Since last year I have been working at United Cerebral Palsy of the Golden Gate (UCPGG) as a blogger and a grant writer. As moderator and main contributor for their blog, I write articles pertaining to the disability community in the bay area. I have liberty to determine the design and complete control over the [...]
As I look at my life, I see that I am very lucky. As a man with cerebral palsy who has significant speech and mobility challenges I still lead an active and what I think is a fairly normal life. I see myself as a young professional and as such have my hand in many [...]
On Saturday November 6, 2010 I had the opportunity to drive to Los Altos, California to attend an AAC Leaders meeting. I was invited by one of the founders of the group, Tike, to come and participate that day in their proceedings. The group was comprised of about five young men who use AAC from [...]
In January I was part of a theater performance put on by the theater company Sins Invalid. Sins Invalid is a theater company that works on putting out theater productions that deal with the topics of disability and sexuality. I was in one of their plays back in 2007 and I am excited to be [...]
On Friday, October 29, 2010 I had the opportunity to go to an event my employer, World Institute on Disability (WID), put on entitled, Ever Widening Circle. This event was a fundraiser for WID and many of the movers and shakers of the Bay Area disability community were there. The tickets were about fifty dollars, [...]
On Saturday October 16, 2010 I had a chance to travel to the Napa Valley for a bike ride fundraiser titled the BORP Revolution for the Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program (BORP), which provides different sports activities for people with disabilities in the bay area. I have been involved in BORP’s power soccer programs [...]
I had the opportunity to interview Bob Williams for a project I am doing for the World Institute on Disability and I am honored that I was granted that experience. For those of you who do not now about Bob Williams, he is the special assistant to the director at the Washington, DC Department on [...]
As a young professional I feel like I always have a million and one things to do. I have three official job titles and as a result I must manage my time wisely so that I can fulfill my obligations in a reasonable time. In all three of my jobs I have to write articles [...]
On Thursday, September 9, 2010 I was invited to consult on augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) at United Cerebral Palsy of the Golden Gate by their President Barry Gardin. I was expecting to converse with him for an hour about my knowledge of AAC. I figured that since I was a Consumer Representative with DynaVox [...]
On Wednesday, August 18, I had the opportunity to protest proposed cuts to the California state budget at the state capital in Sacramento. I went specifically to march in protest of the proposed cuts to Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and In Home Support Services (IHSS) which people with disabilities use to employ and pay their personal [...]
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