The New York Henry Viscardi School is famous for its care for its students. It is one of the few prestigious private schools in the state that admits severely disabled children. With 185 handicapped students, the school utilizes its cutting-edge medical technology with its professionally trained staff members to help all of them, ranging from kindergarten to 12th grade. For example, in all the hallways, emergency buttons cover the floors and walls, for if a student suddenly becomes ill and there is nobody to help, then the student can tap those buttons to call help.
The school allows students to experience and develop their own autonomy by assigning them mentors for younger kids and a small group of peers for older students. This way, they can help and build off of each other so that they can mutually develop. One student, who is about 20 years old (students are allowed to stay in the school until they are 21 years old), was assigned to a group of six friends. Before, they were struggling to lead independent lives. Now, they can communicate to each other privately and ask for help when needed.
I believe that this is an ideal school for those who are not as fortunate as normal people. Most of the people in this world ignore those who are handicapped. However, the staff at this school truly care about those who are disabled.
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