Star Choices, Inc. - North Georgia

In 1954, people experiencing disabilities had few if any resources for support in Middle Georgia. Children identified with a disability at birth seldom left the hospital with their parents. Instead of a homecoming experienced by other newborns, the infant with a disability frequently left for an institutional placement the same day the child’s mother was discharged from the hospital. Parents who were brave enough to go against doctor’s orders and take their little one home faced mountains of obstacles from disapproving family members to an un accepting community. People with disabilities were literally and figuratively closeted away, unseen and ignored. Star Choices believes that everyone should have the same opportunities to make choices to find their purpose and contribute their gifts.