Reply #23: They also enable adults w/Downs Syndrome to live independently.

[Hansel]

My 22 year old nephew, who is mentally disabled and is socially developed to the level of a 6 year old, lives in a house with 3 Downs Syndrome adults. Advocacy by community organizers have made this possible. Without them, these adults would be dependent upon their parents for the rest of their lives. Community organizers find homes and jobs and teach living skills to Downs Syndrome and mentally disabled adults.

The inner city organization I use to work for, Pillsbury United Neighborhood Services, had a similar program. It also had programs for seniors, jobs programs, daycare, after school programs, programs for the homeless, food shelves, teen counseling, provided health care referrals and on and on. They served mostly whites and large populations of African Americans, but also had program for Asians, American Indians, Latinos, etc.

If the name sounds familiar, it is the organization who nearly lost a school bus full of kids on the I-35 bridge when it collapsed. Remember how proud the Republicans were of that organization when they could milk that story?

She is an idiot.