"When I came home, my dad was sitting at the table, having afternoon coffee, and he stirred his spoon in the cup, and then hit the spoon on the edge of the cup, “ding, ding!” “What in the world was that.?” Well, it was our little trick after that. He always did that when I was around. Then my cat came around and she was making a racket noise. “What is that?” “You never heard … [Read more...]
The ADA at 25
Chris Powers
"Asperger's Syndrome is definitely a struggle at times. It's made me open to now knowing what’s going on out there, what things do affect me and what social changes and what employment changes, and why I struggled, why I continue to struggle. There’s a reason behind it." Read full transcript Listen to full interview August 7 2014 Westbrook, … [Read more...]
Penny Plourde
“Many people think of disabilities as being sorrowful, bad, and would never wish it on anyone they knew. But in my case, my disability gave me opportunity to see the world and be part of the world in ways that most of the time I have not been able to do." Read full interview transcript Listen to full interview … [Read more...]
Ross Doerr
“My parents kept saying, “If you go blind, you’ve gotta know what to do when you’re blind.” And I started hearing that at age six and it went all the way up through high school. And that mantra really began to tell the tale in a lot of different ways. Because by the time I was in high school, I had paid very close attention to what everybody was telling me. I was looking at … [Read more...]
Avery Olmstead
Once I was in school and people realized that I wasn’t an alien and didn’t have three heads, and I moved differently than everybody else did. I might look physically different and move physically different, but I was still a six-year-old boy and had a lot of the same wants and needs and desires as the other kids. ...I love it when I tell my story and … [Read more...]