The Birth of a Vision In early 2017, four families of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Kota Kinabalu Sabah, came together because of a mutual concern for the latter’s future living arrangement in the eventuality when they, the parents and care givers are no longer around to ensure their well-being. At the time of the group coming together, all four adults were trainees of a well-known day training centre whose training goals for them were towards adult living, social inclusion and employment. The then person-in-charge of the training programmes and services of that day training centre became their adviser and facilitator towards realizing the vision of setting up a permanent residence for these adults with special needs. The plan was to set up a group home for them, located within mainstream community life; a home which they can share together, a place to come back to, and a place to live out the rest of their lives meaningfully, productively, together...
