Guest Post: Rose Belanger – My Journey to Guardianship
My Journey to Guardianship by Rose Hi. I’m Rose. I am working on being my own guardianship. This is how and what I had to get my own guardianship. I started by talking to my guardians. I am glad that my guardians agree that I am ready. We then talked to a lawyer. We...Guest Post: Jon McGovern – Reflections on winning the Marcia Rosen Award
Hi there Folks, I’m here telling you about all the hard work I did this year and as a result I got the Marcia Rosen Award for the Central Maine Chatper. Staff usually don’t get recognized in this way or get this award, but it was a big honor to Receive the...
Guest Post: Eric McVay Special Olympics USA Games
Hi there I’m Eric McVay from Bangor and recently I was able to attend the Special Olympics USA Games in Florida. I am a self-advocate and part of the Central Maine Chapter of Speaking Up For Us. I want to share with you my experience of training and going to the...
Disability Pride Day by Sarah Trites
We celebrate important events in our lives, Birthdays, graduations, anniversaries, too. We say congratulations And throw a party or two. It’s important to come together To share in others’ joy. To hear them say, “You matter. I am so proud of you!” But there’s one...
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