Guest Post: Jon McGovern – Reflections on winning the Marcia Rosen Award
Hi there Folks, I’m here telling you about all the hard work I did this year and as a result I got the Marcia Rosen Award for the Central Maine Chatper. Staff usually don’t get recognized in this way or get this award, but it was a big honor to Receive the...
Guest Post: Eric McVay Special Olympics USA Games
Hi there I’m Eric McVay from Bangor and recently I was able to attend the Special Olympics USA Games in Florida. I am a self-advocate and part of the Central Maine Chapter of Speaking Up For Us. I want to share with you my experience of training and going to the...
Disability Pride Day by Sarah Trites
We celebrate important events in our lives, Birthdays, graduations, anniversaries, too. We say congratulations And throw a party or two. It’s important to come together To share in others’ joy. To hear them say, “You matter. I am so proud of you!” But there’s one...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...
Highlight any text on this site and click the speaker to listen.