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INDIANAPOLIS \u2013 An organization aimed at creating opportunities for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities recently welcomed their first Indianapolis employment participant.<\/p>\n

Matt Burns works three days a week \u2013 totaling 18 hours \u2013 as an employee for the City of Indianapolis through Best Buddies Indiana.<\/p>\n

\u201cI take pictures for the fire trucks,\u201d said Burns. \u201cIt\u2019s pretty fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

Burns works for the human resources department where he does filing. He also helps the police department.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis favorite part of his job is with the surplus department, where he helps prepare items for auction, and photographs them for the auction, and is now learning to actually set up the auctions on the computer,\u201d said Burns\u2019 supervisor Kim Harvey. \u201cHe is a busy guy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Buddies Indiana focuses on inclusion and opens up the workplace for those with disabilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is a big challenge for people, but then it’s just the world that lacks acceptance. People place too many limits when they see that someone has a disability that becomes an obstacle that no one wants to address,\u201d said Harvey.<\/p>\n

Best Buddies Indiana will place their second participant in employment this week and by the end of 2017, the organization hopes to place seven to 10 people in employment positions.<\/p>\n

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