For over fifty years Mays Mission for the Handicapped has been dedicated to serving people with disabilities and enhancing their quality of life. Educating the public that, given the opportunity, people with disabilities can succeed and become productive citizens.
Our Purpose:
Mays Mission for the Handicapped offers hope to people who no one else may care about. The Mission provides worthwhile employment to individuals with disabilities from all walks of life and teaches the word of God in accordance with Christian ethics and principals.
In addition, Mays Mission sponsors activities for children with disabilities; gives scholarships to eager young students with disabilities; assists adults with disabilities to find proper housing transportation or medical attention; and makes grants to other institutions or organizations to benefit individuals with disabilities, such as hospitals.
While Mays Mission will assist any individual with disabilities to the maximum extent possible, the Mission is focused on serving those in rural Arkansas and the Ozark Mountains region, an area that is generally economically depressed and suffers from a relatively high unemployment rate – hence few job opportunities for people with disabilities.
A primary purpose is to help through on-the-job training and, in addition, to create jobs for them. A main objective is to help the employees who are being trained to achieve economic stability and independence in their lives. Therefore, it is most important that the collateral purpose of assisting them to obtain better employment is carried forth with as much vigor as the actual training.
In addition to its employment and training programs for individuals with disabilities, the Mission also provides spiritual guidance to people with disabilities who are home- or bed-bound or live in a residential care facility through its visitation program.
Mays Mission also educates the public that, with appropriate training, individuals with disabilities are “handicapable” and serves as a “school for citizenship” both to encourage employers to hire individuals with disabilities and to teach the public how to interact with individuals with disabilities, particularly in the workplace.
FOCUS ON ABILITY, NOT DISABILITY!
