The Viscardi Center

10/01/2025

This National Disability Employment Awareness Month ( ), we’re Celebrating Value and Talent by spotlighting the unique skills and potential of every individual we support. Through our Employment Services, The Viscardi Center provides personalized training, career guidance, and job placement, ensuring each person’s talents are recognized and matched with opportunities where they can thrive. Learn more about how our programs empower individuals to turn their abilities into meaningful careers at viscardicenter.org/employment-placement-services.

09/15/2025

Get ready to be wowed as Alysha Umphress takes center stage at this year’s Reach for a Star Luncheon on Tuesday, November 18 at the Crest Hollow Country Club. With Broadway credits including On the Town, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, and American Idiot, as well as TV appearances on Girls5Eva, Chicago Med, and Law & Order: SVU, Alysha’s voice and presence promise a performance that will bring the house down.

Join us for an unforgettable afternoon while supporting afterschool and adapted sports programs at The Henry Viscardi School — reserve your seat or sponsorhip today at https://viscardicenter.org/event/annual-reach-for-a-star-luncheon/

09/11/2025

09/08/2025

Introducing Viscardi Visionaries, our new monthly giving program! Be one of the first to join and provide vital support that helps The Viscardi Center educate, employ, and empower children and adults with disabilities. Month after month, your gift sustains programs like accessible technology, health and safety initiatives, employment training, and community outreach through the new Museum of Disability History opening later this year. Learn more and sign up today at https://viscardicenter.org/monthly/

09/03/2025

09/03/2025

The school year is underway at the Henry Viscardi School! Students returned today ready to learn, reconnect, and grow together, with Sunny, our facility dog, there to greet everyone and share in the excitement after a fun summer. We’re wishing all our students a successful year filled with discovery and achievement.

09/02/2025

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08/21/2025

08/21/2025

08/08/2025

Alumni, students, and parents of the Henry Viscardi School made a splash in Long Beach with Surf For All, riding waves and breaking barriers in an adaptive surfing event that brought our community together. A big thank you to for creating an inclusive, welcoming space where everyone can embrace new challenges, share moments of joy, and build lasting memories. Events like this help shift the narrative around what people with disabilities are capable of—something Henry Viscardi School Superintendent Angelo Zegarelli touched on in his interview, emphasizing how these experiences can translate into valuable life lessons. Watch our students and staff hang ten at https://pix11.com/news/local-news/long-island/surfers-with-disabilities-conquer-the-waves-on-long-island/

08/08/2025