Together we can make a difference
JSDD is a community leader in the work of creating spaces and opportunities for adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) to live, learn, and grow to their fullest potential.
Community • Creativity • Growth
For over 30 years we have focused on creating supportive supervised homes, a dynamic person-centered day habilitation program in the WAE Center, therapeutic services and immersive creative opportunities focusing on diverse inclusive community engagement, in our Heidi Gallery.
Our Programs
What's New at JSDD?
Remembering Rosalin Bogar
January 29, 2026
Dedicated and concerned about others until the end – that was Rosalin. She passed away on January 1st and her life was celebrated at a memorial service on January 24th. In attendance were all the women with whom she worked at the
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The Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey. Grant Renewal – Bolsters Innovation, Health, and Independence
January 28, 2026
JSDD is deeply grateful to the Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey (HFNJ) for its continued investment in our mission and for its longstanding partnership with our organization. HFNJ has stood alongside JSDD as a trusted supporter — one that understands our vision,
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Featuring Programs | Performances | Members | Families | Staff
Realizing Possibility
JSDD in 2024, a year ripe with celebration and innovation. This agency, long committed to creating home, opportunity, and community, has arrived at the 35th anniversary of its very first kosher group home in Millburn, New Jersey.
WAE Center 10th Anniversary
We’ve had many people who have grown… People who have become independent… They’ve come to the WAE Center and through the time being with us, learnt about having a voice, and that their voice is important. They’ve learned to express themselves, ask for what they want, and go after what they want.
JSDD 20th Anniversary Video
Twenty Years of helping to cultivate dreams. Our residents and members speak to their personal experiences of enrichment and joy in finding meaningful lives.
Chairs of Inclusion: A Seat at the Table for Everyone
The Chairs of Inclusion were commissioned and created to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Jewish Service for the Developmentally Disabled’s WAE (Wellness, Arts, Enrichment) Center, an alternative learning center in West Orange for people with developmental disabilities.
JSDD’s WAE Center – Power of Performance
The Power of Performance is a film featuring a slate of WAE Center member artists who have been developing their craft and preparing for public events. Inspirational original poetry readings, dramatic readings, singing, Tai Chih Chih, and song leading to name a few of the featured performances.
JSDD’s WAE Center – Power of our People
The holistic nature of the Center’s offerings, its diverse curriculum, the sharing of ideas, the respect for the whole person, the sense of community is what truly makes the Center unique.
A Life and a Home Like Yours and Mine
Life for adults with developmental disabilities should be like yours and mine —engagement in an active life spent working, time spent with friends, involvement in the community and following their hearts and minds to pursue interests and hobbies and continued learning towards personal growth.
JSDD in 2023
JSDD and programs that the agency operates have moved into their new space. Take a look at the cutting edge work being done in Residential Services, the WAE Center, Therapeutic Services and the onsite art gallery, Heidi Gallery. Explore all that the agency does to foster human growth through the constant focus on community and creativity, as essential to the human experience.
WAE Center Gallery
If the WAE Center were a living being, the Art Studio would be its heartbeat. The Art Studio offers opportunities for our members to explore creating fine art through painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, jewelry design, and graphic and computer arts.