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EPISODE · Jan 28, 2025 · 14 MIN

How To Solve The ‘Disability Cliff’ In Illinois

from In the Loop with Sasha-Ann Simons

About 300,000 people in Illinois live with intellectual and developmental disabilities. School districts do a stellar job at providing them with resources, but once they graduate high school, young adults struggle to secure jobs and similar services. Reset hears what’s behind this and what’s being done to address this issue from WBEZ Race, Class and Communities reporter Esther Yoon-Ji Kang. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.

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