SPOKANE, Wash. — March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, a time to highlight individuals with DD, celebrate diversity, and advocate for disability rights.
The Arc of Spokane has spent decades supporting families with children who have intellectual and developmental disabilities. The organization helps people with IDD transition into adulthood through multiple programs that extend beyond their well-known thrift stores.
“A lot of people when they think of the Arc they mostly think oh the thrift store. And we have all these other services we do. We have the day programs, parent to parent, we have the advocacy, we have supportive employment,” said Ashley Jimenez from The Arc of Spokane…