Have you seen our state-of-the-art campus for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities?

Have your friends, family, and neighbors?

If not, please join us for a tour with Executive Director, Dan Hogue!

Please RSVP for this FREE event by 5/23/25 using the "Registration" tab at the top of the page.

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As one of Las Trampas’ most important contributions to the community, it was a priority to renovate the aging and outdated buildings that house our day program. Today, thanks to widespread and generous support from the Contra Costa community, our new facility incorporates state-of-the art accessibility features and world class technology specific to the growing needs of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

These features include push-button and automatic doorways, changing rooms for adult hygiene, elevators, ADA-compliant ramps, and more. Full-spectrum lighting replicates natural lighting, which reduces adverse visual stimuli for individuals with autism. Additionally, our innovative consensual quiet spaces are separate from classrooms, with walls acoustically designed to minimize auditory distraction for people on the autism spectrum with sensory sensitivities.

This modern new building, combined with our person-centered educational programming, breaks down barriers to access and independence for our participants, allowing them to experience social, vocational, and recreational fulfillment on their own terms.

Stops on our tour will include:

• Our ADA-compliant teaching kitchen, which allows participants to develop cooking skills to support them to live independently one day. Our kitchen includes low counters and an oven at a lower height with French doors for easy wheelchair access, an induction stovetop to avoid burns, and both residential and commercial dishwashers to prepare participants to do dishes in their own home and in a work setting.
• Our garden, where participants learn the value of cultivating plants, including fruits and vegetables. They learn to purchase seeds, plant them in our garden, and tend to them as they grow. We then use the fruits and vegetables in our teaching kitchen to encourage healthy eating.
• Our dance and exercise room, which is designed to provide individuals with opportunities for movement and is accessible to people with profound physical disabilities. Classes may include: music and movement, yoga, Zumba, wheelchair and in-seat exercise, and mindfulness.
• Our beautiful art room, a favorite among our participants.

We hope to see you here!