Meeting set Tuesday on plan to reform state disabilities system

CHAMPAIGN – Like other young people, Annie Niswander had big plans after high school: Get a job, maybe go to college, find an apartment.

Niswander has Down syndrome but already had worked at a grocery store and other jobs, supported by a job coach with Mahomet-Seymour's special education system.

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