Everyone deserves the right to design a life they love.
Today’s life expectancy of a person with an intellectual disability is 60 years old—up 240% since 1983, when it was only 35.
And yet, most services for those with intellectual disabilities, like Down Syndrome, drop off when they’re just 22.
That leaves 40 years unaccounted for.
We want to change that.
We connected with adults living with disabilities, their families, caregivers, support coordinators, day program leaders, researchers, and so many others to hear about their lived experience.
It was clear, there is so much more than can be done to support this space AND there’s lots of excitement to come together to do it.
“What alarms me is we don’t have sufficient services and supports for adults. When people ask, there’s no place to point them to unless they are children.”
Teal Benevides
Augusta University
“There’s very little support for adults with disabilities, you always see things for children - we need to build better options for adults, their families, and those that are supporting them.”
Lisa Suite
LIFE Development Center
Here’s how we’re tackling the gap:
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Increasing Access to Resources
Compiling and sharing resources for individuals and families as they navigate life after 22.
Check out our QOL framework here.
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Co-Creating New Solutions
What should we know about the services you provide? Better descriptions result in more sales.
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Connecting Dots in the Ecosystem
What should we know about the services you provide? Better descriptions result in more sales.
Want to get involved?
Have an idea for a service/solution to build? Want to share a resource that you’ve learned about? Interested in volunteering?
We’d love to have you
22plus is hosting our first in-person event, where we’ll gather with our adults with IDD, their caregivers, family and friends, to build community and collectively imagine a world where adults with IDD can thrive.