What is "Real World?"
In the "Real World" we help people with disabilities gain the confidence and learn the skills and determine their needs for support for successfully leaving their parents' home for their own home or apartment. We do this by one weekend a month for a person having them stay in a suite motel with support staff who help them learn to cook, do laundry, shop, take public transportation to work, and other skills so that they and their parents can become confident over time that it is okay for them to move out of their parents' home (like any other adult). This also gives them and us a chance to see what support they will continue to need to live independently. It is hard for all of us to let our adult children go; it is even harder for parents when their son or daughter has a disability. This transition provides valuable time and support to allow for this to happen well.
Design Details
View professional drawings of all four sides (Adobe Acrobat required)
Approximate Value $3,200.00
Tickets $5.00 each
To purchase tickets or for more information call The Arc of Frederick County at 301-663-0909.
Custom Designed Children's Playhouse
Materials-
Morgan Keller Concrete
Dimensions-8'W x 4'D x 5'H
Can be easily disassembled to move
City of Frederick logo above front door
Backed by "Gingerbread" shingles
5 windows with shutters, 4 with window boxes
2 "Dutch" doors -- top and bottom open separately
Drawing to be held at The Arc of Frederick County's EXPO October 26, 2008 at The Lynnfield Event Complex.
Need not be present to win.
Thanks to-
Morgan Keller General Contractors
Morgan Keller Specialty Contractors
Labor-
The Students of The Morgan Keller Academy
Design by-
Jane K. Schlosser, Certified Interior Designer