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Best Buddies

International

One-To-One

Friendships

Integrated

Employment

Leadership

Development

Inclusive

Living

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One-to-One Friendships

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These programs build one-to-one friendships between people with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), offering social interactions while improving the quality of life and level of inclusion for a population that is often isolated and excluded.

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Integrated Employment

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This program secures jobs for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), allowing them to earn an income, pay taxes, and continuously and independently support themselves.

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Leadership Development

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These programs educate and empower people with and without IDD to become leaders, public speakers, and advocates. Best Buddies passionately believes that its program participants can lead the effort within their community and beyond to build a more inclusive world for people with IDD.

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Inclusive Living

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This program fosters an integrated experience for people with and without IDD to become active, contributing citizens who live independently in a dynamic environment where they can learn, grow, and thrive locations in Washington, D.C, Miami, FL, and Los Angeles, CA.

Want to learn more?

Visit the Best Buddies International Official website.