SUFU Blog
Disability Pride Day
Hi this Jon On July 1st, 2019, Kile, Stephanie, Mike Labreque and myself went to Disability Pride Day in Augusta. That was also the day that Supported Decision Making went into effect in the state of Maine. Speaking Up For Us had a table at...
Guest Post: Kile Pelletier – Voice
The power of the Voice is stronger than you. Voice can change the world with all types of things that can happen. As a person living with a disability, I must use the Voice to get what I want and to make happen, the things I want to change. Your, Voice can be used to...
Guest Post: Jon McGovern: In Person Staff meeting.
Hi this Jon I’m here to talk to you about meeting in Person for the first time for the SUFU Staff since Covid started. Instead of being over Zoom we got together in Waterville. It was fun to meet Stacy Giberson in person for the first time and having that All-Staff...
Community Inclusion from Jon McGovern and Eric McVay – Bowling in the Community
Hi this is Jon. In my community in Bangor I’m Part of a Bowling League love having fun doing my Bowling League for 32 weeks straight every week on Monday’s Starts in September ends in April and it a Sanctioned League by the USBC (United States Bowling Congress)....
Spring – Guest Post from Jon McGovern
Spring. It's nice and warm. It brings JOY to people's faces. They get to wear their spring clothes like shorts and sandals. They don't have to wear long denim jeans or long sleeve shirts. They think about being on the beach and having a tan. Hanging out with your...
Guest Post: Kile Pelletier – Connecting with Legislators.
Hi everyone, it’s Kile. I am dropping by with a blog post. March has started off to be a good busy month for me. This past weekend we had the cam am dog sled races that we have very year in March. So, you would think why I write about that? Well, our...
Able Accounts – Where have you been? Guest Post from Kile Pelletier
Able Accounts where have you been? It has been a long time that Maine has been waiting to have Able Accounts. So that people with disabilities had a place that they can save money. We would have to hide money so that we could save money without getting it taken away....
Guest Post: Summer of 1990 from Jon McGovern
Hi my is Jon Let’s go back to the summer of 1990 in Washington D.C. when I saw President George Bush Sr. sign the ADA into law. Judith Heumann, James Lebrecht, and Ann Cupolo Freeman were there also. You may have seen them in Crip Camp and they talked about being...
Guest Post: Kile Pelletier – One Mind One Voice
One Mind One Voice We are people that have a voice. What comes of it is what we want in our life. Other people try to make decisions about what we want in our lives. Why do other people think they know? As people we have a mind and our beliefs in life. How we you ask...
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