San Diego People First

Here is link to AB 9 Legislative Advocacy video. This along with the booklet is being posted on AB 9 and SCDD website.

Legislative Advocacy Video Link

Check out the People First of New Hampshire website and their new video!
People First of New Hampshire

I was told long, long time ago, that we have two ears but only one mouth, so we need to take special attention to listening before we yap away.

Family, friends, peers, and professionals have great insights and may have a wealth of information to share with us.

It is also my experience that the image we project to others influences greatly what people will say to us. If we project confidence, maturity, and assertivenss, people will talk to us in a more positive and constructive manner.

A funny thing is we need to listen to ourselves. What is our body, mind, and heart trying to tell us? May be we need to make a change, try a new opportunity, or may be we need to hang in there when the going gets tough. I feel in the long run, we make our own possibilities and potential.

Early Notification of Monthly Disability Call

Thursday, December 22, 2011 2:18 PM
From:
“White House Disability Group”
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To:
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Thursday, December 22, 2011

Hello Everyone,

We’re once again resuming our monthly disability calls.

In order to help keep you more informed, we host these monthly calls to update you on various disability issues as well as to introduce you to persons who work on disability issues in the Federal government.

This call is open to everyone, and we strongly urge and ask that you distribute this email broadly to your networks and listservs so that everyone has the opportunity to learn this valuable information.

If you received this email as a forward but would like to be added to the White House Disability Group email distribution list, please visit our website at http://www.whitehouse.gov/disability-issues-contact and fill out the contact us form in the disabilities section or you can email us at disability@who.eop.gov and provide your full name, city, state, and organization.

We will be addressing a number of issues during this next call since we have not had a call recently.

Also, we will begin answering the questions and issues many of you raised through disability.gov. So, dial in to hear if we answer your question or address your issue.

And, we will have some exciting announcements!

I would encourage you to call in about five minutes early due to the large volume of callers.

The conference call information is below.

Date of Call: 01/18/2012
Start Time: 2:00 PM Eastern (dial in 5 minutes early)
This call will probably last one and a half hour.
We will provide the dial in information and the link for captioning in another email in the first week of January so look for that email.

Barbie Broadhurst just passed on recently. Her passage reminds me how each life touches someone else. This is especially important for us self-advocates to keep in mind.

We have lived and experienced so much that it is important for us to pass it on to others who are just beginning their journey on self-advocacy.

Life is about taking the time to celebrate others, especially while we still have them. Life is precious and far too short. We don’t know what tomorrow may bring.

These are words I need to tell myself. Be a message of hope and cheer to someone you care about. You may make a world of difference to that person.

Self-advocacy includes the whole person. I would like to say a word about wellness. This includes physical, mental, and spiritual well being. The three can be interrelated.

As I advance in age, I find I need to pay increased attention to my health. My life seems like a never ending schedule of medical appointments. My doctor has put his foot down about my weight. I am slimply too heavy and that is causing a number of other health issues.

I admit I got sloppy with my eating habits. I like food. I am totally bipartisan when it comes to food. I met with a nurse and we came up with a food eating plan. I am not up to an exercise plan, but I do need to get more active exercising 30 minutes four times per week.

This might not sound like much to you but for me this is a big change. I hope a have the discpline and resolve to stick with it.