Island organization that provides comprehensive, hands-on, job readiness, placement, and support services for veterans.
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