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Hi Everybody, A good friend of mine came up from Boston to visit for a few days.  He uses a wheelchair, too.  We were talking and he said something to me that was really important for me to hear.  He said, “You need to realize that you matter.”   What my friend...

Hi Everybody, I originally wrote this in 2013.  Everything in the article is true but thankfully, it didn’t all happen on the same trip! 🙂 - Avery   Recently, I went on a trip to Washington D.C.  DC itself was great and I would definitely go back in a heartbeat. ...

Hi Everybody, In this blog, I’m asking for your advice.  I hope you can help me.    Last week I talked about what self-advocacy meant to me.  I forgot to mention that sometimes advocating for yourself can be really confusing and scary because sometimes when you...

  Hi Everybody, This week's blog may be a little longer than usual but please read it because it's really important... I have some questions for you to think about…  Are there times where you don’t feel people are listening to you? Are there times where you might...

Hi Everybody, So, this was my first SUFU Conference.  I wasn’t sure what to expect.  Being the relatively new kid on the block, I was kind of nervous.   For me, it was great to see people that I hadn’t seen in a long time, like Carmie, Judy, Lenny, and Sherry, among...

Hi Everybody,   I want to let you know that our SUFU Conference is only about a week away. Please Register for the SUFU Conference NOW! We want to get a lot of people and new smiling faces there this year! 🙂   As the new Program Associate, I have been...

Hi Everybody, 🙂 I have some questions for you about Guardianship that I hope you will talk about on the SUFU Blog & let everybody know what you think: If you are under guardianship, what is that like for you? If you used to be under guardianship & now you are...

10 Things about Avery You Didn’t Know... 🙂 When I was in the 3rd grade, I wrote a 1 page book called, “The Mystery on 12th Avenue”. When I was in the 5th grade, I wanted to be a police officer. When I was in high school, my brother put so much hair gel in my hair,...