Southwest Center in Louisville, KY provides a wide variety of community-based services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Our mission is to help individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities live as independently as possible in the community through encouragement, friendship, and support. Our mission is to affirm the gifts that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities have and assist them in using those gifts as they live happily in their community. The Southwest Center was founded in 1982 to provide programs and employment opportunities for adults with disabilities. We have grown to offer a wide variety of community based services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Each service is geared towards helping each person to live, work, and enjoy life in his or her community. As we strive to help people reach their goals and dreams, the Southwest Center works in creative ways to support people intellectual and developmental be happy in their community.