Hunterdon Developmental Center

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Hunterdon Developmental Center (HDC) is a developmental center located on 102 acres in Union Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey,"[http://www2.umdnj.edu/forumweb/hdc.htm Hunterdon Developmental Center] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060427130329/http://www2.umdnj.edu/forumweb/hdc.htm |date=2006-04-27 }}." New Jersey Department of Human Services. Retrieved on December 1, 2010. "30 COUNTY ROUTE 513 CLINTON, NEW JERSEY."{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st34_nj/cousub/cs3401974420_union/DC20BLK_CS3401974420.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Union township, NJ|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=2022-08-03}} near Clinton."[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US3413720&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on Clinton town, New Jersey]{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on December 1, 2010. It opened in 1969 and provides a broad spectrum of behavioral, medical and habilitation services to women and men with intellectual and developmental disabilities. HDC also operates a Work Activity Center (WAC). As of March 2017, HDC had a census of 480 residents.{{Cite web|url=https://nj.gov/humanservices/ddd/home/centers/hunterdon/|title=Department of Human Services {{!}} Hunterdon Developmental Center|website=nj.gov|access-date=2019-11-20|archive-date=2019-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306125843/https://www.nj.gov/humanservices/ddd/home/centers/hunterdon/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.state.nj.us/humanservices/involved/nurses/dcn/hunterdon.html|title=Department of Human Services {{!}} Hunterdon Develomental Center|website=www.state.nj.us|access-date=2019-11-20}}

The center is for adults with neurodevelopmental disorders complicated by cognitive dysfunction. It is a 650-bed residential facility. Established diagnoses include Down syndrome, Fragile X syndrome, Trisomy 8 mosaic syndrome, Trisomy 13 syndrome, Williams syndrome, Angelman syndrome, Smith–Magenis syndrome, PKU, Tuberous sclerosis, Neurofibromatosis, Sturge–Weber syndrome, Congenital rubella syndrome, the syndrome of hypoxic/ischemic perinatal brain injury, lead encephalopathy, hydrocephalus, prosencephaly, schizencephaly, and other diagnoses.

It was originally the Hunterdon State School and started in 1966.{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/hunterdon-county-democrat/2012/07/five_hunterdon_developmental_c.html|title=Five Hunterdon Developmental Center employees face administrative charges|newspaper= Hunterdon County Democrat|date=2012-07-31|accessdate=2022-08-03}}