SUFU Blog

Hi Everybody, A couple of weeks ago, Amazon.com sent me an email about a new way you can donate to the charity of your choice and I wanted to share it with you! 🙂 Amazon.com is a website where you can shop for things you want or need online.  I bet a lot of us shop...

Hi Everybody, I was wondering… What would you want to say to someone who asked you, “Tell me what it’s like to have a disability.” I’d want to say, “Most of the time, it’s not that big of a deal.  Sometimes, it’s a pain in the butt and I get really angry.  It hurts...

Hi Everybody,   Recently, the federal government published a report that said that the Maine Department of Health and Human Services failed to investigate correctly, over 2,600 cases of abuse, neglect, and other bad things, of people with disabilities!  Here are...

Hi Everybody, For this blog, I just really wanted to say, “thank you!”  I learn something new in my job all the time.  The biggest thing is that watching you all advocate for your rights to lead better lives, gives me strength on days when I’m not sure I have it in me...

Hi Everybody, Something Very Exciting is Happening!   On Friday, May 5, at 9 AM, in Augusta, a bill that the SUFU Board wrote based on what our membership told us they need to improve transportation services for people with disabilities in Maine (which would also...

Hi Everybody, 🙂 We have some exciting things happening at SUFU!  The Sports Chapter is helping so many members stay healthy and have fun, all over the state.  Our new Video Chapter is showing people how to make videos for television.  Local chapters are doing more in...

Tyler Ingalls asked on Facebook, "what goals did SUFU Members have for 2017?" I’m making a promise to myself in the new year:  2017 is going to be the year that Avery truly feels comfortable in his own skin. What I mean is, I’m going to make 2017 the year that I...

Hi Everybody, A few weeks ago, I was feeling down.  I didn’t feel like I was very good at my job because I felt like I was having a hard time communicating with people and I wasn’t sure what I could do differently. I was asking someone about it and I said, “Should I...