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My handful of worthy goals for 2011
I am sitting in the dark at my living room table as I peck this article into my iPhone. As folks in Mississippi know, Byram took a beating from a tornado this New Year’s Eve leaving just about everyone...
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Hit the ground running
In my previous post, I mentioned things that I wanted to accomplish in 2011. Well, it seems I have really hit the ground running. The biggest thing that has happened is that I am now working for...
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A place for creative crips
Though many people with disabilities are able to work, some are not. I’ve worked some part-time and have done freelance web design work as well. And while I believe I would make a, quite frankly,...
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We Hate Stairs: A creative community
In a post that I wrote not too long ago, I talked about a website where people with disabilities could discover and collaborate on creative projects. The idea is that there are people with disabilities...
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The mystical gods of employment find favor in our very own, Matt Watson
That’s right, my friends. Matt got a job. And while finding any job in this economy is honorable, I find Matt’s efforts in seeking employment to be vastly unequal with the corresponding reward born of...
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We still have our dreams
Something happened the other day. A coincidence of sorts. I had a moment where everything came together to lift me out of what seemed like a hopeless situation. This is the kind of coincidence that one...
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Imagine Conference 2011 – Day 1 Keynote
I am going to attempt to document as much of what I learned at Imagine Conference 2011 as I can, starting with the opening keynote. This was my first time attending the conference. In fact, I’m...
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Social novel writing and inclusion
It’s well into December, almost Christmas actually, but I suppose that it’s never too late for a NaNoWriMo farewell post. Anyone who follows me on Twitter, Facebook, or this very site knows that for...
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12 months, 12 journeys, 12 lessons
A quick shoutout to my friend Marissa at Abled Is. She is undertaking a fascinating exercise in empathy in 2012 by getting to know a new person each month who has a health condition or worthy cause...
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A dream
So with this in mind, I began to reach out to people of this marginalized community to get to know them more. And then I had epiphany number 2: These people are brilliant and amazing. Actually that...
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