I was on the news

Many independent living resource centers (ILRCs) in Kansas will be holding press conferences this coming Thursday (25 February) to coincide with a state budget hearing which may cut another $1 million from ILRC services. One of our local TV stations didn't read the date on the press release sent out last week and showed up at my ILRC yesterday. Since I'm one of the 1800 people in my state waiting for services and because my IL counselor knows I'll talk to anybody about improving life for people with disabilities, she called me to ask if I'd talk to the reporter. Mom and I quickly drove to town for the interview. Sorry my hair is a fright -- my little hoodlet is great for keeping my ears warm and mussing up my hair. Isn't Reba exceptionally photogenic?

You can see the video as it aired last night here. Unfortunately, they did not put closed captioning on this.

I'm still going to the press conference Thursday. I'm supposed to prepare a statement, but we'll see if I get called on to read it.

The Lucky Mutant

Check out this video posted by Mark Siegel at The 19th Floor about a guy with spinal muscular atrophy.

Certain little things about this guy reminded me of my brother. I almost started to cry.

Powerful

A great video about ableist language.