What is Wendell Fosters Campus? Who was Wendell Foster?

Wendell Fosters Campus for Developmental Disabilities is a local, non-profit, multi-service agency that works with people of all ages who have disabilities. It has historically specialized in serving people who have severe cerebral palsy and related disorders, but it now serves children and adults with other disabilities ranging from autism to traumatic brain injury and ALS (Lou Gehrigs Disease). Wendell Foster and his wife, Edith, founded the organization in 1947 to help their daughter, Louise, and other children in the community who experienced cerebral palsy. They operated the agency until the mid-1970s when they retired.