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The Triumph of Susan Boyle and Why So Many of Us Are Still Celebrating!

My introduction to Susan Boyle's angelic voice came, as it did for so many others, via a link to the YouTube video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY That arrived inside an e-mail message on the Monday following her April 11 appearance on...

Published Thu, Apr 23 2009 5:34 PM by PennyRdr

Filed under: Britain's Got Talent, talent, YouTube, accident at birth, oxygen deprivation, Susan Boyle, learning disability, determination, You can't judge a book by its cover, courage
Should You Tell, or Not? How? And When? And, What If You Don't? Then What?

The title says it all. These are the questions that wake people with disabilities up in the middle of the night. I can remember the what-ifs going round and round inside my head while I wondered if I would ever find a job, and just about every person...

Published Wed, Apr 08 2009 12:43 PM by PennyRdr

Filed under: wheelchair, blind, Americans with Disabilities Act, disclosure, sighted guidance, power chair, disability, accommodation, ADA Amendments of 2008, assistive technology, hidden disability, criminal record, reasonable accommodation, mental illness, bipolar disorder, guide dog, interpreter, prosthesis, epilepsy, addiction, white mobility cane

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