Best Buddies Family Support provides families with essential resources to navigate raising a child with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Its pioneering program, Eunie’s Buddies, honors Eunice Kennedy Shriver, a dedicated advocate for individuals with IDD and founder of Special Olympics.
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A group of hardworking and unique students returned from a major learning experience to teach people with disabilities inclusion and independence. Meeting some of your best friends and growing together is what the Best Buddies program is all about. This dedicated group of local students just returned from putting those words into action at an international leadership conference in Bloomington, Indiana.
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