Speaking Up For Us and Voc Rehab are excited to offer a 5 week Career Exploration workshop! This will start on April 28th and will run for 5 Wednesdays from 3-4:30 pm. Each week a different topic will be covered to help you launch your career. You must...
Today we welcome Sarah Trites and Jon McGovern to the blog as they share their experience getting the Covid-19 Vaccine. Self-Advocates want to encourage others to get vaccinated and one way they are doing that is by sharing their experience! Sarah...
As we mark one year of the pandemic this week, there has been a time of reflection for all of us. We have all had to adapt in ways we never imagined, and try new things. In addition we learned to cope with the reality of what was unfolding around us. Today Marco...
LIFE OF A BACHELOR Marco Orlando By now, another Valentine’s Day has come and gone, and I’m still single. I don’t usually mind being single. In fact, I rather enjoy it. But I struggle so hard sometimes with “owning my okayness.” It’s not easy seeing other people at...
“FUTURE WHAT IFS” Marco Orlando It’s not easy seeing our parents get old. No one really prepares any of us for that it seems. It’s something that kind of sneaks up on us without even trying. I’ve been thinking a lot about my mom and dad lately as they’ve both been...