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Vision & Mission
 Vision:
All people with mental retardation should be afforded all human rights and enjoy legitimate opportunities to share equally in every aspect of community life and citizenship without discrimination.
Mission:
To assist persons with developmental disabilities achieve their God given potential through an array of individualized services that promote growth, choice, and independence with Kindness, Love, Dignity, and Respect.
 Key Center Values:
People with mental retardation benefit from a balanced blend of appropriate training, productive experiences and legitimate opportunities to succeed
"Choice" regarding life options is a basic human right for people with mental retardation
The dignity and self-worth of people with mental retardation is a fundamental guiding principle for all Key Center programs and services
People with mental retardation possess unique self-expression and creative abilities
People with mental retardation are full-citizen partners and are entitled to all associated rights and benefits
 Key Center Beliefs:
People with mental retardation struggle with life according to their skills and limitations. Through their innocent and vulnerable nature, they teach us how life should be . Eternal child complex.
When we accept and love mentally retarded people for who they are, we discover they are more like us than we ever knew.
People with mental retardation respond wonderfully when treated as a friend, brother or sister; but not so when treated as a client or simply the object of our benevolence.
In our common humanity, when even one mentally retarded person is not given the same opportunity to fully develop as a human being we diminish as a people and as a society. But when life becomes better for the most fragile and vulnerable among us we all benefit.
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