DASCH is a non-profit organization established in 1974 dedicated to building and inspiring a community of inclusion where people with intellectual disabilities are valued and enabled to live to their full potential. Our mission is to provide meaningful residential, vocational and leisure programs within the community to persons with intellectual disabilities by fulfilling their individual, physical, emotional, social and educational needs. DASCH supports people from ages 8 to 74 within over 58 homes throughout Winnipeg. People can participate in personalized social, educational, vocational and recreational services that provide learning opportunities and greater independence. Since the movement from institutionalization to community living evolved, DASCH have made large strides in empowering an otherwise historically overlooked population of our society. DASCH is truly committed to enhancing and uplifting the lives of the people it supports through education, awareness, understanding and the highest degree of respect for all.