Wednesday, January 24, 2007

NPR piece on Program that Preps Disabled Youth for Life on Their Own

This NPR piece had a key, compelling sentence:

Today, they are all living in their own apartments, and they have all jobs.

It's about a group of classmates from Portland, Maine, seeking a life on their own. The five students recently graduated from STRIVE U, an intensive, two-year post-secondary education and training program for young adults with developmental disabilities.