[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 141 (Thursday, October 3, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1913]
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               HONORING GATEWAY DAY HABILITATION PROGRAM

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                          HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 3, 1996

  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, today begins a new program to help the 
developmentally disabled come into the mainstream of life. The Gateway 
Day Habilitation Center, a not-for-profit organization, will work to 
help their consumers achieve further independence and integration into 
the community at large. In describing the philosophy of Gateway, Sylvia 
Lask, the director of community relations, says Gateway has as its goal 
a high quality of life to be achieved, in part, by gainful employment.
  Gateway will also help society embrace the developmentally disabled 
to foster the development of a variety of meaningful relationships. It 
will provide such day-to-day skills as cooking, money handling, 
domestic skills, reading, mathematics, writing, basic safety, travel 
training, therapeutic exercises, and many others. Gateway deserves the 
praise and cooperation of all of us for the goals it has adopted in 
helping our fellow citizens.

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