From the Riverside [California] Press-Enterprise:

Students with disabilities are paired with psychology students in the Peer Buddy Program at Elsinore High School. Among their activities: an annual prom. The program is an eye-opener for the nondisabled teens, who say it makes them re-examine their own values.

“I didn’t realize how pessimistic I was about life,” said one. “You spend time with these kids and you realize that their parents are doing everything they can to give their children an education and that they love them unconditionally.”

Above, peer buddies help Stephanie Ahlgrim prepare for the prom. Stephanie has Down syndrome. Press-Enterprise photo.

With podcast.

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