L'Arche is a way of life and a model of care that is unique.
In Our Community...
...adults with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities* share life and friendships in community.**
In the L'Arche Atlanta community, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (who we call core members) are not clients, patients, or recipients of services. Instead, they are friends, teachers, and companions, who, through daily acts of care, trust, and friendship, develop into ambassadors of compassion and leaders for social change.
We are different ages, come from different home towns, have different family backgrounds and faith traditions but share a desire to live a full life, be loved as we are, and, by sharing our gifts, to blossom into our most authentic selves.
In the L'Arche Atlanta community, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (who we call core members) are not clients, patients, or recipients of services. Instead, they are friends, teachers, and companions, who, through daily acts of care, trust, and friendship, develop into ambassadors of compassion and leaders for social change.
We are different ages, come from different home towns, have different family backgrounds and faith traditions but share a desire to live a full life, be loved as we are, and, by sharing our gifts, to blossom into our most authentic selves.
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* Intellectual disability (or ID) is a term used when a person has certain limitations in cognitive functioning and skills, including communication, social, and self-care skills. These limitations can cause a child to develop and learn more slowly or differently than a typically developing child. Intellectual disability can happen any time before a child turns 18 years old, even before birth.
** High-impact international federation of over 140 communities worldwide united by a commom mission to reveal that people with intellectual disabilities have value and, when given the opportunity, contribute meaningfully to the lives of those around them. L’Arche communities operate through family-style homes, community centers, day programs, and social impact ventures. Each L’Arche community is a grassroots, local effort and L’Arche Atlanta opened its first home in August 2012.
