According to the GAO, 500,000 youth with autism will enter adulthood by 2025, and current service systems in the US are not adequate to address the needs of this emerging population.
Front Porch Cohousing is building lifelong, safe, sustainable cohousing for adults with and other without IDD.
Why Cohousing?
Front Porch Co-Housing: A Neuro Inclusive Community by NDL believes the best way to deliver on our vision is by providing a sense of belonging as we create authentic and vibrant spaces that are not just houses, but homes for adults experiencing neurological disorders. Our homes are designed to bring a sense of neighborhood while providing hope and peace of mind to the families and friends who support these adults, knowing their loved ones are in a community that will empower them.
We believe we can accomplish a nostalgic setting from a time when neighborhood kids played until the streetlights came on and people visited on their front porches through our co-housing model, a time when neighbors supported each other.
We're going to be addressing the issues that matter for greater independence
Our mission is to provide adults with IDD’s safe, sustainable, practical housing with the support they need to live as independently as possible.
Think Inclusion, not Isolation.
Adults with IDD’s have an increased susceptibility for many chronic health conditions compared with their peers. We will work with local healthcare networks to make sure their needs are met.
We will work with local agencies to help adults with IDD’s find and keep meaningful and fulfilling employment with companies that understand and adapt to their unique needs.
Many people on the autism spectrum and those with other IDDs will need supportive community services throughout adulthood. Our goal is to ensure that natural support systems are in place to aid in their progress.
Many adults with IDDs need help in learning how to act in different types of social situations. Our cohousing community program offers an opportunity to practice their social skills.
Meet Our Team
We thoroughly understand the concern of parents who wonder, what will happen to my child when I’m no longer able to care for them. Our organization was founded by parents of adult sons with autism. We thoroughly understand the concern of many parents who are worried about what will happen to our children when they’re no longer around to care for them.
Front Porch CoHousing: A Neuro-Inclusive Community by NDL is excited to announce the launch of our new brand name, a cohousing community of private homes clustered around shared space and intentionally designed to create opportunities for those with and without neuro or cognitive disabilities to build meaningful and lasting relationships. A community where the people who live there care about one another. Front Porch CoHousing: A Neuro-Inclusive Community by NDL believes the best way to deliver on our vision is to bring back that sense of belonging and being part of an authentic and vibrant community that many of us had growing up – when the neighborhood kids played together and knew it was time to go home when the streetlights came on, and you spent time on your front porch talking with neighbors.
A place where you knew everyone and they knew you, and you looked out for one another.