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“More Symptoms Than Memories” from Marco Orlando
“MORE SYMPTOMS THAN MEMORIES” Marco Orlando Many of us with a disability can probably remember bits and pieces from our childhoods, such as toys we played with growing up, birthday parties, Christmas gifts, and other places we’ve been where we could just have fun...
Getting Into The Habit of Writing from Marco Orlando
We welcome you all back to our regularly scheduled posts from Marco Orlando. “GETTING INTO THE HABIT OF WRITING” Marco Orlando I’ve had people ask me recently how I got into the habit of writing in the beginning and how it seems to come so naturally to me. In a way,...
My Breakout Year from Marco Orlando
Welcome back to Marco Orlando for the final blog post of the 2019 year. “MY BREAKOUT YEAR” Marco Orlando When I first began getting involved with Speaking Up For Us in 2012, I’ll be honest, I didn’t really know what to expect in the beginning. There was a lot...
Justice and Fairness from Marco Orlando
“JUSTICE AND FAIRNESS” Marco Orlando None of us ever ask to be born. None of us ever ask to have a disability. But here we are, still determined to make something of ourselves no matter how many times life throws us a curveball. From the very beginning, we all grow up...
#GivingTuesday
It is #Giving Tuesday today and Speaking Up For Us is opening up our annual appeal! We need your help to reach our goal this year of raising $2500 by December 31st. Marco Orlando already graciously contributed to our cause and he says “Everyone should be able to set...
“Better Than / Less Than / Different Than” from Marco Orlando
“BETTER THAN / LESS THAN / DIFFERENT THAN” Marco Orlando My approach to life is similar to what Eric Bischoff describes in his book Controversy Creates Cash when he discusses pitching WCW Monday Nitro to Turner Broadcasting executives. I don’t want to put on airs and...
Visiting Other Chapters with Eric McVay
Visiting Other Chapters Speaking Up For Us has chapters throughout the state. It is not always possible for everyone to be together, but some times there are opportunities for chapters to gather together in one location. This happened in August as the Houlton chapter...
Collapsing The Learning Curve from Marco Orlando
“COLLAPSING THE LEARNING CURVE” Marco Orlando Most people seem to have a lot of preconceived notions about those of us with disabilities and what we’re capable of, several of which revolve around our perceived level of functioning and our ability to further our...
Where to find us
Each of our chapters has a page on Facebook. We invite you to like those pages and follow along. The pages are listed below: Speaking Up For Us General Page Chapter Pages Caribou Presque Isle Houlton Lincoln Katahdin Area Bangor Belfast Downeast Area Portland Casco...
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