Job Training & Entrepreneurship
Real-world experience in live selling, marketing, inventory, fulfillment, customer service, and creative production through the Pathways Pop Shop.
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Pathways Social ClubDonateInclusion in action
Every person deserves a pathway to purpose.
Pathways Social Club creates meaningful opportunities for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities to learn, work, lead, and belong.
✓Registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit
Serving San Diego County and beyond
Serving San Diego County and beyond
Member-led.Purpose-driven.
Why Pathways
We don’t build programs for people. We build pathways with them.
Adults with disabilities deserve more than activities to fill a schedule. They deserve meaningful work, real responsibility, creative expression, friendship, and a voice in the decisions that shape their lives.
What we do
Real skills. Real connection.
Real opportunity.
Each Pathways program turns individual strengths into practical experience, confidence, and community impact.
Community & Belonging
Creative gatherings, outings, shared meals, and service projects that build genuine friendships, confidence, independence, and connection.
Learn more ↗Self-Determination Support
Person-centered planning and practical guidance to help individuals and families build lives shaped by their own strengths, goals, and choices.
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Leadership starts with lived experience.
Our neurodivergent Advisory Board helps guide our programs and priorities. The people at the heart of Pathways are leaders, creators, coworkers, and decision-makers.
See Our Impact- 100%
- neurodivergent Advisory Board
- Hands-on
- job and entrepreneurship training
- Community
- built around choice and belonging
Pathways Pop Shop
Where creativity becomes a career pathway.
Our live-selling studio is both a thriving social enterprise and a hands-on learning environment. Members practice presenting, merchandising, packing, shipping, teamwork, and customer care in a real business setting.
Explore the Pop Shop Program →There’s a place for you here
Help us create more pathways to purpose.
Join as a member, refer a participant, volunteer, become a community partner, donate inventory, or support our work.