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What's Next: Transition for people with special needs

I am only in my 3rd week of living at First Place-Phoenix, an apartment complex for people with autism and other special needs and I love it.  First Place-Phoenix makes independent living possible for 17 Transition Academy students and 9 residents.  Residents and Transition students alike live in apartments, both are overseen by staff. The Transition Academy is overseen by SARRC staff while the  First Place apartments on floors 2, 3 and 4 and are overseen by First Place-Phoenix support staff.  As a transition academy graduate, I lived independently before. I did my own laundry, washed my own dishes an completed transportation probes for Uber/Lyft and the light rail.  Now I take the light rail to work to and I Uber home from work to save money.  My goal is to save money and be able to put it towards rent. With my Valley Metro platinum pass I can ride the bus and ligh...