SUFU Blog
Krista’s Boredom Busters
Krista Kennedy has graciously offered to share with us some creative ideas to help us pass the time we all have at home. Thank you Krista! Krista’s Boredom Busters Welcome everyone to Krista’s Boredom Busters!!! I will be blogging about simple ideas each week...
Between Perception and Reality from Marco Orlando
“BETWEEN PERCEPTION AND REALITY” Marco Orlando One of my favorite clips on YouTube comes from a 2006 press conference immediately following Monday Night Football. Dennis Green was the head coach of a struggling Arizona Cardinals team at the time, and they’d just had...
Ways to be healthy during this time from Laurie Bernier
Laurie Bernier is sharing some great tips for all of us during this unusual time in our lives. Boy things are really different right now. I am going to keep a good attitude and make good use of this time and we can all take time now to do things we have not had time...
An Update from Speaking Up From Us
March 19, 2020 Dear Self-Advocates and Supporters, The situation with the illness COVID-19 has grown more serious each day as we learn more about the risks of catching this virus. I want to assure you that here at SUFU we take your health and safety very serious too....
Plain Language Booklet on Coronavirus
There is so much information out there now regarding Coronavirus, it can feel overwhelming to try and understand it all. Here is a great tool to help all of us understand what to look for, what to do if someone around us is sick, or what we should do if we are sick....
A letter from Speaking Up For US
March 14, 2020 Dear Self Advocates and Supporters, We are all aware that COVID-19 also known as the Coronavirus has made its way to Maine. Here at SUFU, we want you to know that we take your health and safety seriously. It is really hard to ‘stay calm’ when it seems...
“FRIENDS WHO DON’T SUCK” from Marco Orlando
“FRIENDS WHO DON’T SUCK” Marco Orlando We all want friends. It’s one of those universal basic human needs. It should make us all feel good to have friends. Having friends and spending time with them regularly is important to our wellbeing. It should feel good to have...
NOTICE OF STATEWIDE TRANSITION PLAN (STP) FOR HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES (HCBS) SETTINGS
The Department of Health and Human Services, and Office of MaineCare Services have released their proposed Transition Plan for Home and Community Based Services. There is an upcoming hearing on this proposal on March 12th at 1:00 pm at DHHS, 109 Capitol Street, Room...
Guest Post, Springvale Chapter’s Leah, Matt, and Chris.
Each Monday morning a group of self advocates gather in Springvale. This group shares experiences, advocates for changes in their area and across the state. As part of the Springvale Series many of them have shared a bit about themselves. Today we hear from Leah...
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