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Project SEARCH^R ACCESS^R Initiative in Partnership with Arkansas Rehabilitation Services provides an innovative job-training program beginning with a nine-month internship for young adults with developmental disabilities. Due to its long-term success, there are many benefits that employers and individuals with disabilities gain from the program.

Newsflash—We’ve had some great reactions to our recently published book, Every Scar Tells a Story, and as a result received an interview request to be on the Donna Seebo Radio talk show. Click to hear how it went!

Rather than solely honoring lovers on Valentine’s Day (2/14), I encourage a celebration of ‘All Hearts Day’; A day for those with life partners to celebrate their romance as well as inclusion for those without in a manner which cherishes and loves them as millions are on this marked holiday.

Recently, I underwent major surgery (knee replacement) and while I was in inpatient rehabilitation, I noticed a pattern I had often seen in business, but didn’t expect to observe while my knee was getting a heat treatment in physical rehabilitation.

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, ensure domestic Tranquility … If our forefathers who wrote the constitution could witness the insanity of the 2020 Presidential

It’s National Disability Awareness Month and here’s the top 10 things to love about having disability (at least mine): 1. I love that I’m so memorable; you never forget the handicap gal you met at the party.

It’s National Disability Employment Awareness Month and I have a dream. It’s where individuals with disabilities have an equal seat at the conference table, not above, or below, but equal.  Not a seat where chairs are rearranged for a wheelchair to fit, or a seat where co-workers are distracted by wanting to pet the service dog sitting quietly at their master’s feet, or the seat the disabled applicant quickly vacated because the interviewer decided they ‘weren’t a fit’ based solely on their disability.

Hey, it’s my first post as a blogger (although I’ve written plenty of stuff in the past), my mission with these posts is to positively influence the world we live in by empowering all to rise above the hurdles standing in the way of their success.

Hey, you can subscribe to my blog here; dedicated to empower readers to rise above hurdles in the way of their success. Be it pearls of wisdom, persistence, or ableism that is shared, like a good cup of coffee or a fine wine, I hope you drink it slowly, savor the taste, and come back for more!