Society has a penchant for looking down on people who rely on disability income. We are viewed as subhuman leeches expecting handouts. This erodes the self esteem we have and serves no positive purpose. The act that protects the physically disabled and requires employers make accomodations for their disability does not apply to people with […]

The Mentally Disabled Need Job Options

I’m excited to let you know about a new employability course for autistic students and graduates. The course has 5 main sections covering interview preparation, adjustments, knowing yourself & your autism, and planning your career path. It has been created by both autistic and non-autistic professionals. For more about the course, and to meet my […]

Free employability course for autistic students & graduates!

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Just Say Uncle

We witness her beauty with eyes that won’t see What was and what is, and what ought to be   Nature our teacher, from the roots to the tree Plundered for profit, what she gives us for free   But on the horizon with eyes that must see What was and what is, and […]

On the Horizon

To the sunsets we haven’t seen, Sunrises we haven’t felt, Songs we haven’t sang, And the stars we haven’t gaze, We shall see and feel, We shall sing and gaze upon. To the mountains we haven’t climbed, Forests we haven’t explored, Waves we haven’t shared, and the moons we haven’t embraced, We shall climb and […]

Make It

There is much in her to admire,much to inspire me with hopeand healing heartful ambition. And yet what truly astounds meas around me the world persistsin twisting tormented indifference— as not a single day goes by free ofthe stilted roles feigningly performedby manacled souls mouthing vows— is that there is no falsehood in hernor even […]

unexpected hope

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Hundreds of miles apart on the other side of the state but connected by one thing: faith. Pastor Nicolle Harris of the Duryee Memorial AME Zion Church in Schenectady says in passing at conferences, she would see one of the victims of last Saturday’s mass shooting in Buffalo. But, it is…

Buffalo shooting victim belonged to sister church of Schenectady’s Duryee Memorial AME Zion