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The
History of BACH...
The Brazoria County Association for Citizens with Handicaps,
BACH, was organized in 1973 and chartered by the State of
Texas in 1975 as a non-profit, 501c3 organization to serve
the needs of persons with disabilities. BACH has expanded
from its original 440-square-foot room donated by the Angleton-
Danbury General Hospital to its present home in the Curry
Building, a 9586-square-foot facility located on the Angleton-Danbury
Medical Center campus, at 120 E. Hospital Drive in Angleton.
Additional work space for BACH staff can be found at our
branch offices located in Alvin, Pearland, and Lake Jackson.
BACH
was organized and developed by a group of dedicated volunteers
who had a dream to provide for the needs of special children.
This dream grew into a range of rehabilitation services.
In 1982 BACH initiated The Early Childhood Intervention
Program (ECI) through a grant from the Texas Interagency
Council on Early Childhood Intervention, currently known
as the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services
(DARS), Division of Early Childhood Intervention. BACH ECI
provides an array of services to children in Brazoria County
who are delayed in one or more of the following developmental
areas: Cognitive (thinking, problem solving); Gross Motor
(sitting, walking); Fine Motor (hand skills); Expressive
Language (talking)/Receptive Language (processing information);
Self-help (feeding, dressing); Social (getting along with
others).
BACH's
ECI program works with the child's family to develop services
for each child, provide support and information to parents,
and help parents become advocates for their children. BACH
also provides a variety of FREE services to children age
birth to 12-years-old and their families through its Support
Services Program. BACH's Angleton facility houses specialized equipment to treat children with Sensory Processing Disorders.
BACHs
Mission: Helping children with special needs achieve.
BACHs
Vision: To promote positive child development programs for
children with special needs and empower families to be lifelong
advocates for their children.
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