Guild for Exceptional Children

It identifies itself as a provider of direct and indirect services for developmentally delayed or disabled persons, from infancy through old age, and their families.

People attending Guild programs may become members of a self-advocacy group where they discuss their rights and recommend changes within the agency.

The founding president of the Guild for Exceptional Children was Olga DeFelippo (died November 3, 2005).

[1] In 2001, the City of New York renamed part of 68th Street in Brooklyn, between Ridge Boulevard and 3rd Avenue, as "Guild For Exceptional Children Way.

[4] Old age has brought a range of additional challenges to the agency, from compounded psychiatric issues to decreasing mobility amongst residents and day program attendees.