Photo Gallery: State Sen. Carol Liu visits Pasadena’s Ability First
State Sen. Carol Liu, center, visits Ability First in Pasadena on Thursday, October 20, 2011. Sen. Liu celebrates with Ability First volunteers, board members, donors, staff and family members after bill SB-309 was passed. The bill gives the youth with disabilities the opportunity to select and continue participating in after school programs with their school-aged peers rather than being transitioned into an adult program. (Cheryl A. Guerrero/Staff Photographer)
Houri Koshkarian, left, and Jacob Soto give flowers and a thank you card to State Sen. Carol Liu in Pasadena on Thursday, October 20, 2011. State Sen. Liu celebrates with Ability First volunteers, board members, donors, staff and family members after bill SB-309 was passed. The bill gives the youth with disabilities the opportunity to select and continue participating in after school programs with their school-aged peers rather than being transitioned into an adult program. (Cheryl A. Guerrero/Staff Photographer)
State Sen. Carol Liu visits Ability First in Pasadena on Thursday, October 20, 2011. Sen. Liu celebrates with Ability First volunteers, board members, donors, staff and family members after bill SB-309 was passed. The bill gives the youth with disabilities the opportunity to select and continue participating in after school programs with their school-aged peers rather than being transitioned into an adult program. (Cheryl A. Guerrero/Staff Photographer)
State Sen. Carol Liu, from left, talks to board member, Mark Fedde, and his son, Taylor, while visiting Ability First in Pasadena on Thursday, October 20, 2011. Sen. Liu celebrates with Ability First volunteers, board members, donors, staff and family members after bill SB-309 was passed. The bill gives the youth with disabilities the opportunity to select and continue participating in after school programs with their school-aged peers rather than being transitioned into an adult program. (Cheryl A. Guerrero/Staff Photographer)
State Sen. Carol Liu, left, visits Ability First in Pasadena on Thursday, October 20, 2011. Sen. Liu celebrates with Ability First volunteers, board members, donors, staff and family members after bill SB-309 was passed. The bill gives the youth with disabilities the opportunity to select and continue participating in after school programs with their school-aged peers rather than being transitioned into an adult program. (Cheryl A. Guerrero/Staff Photographer)
Houri Koshkarian, left, presents flowers to State Sen. Carol Liu at Ability First in Pasadena on Thursday, October 20, 2011. Sen. Liu celebrates with Ability First volunteers, board members, donors, staff and family members after bill SB-309 was passed. The bill gives the youth with disabilities the opportunity to select and continue participating in after school programs with their school-aged peers rather than being transitioned into an adult program. (Cheryl A. Guerrero/Staff Photographer)
Ability First’s CEO, Lori Gangemi, left, gives a tour while State Sen. Carol Liu visits the facility in Pasadena on Thursday, October 20, 2011. Sen. Liu celebrates with Ability First volunteers, board members, donors, staff and family members after bill SB-309 was passed. The bill gives the youth with disabilities the opportunity to select and continue participating in after school programs with their school-aged peers rather than being transitioned into an adult program. (Cheryl A. Guerrero/Staff Photographer)
Gerald Harvard, from left, Tara Jow, and program supervisor, Michael Robertson, wait for refreshments after State Sen. Carol Liu visits Ability First in Pasadena on Thursday, October 20, 2011. Sen. Liu celebrates with Ability First volunteers, board members, donors, staff and family members after bill SB-309 was passed. The bill gives the youth with disabilities the opportunity to select and continue participating in after school programs with their school-aged peers rather than being transitioned into an adult program. (Cheryl A. Guerrero/Staff Photographer)