The nonprofit group Friends of the Apostle Islands raised about $350,000 or just more than half of the funds needed to build a 500-foot ramp to improve access to Meyers Beach. Construction is set to begin later this month.

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For families, Medo said, the larger hope is that adults with intellectual disabilities are able to make more of their own choices — where they live, who they live near, how they spend their time and how they participate in the community around them.

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