The Voiceless Minority

I don't ask for very much action very often, but this is a good cause that my dad forwarded me earlier this week. Please read the letter below and if you are so inclined, join the fight to give people with disabilities opportunities just like everyone else. Thank You! Dear Best Buddies Supporter, Last week, a landmark agreement was reached between the Justice Department and Rhode Island, which will serve as a precedent for years to come and bring a much-needed change in the other 49 states. Click here for the article: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/04/09/us/developmentally-disabled-get-more-workplace-protections.html?referrer Doors once closed will begin to open for people with IDD to move forward as contributing members of our vital workforce. Best Buddies is poised, at the forefront of the supported employment movement, to maximize the opportunities for people with IDD across the country. Anthony K. Shriver visits Best Buddies Jobs participant Arjun Hemphill at the Audi...

It's funny how to blog ideas come into my head. For those of you who have been following the blog, you will notice that I haven't written in a while. Sometimes, as a writer, you find that there are words inside you that you cannot even know needed to be put to paper until a series of events occur. For me, this blog came about because of three things: A conversation with my friend Josh, who is about to graduate, on how difficult growing up and preparing for the real world is, the fact that I just applied for my first "big boy" internship/ job and finally an article on Autism. One may ask, what do these three things have in common? By the end of reading this, hopefully, this will be clear.          As a person with a disability, there are always obstacles in front of you, whether your disability is hidden or visible. Some of these obstacles are bigger than others; some relate to social situations, while some relate to other aspects of life. T...