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BITTERSWEET SOLILOQUY – FIRST MOVEMENT from Marco Orlando
PREFACE: This is the first in a series of posts I made online recently as I’ve been contemplating my current situation in life while addressing larger systemic / societal issues that are likely major barriers to many other people with disabilities in similar...
NOTICED AND OBSERVED
Marco Orlando I haven’t always had such good luck with women. I don’t know if I would ever be able to prove it, but I feel being disabled has likely contributed to it and my lack of success with dating and relationships in general. I get that I’m not for everybody and...
The Bachelor’s Lament from Marco Orlando
(Originally written February 2023) I'm probably harder on myself than usual this time of year. Chalk it up to this whole "keeping up with the Joneses" thing and feeling like I'm missing out on something. I struggle a lot coming to terms with how subjective "normal"...
Guest Post: Memorial Day from Jon McGovern
Hi Everybody Memorial Day is coming up next week. How do you spend Memorial Day? Do you go to a Memorial Day Parade? Do you honor what the day is about? There are dads, husbands, wives, mothers, and kids that have served in the military and made the...
Guest Post: Jon McGovern – Testifying at the Statehouse.
Good morning. How’s it going. I Jon went to the Statehouse on Monday May 1st to Testify on LD 1666 which is the SSI & the Marriage Penalty bill. The Statehouse was busy when I testified on LD 1666 to the Health and Human Services Committee. I want to...
Sharing our lived Experience – from Jon McGovern
Hi there! On Tuesday, Monique, Marco Orlando and I traveled to Biddeford Maine to be part of a panel discussion at the University of New England. It was my first time going there and it was fun to see a lot of university students. We met Eric McVay...
Leadership Program – Guest Post from Maryann Preble and Chris Heywood
We continue our leadership Program Series with recent graduates Maryann Preble and Chris Heywood. Maryann Preble is a member of Central Maine Chapter of Speaking Up For Us and also serves on the Maine Developmental Disability Council. Maryann was looking forward to...
Leadership Program – Guest Posts from Josh Lezotte and Reegan Boynton
We continue our Leadership Program Series with input from recent graduate Josh Lezotte and Reegan Boynton. Joshua Lezotte is a member of the Southern Aroostook Chapter, and he learned in Leadership training about team building skills, helping others, talking with...
Leadership Program – Guest Posts from Stephanie Pelletier and Sarah Trites
Leadership Blog Series: We asked our most recent Leadership Class to answer some questions about their experience taking the leadership training. Over the next few weeks, you will get to hear from some of them about their experience and what they...
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