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Joseph Scheets is calling bingo for six residents at St. Margaret Hall, a Catholic nursing home in Evanston, when a man in the back of the room complains that he isn't speaking clearly enough.
Unfazed, Scheets perfectly enunciates "O-63," and asks politely: "Is that better?"
It's one small sign of the remarkable progress made by Scheets, 25, who is in his third year at Starfire U, a four-year, year-round educational program for young adults with developmental disabilities. Locally, and perhaps even nationally, there's no other program like it.
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Starfire U is a unique program for young adults with developmental disabilities. It was started as a way to help these individuals grow socially and professionally beyond high school. Starfire has over 85 community partners in the Cincinnati area and over half of these community partners are also Chamber Members.