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fromThe Mercury News
1 week ago

Share the Spirit: Meet the Bay Area nonprofit creating housing for people with special needs

When she's not working at an East Bay grocery store, she's tending a garden, honing her music skills and learning recipes to cook. An athlete who's medaled in track and field and javelin throwing, she helped her bocce team snatch bronze at the Special Olympics Northern California Summer Games in 2024. And when she's not doing all that, she's kicking back with her friends at Irby Ranch, an affordable-housing community in Pleasanton for people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (I/DD).
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fromSan Jose Spotlight
4 weeks ago

Kim: Expanding educational pathways for adult students with IDD - San Jose Spotlight

California lacks permanent, adequately funded lifelong higher-education opportunities for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, leaving providers dependent on temporary waivers and donor support.
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