SUFU Blog

I took a risk this week by going to a Shawn Colvin / Lyle Lovett concert at the University of Maine.  You might be wondering, “what’s so risky about that?”  As I’ve gotten older, I’ve noticed that sometimes being around a lot of people makes me anxious.  As a result,...

Hi Everybody, The 2018 SUFU Conference will be here before you know it, September 25th and 26th at Sugarloaf USA! This year’s conference theme will be “community integration” according to Abbott Philson, Chair of the Chapter Representation Committee which is the...

Hi Everybody, A lot of SUFU members who have a computer are on Facebook, but they are not part of the SUFU Facebook pages.  It occurred to me that a lot of people might not know what these pages are, so I thought I’d let you know!  If you click on this link:...

Hi, most of you know that I use a wheelchair due to Cerebral Palsy but what a lot of you don’t know about me is that I also have Clinical Depression which means that I have days where I feel very sad,  tired and confused even when things are going really well for me....

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...